Specifications

Continental Cable is an ISO9001:2000 and AS9100:2004 company which is essential when serving the aircraft industry.  Also, Continental Cable is a qualified products list producer of MIL-DTL-83420 aircraft control cable as well as Federal Specification RR-W-410.  With these qualifications, we are able to provide military and federal specification products for the aircraft and industrial markets.

Specification materials offered by Continental Cable, LLC

•  MIL-DTL-83420 - Wire rope , Flexible, for Aircraft Control (Type I and Type II Compositions A and B) Tin over Zinc coating for Composition A
•  MIL-DTL-87161 - Wire Strand Non- Flexible , For Aircraft Application  
•  MIL-DTL-83140 – Wire rope , Steel, Preformed , Non-rotating
•  MIL-DTL-18375 - Wire rope , Flexible , Corrosion –Resisting , Non-Magnetic , For Aircraft Control
•  MIL-DTL-87218 - Cable, Lockclad, for Aircraft Control
•  RR-W-410 - Federal Specification for Wire Rope and Strand

Specification Processes

• MIL-DTL-781 – Terminal, Wire rope Swaging
• MIL DTL-6117 – Wire Rope Assemblies, Aviation , Swaged type.
• MIL-DTL-5688 - Wire rope assemblies , Aircraft , Proof Testing and Prestretching
• BAC-5002 - Boeing Process Specification
• DPS-3.08 - McDonnell Douglas Process Standard
• P.S. 14002 - Specification for Fabrication of swaged terminal cable assemblies
• P.S. 21101 – Specification for standard method for testing aircraft cable assemblies