Blackburn SWA055A11000 FLEX BRAID SWA SERIES 1000MM LENGTH

Yes. The SWA055A11000 flexible braid connector is built to IEEE/ANSI C37.34, the standard covering test code for high voltage air switches, which is what utility and substation specs normally call out for flexible braid connectors.

It is a 1-hole braid connector, so each terminal pad takes a single bolt. If your equipment pad is drilled NEMA 2-hole or 4-hole, a single-hole braid will not line up on it, and you need the matching multi-hole SWA configuration instead.

The conductor is tin-plated copper in a flat, flexible braid construction. The tin plating is what gives copper braid its corrosion resistance in outdoor and damp switchgear environments, and it also keeps the contact surface from oxidizing where the pad bolts down.

Flexible braid like the SWA055A11000 is what you use where two connection points move relative to each other, from thermal expansion, switch operation, or vibration, and a rigid bus bar would transfer that stress into the terminals. Flat braid also gives more surface area for a given cross section than round cable, so it sits well against a bolted pad. Where there is no movement, rigid bus is the simpler connection.

Country of origin on the SWA055A11000 is the United States, which is what government, utility, and federally funded projects with domestic sourcing language typically need documented before the part is approved.

Blackburn SWA055A11000, from the SWA series of flexible braid connectors. The trailing 1000 in the number is the 1000 mm braid length, so adjacent SWA055A1 numbers are the same braid in other lengths.

Each. One SWA055A11000 braid connector per unit, so order one per connection you are jumping. Buyers replacing braids on a bank of switches should count the connections, not the switches.