Insulated Cable Engineers Association
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Formed in the United States in 1925, the Insulated Cables Engineers Association, Inc. (ICEA), sometimes in conjunction with other organizations like NEMA
, produces technical standards for the manufacture and use of power cable
, data, and control cable
.
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
is the association of electrical and medical imaging equipment manufacturers. Founded in 1926 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., its approximately manufacture products used in the generation, transmission, distribution, control, and end use of electricity. These products are used in utility,...
, produces technical standards for the manufacture and use of power cable
Power cable
A power cable is an assembly of two or more electrical conductors, usually held together with an overall sheath. The assembly is used for transmission of electrical power...
, data, and control cable
Cable
A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry...
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