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The Book of Terms

The Book of TermsThe WJI Book of Wire & Cable Terms: an interactive experience of learning and sharing
This book, written by industry volunteers and containing more than 5,000 entries, is an asset for newcomers to wire and cable.

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Nomex® Yarn

A product manufactured by DuPont for use in braiding applications. It is a soft, pliable fiber that melts at high temperatures (approximately 370°C/698°F). It is a highly oriented fiber and does not offer the abrasion resistance of the less oriented fibers such as nylon or polyester.

Nominal

Relating to a designated size that may vary from the actual. This would generally be recognized as the aim-point of a specification.

Non-Accumulating Machinery

A wiredrawing machine with continuous non-slip operation and individual block motors. Dancer arms or rollers mounted on the machine between each block control the speed of each motor.

Non-Conductor

An insulating material.

Non-Contaminating

Type of PVC jacket material whose plasticizer will not migrate into the dielectric of a coaxial cable and thus avoids contaminating and destroying the dielectric.

Non-Contaminating Compound

A compounded material that will not leach ingredients so as to contaminate or degrade adjacent materials under given environmental conditions.

Non-Draining Cable

Impregnated cable that will not exude the impregnating material under working con­ditions. It may be of the mass-impregnated (MIND, or mass-impregnated-non-draining) or pre-impregnated type.

Non-Halogen

See Halogen-Free.

Non-Hygroscopic

A material incapable of taking up or absorbing moisture from the air.

Non-Magnetic Inclusions

Small nonferrous particles of foreign material embedded in the microstructure of the wire. Sources can be furnace refractory, launder refractory, pouring spout oxide and slag.

Non-Metallic Inclusion

Non-metallic foreign material introduced into the metal during the manufacturing process.

Non-Metallic Sheathed Cables

The most common form of wiring used in houses since 1950. It typically employs Type THHN conductors. In two-conductor cables, the conductors are laid parallel under the jacket, while three conductor cables have the conductors cabled under the jacket.

Non-Slip Drawing Machine

A wiredrawing machine in which the capstans run at exactly the same speed as the wire being drawn. Used primarily for dry drawing ferrous wires.

Non-Specular Conductor

A conductor in which the outer layer has been physically treated to reduce light reflectance.

Non-Standard Steel

A steel with chemical composition or mechanical properties that do not coincide with or encompass the ranges or limits of a standard steel (as defined by AISI or ASTM), or with restricted ranges or limits that are outside the ranges or limits of a standard steel, sometimes defined as a modification of the standard steel.

Nonconforming

A quality control term for a unit of product or service that does not meet normal acceptance criteria. A nonconforming unit is not necessarily defective.

Nondestructive Inspection

Inspection by methods that do not destroy the part or impair its serviceability. Examples include eddy current, X-ray, ultrasonics and dye penetration inspection.

Nondestructive Testing

Testing by methods that do not destroy the part or impair its serviceability. Implies a process in which the part is stimulated and its response measured quantitatively or semi-quantitatively.

Nondestructive Testing, Electromagnetic

See Eddy Current Testing.

Nondestructive Testing, Ultrasonic

A testing method to detect internal imperfections on the basis of their effects on transmitted and detected ultrasound energy. Ultrasound energy pulses are transmitted into the material, reflected from the boundaries and discontinuities within, and are received and interpreted by an appropriate sensing device. Detection of a discontinuity and interpretation by type, size and location depend upon its orientation, shape and reflectivity.
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