What is the reason for the large price difference of Fakra cables?

The main reasons for the significant price difference of Fakra cables are as follows:

Material factors

Conductor material: Fakra cables generally use copper as the conductor material. The price of copper with different purities varies greatly, and high-quality copper materials such as oxygen free copper have higher costs, which can ensure better conductivity and signal transmission performance. In addition, some low-priced Fakra cables may use alternative materials such as copper-clad aluminum, which reduces costs but slightly reduces performance.

Insulation and sheathing materials: High quality insulation and sheathing materials, such as those with good temperature resistance, oil resistance, corrosion resistance, and aging resistance, such as polytetrafluoroethylene, are relatively expensive. However, some ordinary plastic or rubber materials have lower costs, which may lower the overall price of cables, but may not guarantee stable performance in complex environments.

Production process factors

Manufacturing difficulty: Fakra cables with complex production processes and high precision requirements are more expensive. For example, strict requirements are placed on the concentricity of cables and the uniformity of shielding layers during the production process, requiring advanced equipment and exquisite craftsmanship to meet the standards, which will increase production costs.

Production efficiency: Enterprises with high production efficiency have relatively low unit costs during large-scale production; Enterprises with small batches, manual production, or outdated production equipment have low production efficiency, high unit costs, and product prices will also be affected.

Brand and Quality Factors

Brand value: Well known brands usually have high visibility and reputation in the market, with more guaranteed product quality, after-sales service, and technical support. Consumers are willing to pay higher prices for the brand's reputation and word-of-mouth.

Quality control: Brand enterprises often have stricter quality control systems, following high standards and specifications from raw material procurement, production process monitoring to finished product testing, to ensure the stable and reliable performance of each cable, which can also increase product prices.

Specifications and performance factors

Transmission frequency: Fakra cables that support higher transmission frequencies, such as products that can reach 20GHz, require higher material selection, structural design, and production processes, and are more expensive than cables that only support 6GHz.

Characteristic impedance: Fakra cables with high requirements for characteristic impedance accuracy are difficult to produce and have correspondingly high prices.

Cable length: The longer the cable length, the higher the price naturally. Moreover, in some special application scenarios, there are strict requirements for cable length, and the price of customized long cables will be higher due to production difficulty and increased costs.