Gore Cable Builder

Engineering mission-critical cable assembly tools for aerospace, defense, and spaceflight

Project Context

Founded in 1958, Gore is a global materials science company known for solving complex technical challenges across industries. With over 3,500 unique inventions worldwide, the company's innovative wire and cable solutions have been crucial to technological advancement since their earliest days - from powering early supercomputers to enabling space exploration.

Today, Gore supplies high-reliability custom cable assemblies for critical applications in aerospace, defense, and test equipment. Their components can be found in everything from commercial aircraft to Mars rovers, where failure is not an option. With thousands of possible configurations needed across their client base, Gore required a robust tool to help engineers specify and request custom cable assemblies that precisely match their requirements.

Services

Web Development

Timeline

12 months

Team

2 engineers

Key Technology

React

Industry

B2BIndustrial

Project Opportunity

Modernize Gore's mission-critical cable assembly builder, replacing an aging Flash application with a modern web platform while maintaining the complex configuration logic that engineering teams rely on worldwide.

Enterprise-wide process transformation

We coordinated modernization efforts across multiple Gore departments, from the parts database team managing technical specifications to the sales team receiving and quoting requests. Each step required deep understanding of departmental workflows to help teams adapt their processes for the new system.

Gore cable builder enterprise transformation diagram

Natural design workflow

We rebuilt the cable design process to match how engineers actually work. Instead of requiring all decisions upfront and forcing connector selection first, our flexible system lets engineers start with either cable specifications or connector requirements. By spreading decisions across multiple steps, we significantly reduced specification loading times.

Interactive documentation system

We developed tools that transform complex cable specifications into clear, shareable information. Our interactive charts display cable performance under different conditions, replacing static diagrams with dynamic visualizations. Each custom cable design receives a unique URL, enabling easy sharing of exact specifications. The system automatically generates detailed technical documents with all measurements needed for installation in aircraft or spacecraft.

Gore cable builder assembly summary data sheet

Outcomes

Our cable builder has replaced Gore's legacy Flash system and operated in production for 5+ years, enabling engineers to design mission-critical cable assemblies through faster workflows and shareable configurations.