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There’s hardly anywhere that heat shrink doesn’t come in handy. You can always come up with new uses for this versatile product. From protecting wire splices in aerospace, military, and aviation applications to providing extra strain relief for telecom, computer, and home theater cables, you’ll find that heat shrink tubing, butt connectors, tapes, and end caps are the perfect solutions for quick repairs and cable insulation. Our heat shrink tubings are available in 2:1, 3:1, and 4:1 shrink ratios, as well as many different materials, including the newest products like polyolefin, UV-reactive PVC, PTFE, FEP, Kynar®, Neoprene®, and Viton®. For fast and easy installation, use one of our heat shrink guns or heat tools. Keep coming back to this page for new heat shrink products at CableOrganizer.com!

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K-Sun LABELShop® Bee 3 Label Printer Was $162.50 Now $79.00 The new K-Sun LABELShop® BEE3 Label Printer allows you to print custom labels, barcodes, and onto heat shrink tubing. This portable, compact keyboard printer creates custom adhesive-backed labels in over 60 different size and color combinations and also prints on heat shrink tube materials for wire and cable identification.	Heat Shrink Tools/ Heat Gun As a service to our customers, CableOrganizer.com now carries a variety of hand tools for processing heat shrink tubing. Choose from a small hand-held butane operated flameless torch capable of temperatures up to 650°F, and two different 120V heat guns with stands for easy hands free bench top use. Both heat guns have variable heat flows for controlling temperatures. We also offer the best new technology: Heat Shrink Ovens to shrink your tubing in a fraction of the time needed when using a Heat Shrink Gun.
X-treme® Tape From $5.39 This self-bonding, adhesive free tape has a dielectric strength of 400V/mil, and stretches to conform easily and create air and water-tight seals on cables, hoses, and tools. It can almost make a worn out hose like new.	3:1 Heat Shrink Tubing Label Printers The Dymo RhinoPro is a handheld label maker that is easy to use. Use this printer to create durable and easy to peel labels that can adhere to home electronics, audio and visual components, circuit panels and many other home and office applications. The time to purchase this versatile new printer is now.

 Heat Shrink Tube

We are proud to stock all of the newest varieties of polyolefin, fluoropolymer (PVC, FEP, PTFE, Kynar® PVDF), chlorinated polyolefin (Neoprene) and highly flexible elastomer (Viton®) heat-shrinkable tubing. Commonly referred to as wire insulation tube, shrink tubing, shrink band, or heat shrink tubing, our natural and colored heat shrink conforms to all major commercial and military specifications, including MIL-I-23053, Underwriters' Laboratory (UL) VW-1 flame test, and CSA.

 Where Is Heat Shrinkable Tubing Used?

Typical applications for the heat shrink tube include: electrical insulation, termination, splicing, cable bundling, color coding, wire marking, identification, mechanical protection, moisture and weather sealing, corrosion protection, strain relief and abrasion protection. Heat shrink tubing can be adapted to many new applications; fishermen love using it to make hook sets and repair rod handles.

Since we have such a diverse offering, our heat shrink tubing can be used for many different applications, and in various environments from -270°C to 260°C, in a wide variety of chemicals. Our new colored heat shrink tubing is available in thin, medium or heavy wall configurations, with melt-and-flow adhesives, weatherproofing encapsulates, and more than 15 different colors, including Yellow/Green stripes for ground identification. Whether you want to purchase colored heat shrink tubing by the foot or in large economical bulk spools, we can accommodate your needs.

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 Types Of Heat Shrinkable Tubing

The most common heat shrink tubing is sold in a 2:1 or 3:1 expanded form; with many other shrink ratios and adhesive linings readily available to suit your unique needs in military and commercial electronics, telecommunications, aerospace, automotive, rail/transit and many other industries, including your home. Whether your application is above or below ground, under water, or in space, we have the right heat shrink tube for you. And we are always on the lookout for new heat shrink technology and products to keep up with your changing needs.

Due to recent requests for Battery Heat Shrink, we have recently added red 3:1 Adhesive Lined Heat Shrink Tube for identification of positive charge on battery cables. Please let us know if there are any new heat shrink tubing related items you think should be included on our site. Your ideas are always appreciated.

Custom cutting and printing services are also available.
If you can't find it here, call us and we will find it for you.

Please Note: Our Diameters for Heat Shrink Tubing are measured as ROUND TUBE, NOT FLAT

*Viton is a registered trademark of Dupont Dow Elastomers.
**Kynar is a registered trademark of the Atochem Corporation

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