PCOCC
Copper wire is made from
casting molten copper into long rods or bars that eventually are drawn
through a tiny orifice that creates a copper wire. Copper
crystals, generated during rapid cooling in the traditional casting
process, act as an impediment to the natural flow of the signal.
This is because the random orientation of these copper crystals forms
an irregular mosaic pattern that impedes the flow of electrons.
What was needed was a single crystal copper casting process.
In 1986 the Ohno Continuous
Casting (OCC) process was introduced to the world. Ultra Pure single
crystal Copper was developed by professor Ohno of the Chiba Institute
of Technology in Japan. OCC is a single, long grain copper
structure built by using a heated mold, that solves the rapid cooling
process problems. The results are small rods of OCC pure copper,
from which the wire can be drawn and we get single copper grains of
over 700 feet in length!
PCOCC sounds superior to OFC
copper in the same construction cable. It's a LOT more expensive
but it's worth the extra expense as we believe we have generated a far
superior interconnect using PCOCC materials in the conductors.