How is the shield tube soldered?

Conclusion: If it is a copper foil/tin plated type, soldering can be done directly to the tube surface.

Shielded tubes are used to prevent noise in cables, but to maximize their effectiveness, it is important to install and ground the earth wire properly.

Below we explain three methods for soldering shielded tubes.

Soldering Method

Soldering to flat braided wire

With typical aluminum shielded tubes, soldering is not possible on the aluminum foil part, so soldering is done on the flat-braided plated copper wire part sewn into it.

There are limited locations where soldering can be performed.

Soldering using a stainless steel band

Fold the shield tube outward like peeling a banana, and wrap the stainless steel band around that part.
The wrapped stainless steel band is then soldered.
The large contact area means that increased effectiveness can be expected, but work efficiency will decrease.

Soldering onto the tube surface

If the tube is made of copper foil, stainless steel, or tin-plated, soldering can be done directly to the surface of the tube.
Our copper foil shielded tubes, copper braided tubes, and stainless steel braided tubes all allow for soldering of earth wires to the tube surface.
Copper foil shielded tube
Copper Braided Tube
Stainless steel braided tube
Braided tubes have a mesh-like structure, so when soldering, it is easier to solder if you stretch the tube so that there are no gaps.
Copper foil shielded tubes can be soldered anywhere on the copper foil part of the tube.
Usually, the earth is soldered to the end of the tube to shorten the installation distance.