Cable Flex Reliefs

We specialize in standard and custom cable strain reliefs and grommets for a wide range of connectors, including electrical, military, computer, power, audio, coaxial, PCB, medical and special applications.
Connector and cable accessory manufacturers provide a limited product offering of off-the-shelf strain relief products. The range of options in both cable diameter and physical dimensional requirements make it almost impossible to provide a product for every application.
We have the expertize to help you choose the right strain/flex relief and grommets for your particular needs. We offer both competitively priced off-the-shelf products and custom solutions.

Flex relief applications typically are customized to a specific design requirement. Applications where flex life performance is important are devices that have constant flexing such as point-of-sale scanners, where design for flex life is in the hundreds of thousands flexures, and portable devices such as portable digital assistants (PDAs) and medical devices, where typical design considerations include a 50,000 to 100,000 life cycle range.

In situations such as these, the design of the flex relief and its attachment to the cable is critical. Devices that typically are used on a flat desktop or tabletop environment frequently require a flex relief that only moves in one direction. This is a simpler design solution than a multi-directional movement. Devices that require a multi-directional movement need a wider variety of ribbed designs to maximize the increase in flex life for the finished cable.