GORE™ High Flex Cables and On-line Design Tool Receive Awards & Recognition

Both GORE™ High Flex Cables and the on-line Design Tool have been recognized as industry leading innovations.

GORE™ FireWire® High Flex Cable Assemblies, Best Product Finalist: Components, Harware & Interconnect
Design News, 2007

These assemblies are specifically designed for motion and vision systems, they provide reliable data transmission during flexing. They can also be used in applications requiring longer cable runs.

GORE™ High Flex Cable Design Tool, 12th Annual Engineering Awards: The Fabulous 50 Finalist (#13)
Product Design and Development, 2007

Design Tool  for GORE™ High Flex Flat Cable or GORE™ Trackless Cable from standard components was selected as a finalist in the 2007 competition.

"The software tool simplifies the design process by giving engineers an interactive design guide, enabling them to design cables and assemblies from standard components to fit their specific application needs."

GORE™ High Flex Cable Design Tool, Best Product Finalist: Software/Hardware
Design News, 2006

The benefits of using the online tool are shorter design time, simplified design effort and faster delivery. The tool provides step-by-step instructions for designing cables using standard components.

GORE™ Trackless Cable, Best Product of the Year
Design News, 2003

Judge Dick Miller states, "The Gore engineers found an elegant way to eliminate issues with the standard cable track found in most applications—they eliminated the entire cable track."

"Like ancient explorers whose journeys expanded the boundaries of the known world, developers at W.L. Gore & Associates (Elkton, MD) have nearly quadrupled the travel range of unsupported hybrid planar cable, from approximately 16 inches to at least 60 inches."

John Day --Design News, February 23, 2004
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