Airport Cables

Airport Cables

BS 2E21 Aircraft Cables

Application: Operating Temperature from -75°C to +90°C. 600V(r.m.s.). Good Flexibility down to -40°C.
Excellent resistance to abrasion and moisture. Good resistance to oils, acids and alkalis.

Conductor: Tinned annealed flexible copper    

Insulation: GFB (Glass fibre braid)    

Core identification: White

Sheath/Jacket: PCP (Polychloroprene) more commonly known as OFR (Oil resistant & flame retardent)

Colour: N°4: Red, N°6: Blue, N°9: Brown, N°12: Yellow, N°18 and above: Blue with Unipren number printed on the sheath/jacket

Voltage: 600v RMS (at maximum frequency 1600 c/s)

Operating temperature: Maximum 90°C, minimum bending: -40°C

Standards: BS2E21 & Aero G212

Unipren size

Nominal Conductor Area
(mm)

Stranding Inches

Stranding
(mm)

Diameter over Conductor
(mm)

Min. RT of PCB Insulation
(mm)

Nominal Overall Diameter
(mm)

Weight
(kg/km)

4

0.347

19/0.006

19/0.15

0.79

0.5

2.6

12

6

0.556

19/0.0076

19/0.19

0.99

0.5

2.7

14
9

0.966

33/0.0076

33/0.19

1.27

0.5

2.8

18

12

1.17

40/0.0076

40/0.19

1.47

0.5

3.2

21

18

2.05

70/0.0076

70/0.19

1.91

0.5

3.7

31
24

3.22

110/0.0076

110/0.19

2.36

0.5

4.2

45

35

5.33

73/0.012

73/0.30

3.00

0.64

4.9

74

50

8.76

120/0.012

120/0.30

4.09

0.64

6.3

104
70

13.3

182/0.012

182/0.30

5.31

0.76

7.7

164

100

21.5

294/0.012

294/0.30

6.68

0.76

9.2

268

135

33.3

203/0.018

203/0.46

8.45

0.76

11.1

387
150

40.7

248/0.018

248/0.46

9.44

0.9

12.3

461
170

53.0

323/0.018

323/0.46

10.66

0.9

13.7

580
200

68.3

416/0.018

416/0.46

12.07

0.9

15.2

744
230

84.2

513/0.018

513/0.46

13.54

1.0

16.9
923
280

109.0

666/0.018

666/0.46

15.24

1.0

18.7

1161