About Our Facility

The manufacturing operations and corporate offices of Marine Tech Wire and Cable are located at 631 S. Richland Avenue in York, PA. We currently occupy 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space and have over 25 employees.

Marine Tech prides itself in the quality and capability of the production equipment it has in its manufacturing facility. Most all of the equipment operates with the latest state-of-the-art controls and is maintained by a very capable maintenance department.

Below is a listing of our process capabilities:

• Extrusion
  • Low Smoke, Zero Halogen material – up to 1.25″ core
  • Numerous Thermoplastic and Thermoset Polymers – up to 1.25″ core
  • Electron beam irradiated Polymers – 26 AWG to 1.25″ core
  • Fluoropolymers including FEP, ETFE, PVDF and ECTFE – 26 AWG to 1.25″ core

• Twisting
  • Insulated wires
  • Foil shielded pairs and triads

• Stranding – custom water blocked stranding

• Braiding – 16, 24 and 36 carrier
  • Shield braiding using bare and tinned copper, both component and cable cores up to 1.5″ diameter
  • Textile – including fiberglass, Kevlar and cotton
  • Armoring – Aluminum, Bronze or Stainless Steel up to 1.5″ diameter

• Taping – Tape wrapped insulated products 24 AWG to 1.5″ diameter
  • Materials include polyester, mica/glass, polyimide, PTFE and aluminum/mylar foil tape

• Cabling – Capable of large component count cables
  • Component size – 26 AWG signal cable up to 1 AWG power cable

• Finishing/Coating – Including PTFE dispersion, Polyimide and Silicone, sizes 24 AWG to 1 AWG

• Testing
  • Oven aging
  • Vertical tray cable flame test (UL 1685 & IEEE 1202)
  • High voltage withstand
  • Insulation Resistance
  • Smoke Index (NES 711)
  • Halogen Content
  • Acid Gas Equivalent
  • Cold Chamber
  • Capacitance and Characteristic Impedance
  • Surface Transfer Impedance (Shielding Effectiveness)
  • Toxicity Index (NES 713)
  • Horizontal Circuit Integrity Flame Test