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Flame Retardant Instrumentation Cables

Flame Retardant Overall Screened, Armoured Instrumentation Cables (multipair)

RE-2X(St)HSWAH

Flame Retardant Instrumentation Cables

APPLICATION
The armoured LSZH versions (Part 1 Type 2) cables are generally used when the risk of mechanical
damage is increased. The galvanized steel wire armour provides excellent protection. Generally
used within industrial process manufacturing plants for communication, data and voice transmission
signals and services, Also used for the interconnection of electrical equipment and instruments, the
LSZH sheath can reduce toxic smoke and fume emission.

STANDARDS
Basic design to BS 5308 Part1 Type 2

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical
Wire Test)

EN 60332-1-2; IEC 60332-1-2; BS EN 60332-1-2; VDE
0482-332-1 ; NBN C 30-004 (cat. F1); NF C32-070-2.1(C2); CEI 20-35/1-2; EN 50265-2-1*; DIN VDE 0482-265-2-1*

Reduced Fire Propagation
(Vertically-mounted bundled wires
& cable test)

EN 60332-3-24 (cat. C); IEC 60332-3-24; BS EN 60332-3-24; VDE 0482-332-3; NBN C 30-004 (cat. F2); NF C32-070-2.2(C1); CEI 20-22/3-4; EN 50266-2-4*; DIN VDE 0482-266-2-4

Halogen Free

IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-1; CEI 20-37/2-1 ; BS 6425-1*

No Corrosive Gas Emission

IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-2; CEI 20-37/2-2 ; BS 6425-2*

minimum Smoke Emission

IEC 61034-1&2; EN 61034 -1&2; DIN VDE 0482-1034-1&2; CEI 20-37/3-1&2; EN 50268-1&2*; BS 7622-1&2*

No Toxic gases

NES 02-713; NF C 20-454

Note: Asterisk * denotes superseded standard.

VOLTAGE RATING
300/500V

CABLE CONSTRUCTION
Conductor: Annealed or tinned copper, sizes: 0.5mm² and 0.75mm² mulitistranded(Class 5), 0.5
mm², 1.0 mm² solid(Class 1), 1.5mm² or 2.5mm², multistranded(Class 2) to BS6360
Insulation: XLPE (Cross Linked Polyethylene), or PE (optional)
Pairs: Two insulated conductors uniformly twisted together with a lay not exceeding 100mm
Binder tape: PETP transparent tape
Overall Screen: Aluminium/polyester tape is applied over the laid up pairs metallic side down in
contact with tinned copper drain wire, 0.5mm²
Inner Sheath: LSOH(Low Smoke Zero Halogen) sheath
Amouring: Galvanized steel wire armour
Outer Sheath: Thermoplastic LSZH compound type LTS3 as per BS 7655-6.1 (Thermosetting LSZH
compound type SW2-SW4 as per BS 7655-2.6 can be offered.)

COLOUR CODE
Insulation Colour: See technical information
Outer sheath: Black or blue

Physical AND THERMAL PROPERTIES
Maximum Operating temperature: -20˚C - + 90˚C( fixed installation)
0˚C - +50˚C(during operation)
Minimum bending radius: 5 x Overall Diameter

Electrical Properties

Conductor Area Size

mm 2

0.5

0.5

0.75

1.0

1.5

Conductor Stranding

No. x mm

1 x 0.8

16 x 0.2

24 x 0.2

1 x 1.13

7 x 0.53

Conductor resistance max

ohm/km

36.8

39.7

26.5

18.2

12.3

Insulation resistance min

Gohm/km

5

5

5

5

5

Capacitance unbalance at 1
kHz(pair to pair screen)

pF/250m

250

max. mutual Capacitance @ 1
kHz forNon OS or OS cables (except one-pair and two- pairs)

pF/m

115

115

115

115

115

max. mutual Capacitance @
1 kHz IS/OS cables (include 1 pair and 2 pair)

pF/m

75

75

75

75

75

max. L/R Ratio for adjacent
cores(Inductance/Resistance)

μH/ohm

25

25

25

25

40

Test voltage

Core to core

V

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

Core to screen

V

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

Rated voltage max

V

300/500

300/500

300/500

300/500

300/500

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Number of Pairs

No./ Nominal Diameter of Strands

Nominal
Conductor Cross- Section Area

Nominal Insulation Thickness

Nominal Sheath Thickness

Nominal Overall Diameter

Approx. Weight

Nominal Thick- ness of
Sheath

Nominal Dia. of Cable

Approx. Weight

no./mm

mm2

mm

mm

mm

kg/km

mm

mm

kg/km

1

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

0.8

5.5

0.9

1.3

9.9

200

2

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

0.8

6.8

0.9

1.3

11.2

260

5

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.1

10.9

0.9

1.4

15.5

460

10

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.2

14.4

1.25

1.6

20.1

790

15

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.2

16.5

1.25

1.6

22.2

1100

20

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.3

18.8

1.6

1.7

25.4

1280

30

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.3

22.3

1.6

1.8

29.1

1520

50

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.5

28.5

1.6

2

35.7

2100

1

16/0.2

0.5

0.6

0.8

6.2

0.9

1.3

10.6

250

2

16/0.2

0.5

0.6

0.8

7.6

0.9

1.3

12

300

5

16/0.2

0.5

0.6

1.1

12.4

0.9

1.5

17.2

560

10

16/0.2

0.5

0.6

1.2

16.5

1.25

1.6

22.2

970

15

16/0.2

0.5

0.6

1.3

19.2

1.6

1.7

25.8

1240

20

16/0.2

0.5

0.6

1.3

21.7

1.6

1.8

28.5

1640

30

16/0.2

0.5

0.6

1.5

26.4

1.6

1.9

33.4

1770

50

16/0.2

0.5

0.6

1.7

33.4

2

2.1

41.6

2770

1

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

0.8

6.7

0.9

1.4

10.9

280

2

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

0.9

8.4

0.9

1.4

12.8

330

5

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.2

13.8

1.25

1.6

19.3

750

10

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.3

18.4

1.6

1.8

24.3

1260

15

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.3

21.1

1.6

1.9

27

1480

20

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.5

24.4

1.6

2

31.4

1890

30

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.7

29.5

2

2.1

37

2440

50

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

2

37.6

2.5

2.4

47.3

3210

1

1/1.13

1

0.6

0.8

6.6

0.9

1.3

11

290

2

1/1.13

1

0.6

0.8

8

0.9

1.4

12.6

345

5

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.2

13.5

1.25

1.5

19

790

10

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.2

17.7

1.25

1.7

23.6

1310

15

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.3

20.6

1.6

1.8

27.4

1740

20

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.5

23.8

1.6

1.8

30.6

2040

30

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.5

28.4

1.6

2

35.6

2180

50

1/1.13

1

0.6

2

36.6

2

2.2

45

3500

1

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

0.8

7.5

0.9

1.4

11.9

320

2

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

0.9

9.3

0.9

1.5

14.1

420

5

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.2

15.6

1.25

1.6

21.6

940

10

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.3

20.9

1.6

1.8

27.4

1500

15

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.5

24.6

1.6

1.9

31.2

1970

20

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.5

27.8

1.6

2

35.8

2400

30

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.7

33.7

2

2.2

42.3

3170

50

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

2

43

2.5

2.5

53.2

5020