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Concentric Lay Cable

A concentric lay conductor or multiple conductor cable composed of a central core surrounded by one or more layers of helically laid conductors. Each of these succeeding layers is applied with an opposite direction of twist. The number of wires covering the center wire is six, with each succeeding layer having six more so that the number of wires in the strands will be 7, 19, 37, 61, etc.

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