The explosive growth of mobile digital devices, represented by smartphones, has brought convenience to people's lives and work. As a medium between mobile phones and chargers, the seemingly insignificant data cable is often overlooked for its importance. The material of the data cable also determines its performance and safety, just like the new TPE material and traditional PVC material.
However, currently most data cables on the market use PVC material as the outer cover material. PVC is a relatively inexpensive polymer chemical material that is widely used in the casing of data cables, sockets, and electrical appliances due to its high hardness and non flammability. However, due to frequent intimate contact between data cables and users, if users use PVC cables, they are hiding a terrorist around them: PVC is artificially synthesized with a large amount of additives, such as plasticizers, which release harmful substances. These substances can cause irritation to human skin, and in severe cases, can also cause significant damage to the kidneys, liver, and other organs of the human body! Moreover, the unqualified PVC material will release more harmful substances to the human body under high temperature and ultraviolet radiation.
The data cable made of TPE material has excellent processing performance, making it easy to mix various beautiful colors. It is also easy to process and can achieve frosted or delicate effects, making the hand feel smooth and non sticky. The material is safe and non-toxic, has no odor, and does not cause any irritation to human skin. Not only that, the data cable made of TPE material has stable performance, with flame retardancy reaching V0 level, no phosphorus, ozone resistance, and reliable safety and environmental performance, making it a mainstream product abroad. So it's not difficult to understand that data cables for phones like Apple and Samsung are made of TPE material.
TPE wire has been maturely applied in electronic device accessories and other products (data cables, headphone cables, audio cables). Compared with traditional PVC materials, it has obvious advantages. Below, we will introduce the advantages of TPE wire.
TPE material has excellent processing performance and comes in various colors at the blending point, with white or light gray being commonly seen in the market;
The TPE made data cable has a smooth and non stick feel, and can achieve a frosted or delicate effect on the surface of the data cable;
3. By adjusting the formula of TPE, the aging resistance and anti yellowing UV performance of the wire can be improved, and the service life of the product can be extended;
4. TPE raw materials are safe and non-toxic, do not cause irritation to human skin, do not contain toxic plasticizers, and are a substitute for PVC wires;
5. TPE data cable has stable performance, halogen-free flame retardant V0 level, which plays a significant role in safety and environmental performance.
In fact, these two types of wires are easy to distinguish by "looking, smelling, questioning, and cutting". Let's take a look at PVC wires first. Their texture is relatively hard, and whether they are wrapped together or stretched, there is always a feeling of rigidity. Moreover, the surface of the wire is usually not finely processed and appears rough and dull under light. After using it for a period of time, the wire will still undergo various unnatural distortions, and it will always be difficult to straighten and smooth. In addition, many low-quality PVC data cables have a noticeable plastic smell, which is very harmful and must be avoided. Also, I would like to ask about the price. PVC wire is relatively cheap and several levels lower than branded wire.