Flexible Nylon Conduit for Electrical and Industrial Cable Protection

Nylon conduit provides a flexible and durable solution for protecting electrical wiring, cable bundles and wire harnesses in demanding environments.

Mojak Plastics manufactures corrugated nylon conduit in Australia for automotive, industrial and electrical applications. The range uses durable nylon designed to provide flexibility, impact and abrasion resistance. Mojak identifies the range as Polyamide 6 corrugated conduit for wire-harness protection across automotive and industrial applications.

What Is Corrugated Nylon Conduit?

Corrugated nylon conduit is a flexible protective tube with alternating ridges and grooves. Unlike rigid conduit, its construction allows it to bend around equipment, components and changing cable routes.

This makes flexible nylon conduit suitable for machinery, vehicles, control systems and assemblies where wiring needs to follow irregular paths. It also helps organise multiple wires into a protected and manageable harness.

Why Use Nylon for Cable Conduit?

• Flexibility: Easily routes around components and through confined spaces.
• Impact and abrasion protection: Provides an additional protective layer around cables exposed to movement and contact.
• Fatigue resistance: Suitable for applications involving repetitive movement and flexing.
• Chemical resistance: Mojak’s technical information highlights resistance to automotive oils, fluids and solvents.
• Low-smoke and halogen-free characteristics: The Polyamide 6 range incorporates a halogen-free flame-retardant system with low-smoke and low-toxicity characteristics according to product documentation.

Common Applications for Nylon Conduit

Automotive Wiring: Corrugated nylon conduit helps protect wire harnesses around moving assemblies, engine components and restricted spaces.

Machinery and Equipment: Corrugated nylon conduit can protect cables running between controls, sensors, motors and other machinery components.

Electrical Cabinets and Control Systems: Flexible conduit can simplify cable routing between cabinets, panels and connected equipment where rigid conduit is less practical.

Electronics and OEM Applications: Nylon conduit can be incorporated into organised wire-harness assemblies while providing additional physical protection. It can also suit manufacturers requiring consistent conduit supply and application-specific solutions.

Nylon Conduit Sizes

Mojak manufactures a range of nylon conduit diameters, from compact NC08 tubing through to larger NC50 conduit. Selecting the correct diameter helps ensure easy cable installation without placing unnecessary pressure on the wire bundle.

When selecting a size, consider:

• Number and outside diameter of cables
• Connectors that need to pass through
• Bend requirements
• Future cable additions
• Compatible fittings

Slit Versus Unslit Nylon Conduit

Slit conduit: can be opened along its length and fitted around an existing wire harness, making it useful for assembly, repair and retrofit work.

Unslit conduit: provides a continuous tube and may be preferred when cables can be fed through during manufacturing or installation. Mojak’s technical range includes slit options and different packing arrangements.

Nylon Conduit Versus PVC Conduit

PVC is widely used for general electrical applications, while nylon or polyamide conduit can be particularly useful where flexibility, fatigue resistance, abrasion protection and resistance to automotive fluids are important.

When selecting a conduit material, consider the operating environment, including movement, chemical exposure, abrasion, low-smoke or halogen-free requirements and whether slit conduit is needed for existing wiring.

Australian-Made Nylon Conduit

Mojak Plastics has a manufacturing history dating back to 1989, when the business began as a plastic extrusion operation in Perth producing products for wire harnessing.

Local manufacturing also allows customers to discuss product dimensions, packaging, colours and volume requirements directly with the manufacturer. Mojak’s technical documentation notes that custom colours and various packing formats may be available for relevant conduit products.