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Syscom Advanced Materials new conductive metal clad fiber utilizing Kuraray^®'s Vectran^® fiber allows the freedom to design outside the constraints of traditional wires. Liberator^TM fiber pairs a flexible, high-Strength Vectran^® fiber core with a conductive metal outer layer. The material is designed for use as part of shielding braid, as a bare wire, or to be coated with insulation material.

Metal clad polymer fibers like Liberator^TM have advantages over conventional conductive metal wires in flexibility, weight savings, mechanical strength, durability and tailored electrical conductivity. The properties of Liberator^TM fiber result in textile-like EMI/RFI shielding with more uniform electromagnetic interference shielding performance at a reduced weight. Further, Liberator^TM fiber can be terminated by soldering or with a band connector, just like a regular metal.

The innovative Liberator^TM fiber allows electrical and mechanical engineers more freedom to design electrical systems with reduced size and weight and to solve high cycle/high flexure mechanical assembly issues. Because of its base Vectran^® fiber, Liberator^TM has excellent thermal stability and propery retention at high and low temperatures. The textile characteristics of Liberator^TM fiber also enable innovative manufacturing processes and are compatible with most manufacturing systems.