TriC Engineering
Twisted Pair / Cable Geometry

Lay Length Calculator

inches — ONE bare wire, not the bundle
from the spool/marking — feeds the reference wire-ID panel below
usually 2 (twisted pair), sometimes 3
twists / in
Result
Bundle OD (calculated)
0.086 in
Lay length
0.333 in
Twists / foot
36.0
Lay ratio
6.41×
Bundle OD = single conductor OD × cable factor A (MIL-C-27500F §4.6 / Table VIII, indexed by wire count) — not directly measured. This replaces caliper-measuring the twisted bundle's oblong cross-section, which §4.6 otherwise defines as an operator-dependent "greatest straight-line dimension" reading.
Lay Ratio
Lay ratio (lay length ÷ bundle OD)
6.41×
MIL-C-27500F §3.2.2 (Cable layup) dictates 8–16× the unshielded, unjacketed cable OD. View the spec PDF ↗. Per your prior spec sheet reference, some SAE AS27500-series callouts allow down to 6×.
Twist Diagram — 2.0 in window shown
Conductor A Conductor B 1 lay length
Twist amplitude is exaggerated for legibility — actual lateral displacement scales with OD, not the diagram's visual radius.
Reference only — does not affect the lay ratio above
M22759 wire match, at that AWG
MatchSpec / LetterNominal ODΔ
Matches your single-wire OD against every sourced M22759 insulation spec at the AWG you entered. "Strong" = inside that spec's published ± tolerance. Identifies insulation construction only — not the cable's outer jacket, which is a separate layer.
Reference only — you choose, the tool doesn't guess
M27500 part number
populated from the M22759 matches above — pick the one that's actually right (e.g. by plating color), the tool can't tell SB from SC on OD alone
Table C — single shield only; double-shield/jacket codes aren't modeled here yet
Table D — single jacket only
Assembled part number
Identification/color code defaults to "-" (Table A's preferred 85%-coverage scheme, per your own example) — not user-selectable here. Assembles as M27500-{color}{AWG}{spec letter}{count}{shield}{jacket}, sourced from the Judd Wire M27500 nomenclature tables.