From pull testing to precision machining, Bergen offers secondary processes

Bergen equipment makes cable products better.

Bergen Cable has been known as a major North American cable supplier for close to 80 years, with a stellar inventory of cable products. Another important benefit of working with this company is its capabilities in secondary processes. Bergen’s broad collection of specialized equipment and material enables pull testing, crimping, and more.

Customers have come to expect the best possible cable solutions with the peak of quality from Bergen’s advanced secondary operations.

A well-trained, highly skilled team

Blending specialized machinery with its well-trained, highly skilled team allows Bergen to process raw metals and plastics into superior product. Using such malleable materials as stainless steel, alloy steel, aluminum, brass, nylon, Teflon, and PVC, the company employs nine kinds of secondary processes to achieve this:

• Coated cable stripping. With custom-made stripping machines, Bergen can strip coated cable or wire rope of up to 3/8 of an inch in diameter. Assemblies have proper holding strength this way.
• Custom packaging. Military-specification packaging for some applications.
• Fused cut cable. Bergen can cut cable electrically, cleanly, quickly, and according to specific lengths with multiple freestanding and tabletop Ewald flash cutters.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic crimping. With hydraulic and pneumatic presses, end fittings can be crimped. Examples include threaded studs, oval sleeves, stop sleeves, button stops, plain balls, and eyelets.
• Part marking. Parts can be identified with electromechanical etching, hot stamping, metal stamping, heat shrink markers, and laser marking.
• Precision machining. Bergen’s in-house machining department uses three types of CNC machines and some conventional equipment, with stringent quality assurance and short lead times.
• Processing and finishing. In collaboration with partnering companies, Bergen conducts plating, heat treating, and testing.
• Pull testing. The company performs pull testing on cable assemblies with a breaking strength of up to 22,500 pounds with its United testers and customized digital proof loaders.
• Rotary swaging. In this cold forming process, end fittings are joined to cable or wire rope with a rotary hammer forming process. Rotary swaging results in tight tolerance, fine surface finishing, and higher breaking strength for cylindrical end fittings.

To learn more, contact Bergen.

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