Cable assemblies, harnesses, and looms

Simplify your electronics with RS cable assemblies, cable harnesses, and wiring looms.

Used to combine multiple cables within a single housing, they are a smart choice for any office, server room, or electrical system, allowing you to remove related cable assemblies quickly and easily at once and avoid creating a mass of tangled wires.

Explore our range of cable looms and harnesses from cable assembly manufacturers like 3M, Alpha Wire and Harting, using the Advanced Filtering options to find the correct cables for your needs - there are over 40,000 products listed.

Tap the PDF icon next to each product for technical information, and read on to learn more about cable assemblies, for what they are used, their types, and more. If you have any questions, please get in touch.

What are cable assemblies, harnesses, and looms?

Cable assemblies, also known as wire harnesses, cable harnesses, or wiring looms, are cables formed from multiple individual wires, grouped together within an external housing. In the United States, standards for cable and wire harness assemblies are covered by IPC/WHMA-A-620C.

Each cable that constitutes an assembly typically has a similar purpose to the rest. As such, bundling them together can make it easier and quicker to repair, replace, terminate, or join electrical systems.

Electrical looms are typically produced from plastic so that the wiring held within can be effectively insulated, protected from abrasion, and made more rigid.

And on top of protection, if there are multiple wires in use, then it is likely that a cable loom will help their organization. As a result, cable assemblies are used across a very wide range of applications, from the automotive industry, to aviation, through to office IT.

What are the benefits of cable assemblies, looms, and harnesses?

There are several benefits on offer if you augment your electronics with cable harness assemblies:

• Safety - Bound together as one, cable assemblies reduce the risk of individuals tripping over wires. It also can help to prevent wires from being affected by moisture or becoming broken, thereby averting electrical shorts and fire.
• Longevity - If you bind together wires with a cable loom, you reduce the risk of individual cables being damaged by abrasion, moisture, or vibrations. That improves their lifespan and makes maintenance less likely, potentially reducing replacement costs.
• Simplicity - Wiring looms make it easier to install or remove whole parts of electrical systems at once. That cuts down on installation costs, as well as removing the risk of human error leading to incorrectly installed wiring.
• Fewer defects - Most cable harnesses are manufactured as a single unit; they can be more reliable than using plastic wrapping to bundle cables together.

What types of cable assemblies are available?

The RS range of cable looms and harnesses come in a range of diverse types:

• Network cable assemblies - A must-have for any modern business, network cable assemblies include the likes of CAT5, CAT6, and ethernet cable. Utilizing electrical looms can make connecting workstations much simpler and cleaner.
• Audio and video cable looms - Deployed in offices, stores, and industrial facilities, audio and video cable looms can be used to connect DisplayPort monitors, CCTV systems, and speaker systems.
• Power cord harnesses - Our range of power cord cable harnesses can be relied upon to safely deliver power to all manner of electronic devices and equipment.
• Industrial cable assemblies - Spanning a huge range of connector types, cable types, lengths, and jacket materials, our industrial cable assemblies provide industrial businesses with everything that they need to effectively connect equipment and guarantee trouble-free operations.

Why choose RS as your trusted cable assembly distributor?

There are tens of thousands of cable assemblies in stock, ready to ship the very same day and all with no minimum order quantity at RS. Whatever the electronics that you need to connect and organize, we can help.

We are an authorized distributor for wide range of industrial cable assemblies, power cables, network cables and USB cables from leading manufacturers including RS PRO, L-com, Omron Industrial Automation, Phoenix Contact, Banner, and Molex.

Explore our wide range of wiring looms below, using the Advanced Filtering options to narrow your search. Most product listings have technical information available via PDF and, if you need any extra information, please contact our team with your question. To learn more about electronics, visit our expert advice hub today.