Fire Resisting Cable

Fire Resisting Cables

Fire Resistant CAT5E CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Data Cables

FFX-CAT5EU/UTP4P24FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT5EF/UTP4P24FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT5ESF/UTP4P24FR CWB/SWB/SWA

APPLICATION

Cat5E is a cable standard for Gigabit Ethernet and other network protocol, suitable for basic voice and data

installations up to 100 MHz. In addition, these cables can be offered with copper wire braid armoured & flame

retardant outer sheath, providing additional mechanically protection still maintaining the flexibility of the cable.

STANDARDS

Basic design adapted to EN 50173

FFX-CAT5EU/UTP4P24FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT5EF/UTP4P24FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT5ESF/UTP4P24FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Circuit Integrity

IEC 60331-23; BS 6387 CWZ (Optional)

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire or cable test)

IEC 60332-1-2; EN 60332-1-2

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

IEC 60332-3-24; EN 60332-3-24

Halogen Free

IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1

No Corrosive Gas Emission

IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2

Minimum Smoke Emission

IEC 61034-2; EN 61034-2

CABLE CONSTRUCTION


Conductor

24AWG solid bare copper.

Insulation

HDPE+SR.

Twinning

Two coloured insulated conductors twisted together to form a pair.

Overall Fire Barrier

Mica glass tape.

Inner Sheath

Thermoplastic LSZH compound.

Armouring:

CWB: Copper Wire Braid
SWB: Steel Wire Braid
SWA: Steel Wire Armour

Outer Sheath

Halogen-free flame retardant 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).

Outer Sheath Option

UV resistance, hydrocarbon resistance, oil resistance, anti-rodent and anti-termite properties can be offered as option. Compliance to fire performance standard (IEC 60332-1, IEC 60332-3, UL 1581, UL 1666 etc) depends on the oxygen index of the PVC compound and the overall cable design.
LSPVC can also be provided upon request.

Cat5EF/UTP

These cables have collective shielding of Aluminium/polyester tape with drain wire.

Cat5ESF/UTP

These cables have double collective shielding of Aluminium/polyester tape & copper wire braid.

PHYSICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Temperature range

-30°C - +75°C

Minimum bending radius during installation (mobile state)

8 x Overall Diameter

Minimum bending radius during operation (fixed state)

4 x Overall Diameter

ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES


AWG

 

24

Nominal Conductor Diameter

mm

0.50/0.53

Maximum DC Resistance@20°C

Ω/100m

9.38

Maximum DCR Unbalance

%

5

Maximum Mutual Capacitance

pf/m

55.8

Maximum Capacitance Unbalance

pf/100m

330

Characteristic Impedance@1-100MHz

Ω

100±15

Maximum Propagation Delay Skew

ns/100m

45

TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES


FREQ

Maximum Attenuation

Minimum NEXT

Minimum PSNEXT

Minimum ELFEXT

Minimum PSELFEXT

Minimum RL

MHz

dB/100m

dB

dB

dB/100m

dB/100m

dB

0.772

1.8

67.0

64.0

66.0

63.0

1

2.0

65.3

62.3

63.8

60.8

20.0

4

4.1

56.3

53.3

51.7

48.7

23.0

8

5.8

51.8

48.8

45.7

42.7

24.5

10

6.5

50.3

47.3

43.8

40.8

25.0

16

8.2

47.3

44.3

39.7

36.7

25.0

20

9.3

45.8

42.8

37.7

34.7

25.0

25

10.4

44.3

41.3

35.8

32.8

24.3

31.25

11.7

42.9

39.9

33.9

30.9

23.6

62.5

17.0

38.4

35.4

27.8

24.8

21.5

100

22.0

35.3

32.3

23.8

20.8

20.1

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS


Cable Code

Construction No. of Elements×No. of Cores in Element ×Conductor Diameter

Nominal Insulation Thickness

Nominal Inner Sheath Thickness

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness

Approx. Overall Diameter

Nominal Weight

 

mm

mm

mm

mm

mm

kg/km

FFX-CAT5EU/UTP4P24FR CWB

4×2×0.5

0.65

0.6

1.0

10.68

121

FFX-CAT5EU/UTP4P24FR SWB

4×2×0.5

0.65

0.6

1.0

10.68

116

FFX-CAT5EU/UTP4P24FR SWA

4×2×0.5

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.68

189

FFX-CAT5EF/UTP4P24FR CWB

4×2×0.53

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.28

140

FFX-CAT5EF/UTP4P24FR SWB

4×2×0.53

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.28

136

FFX-CAT5EF/UTP4P24FR SWA

4×2×0.53

0.65

0.6

1.0

12.28

216

FFX-CAT5ESF/UTP4P24FR CWB

4×2×0.53

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.76

147

FFX-CA T5ESF/UTP4P24FR SWB

4×2×0.53

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.76

143

FFX-CAT5ESF/UTP4P24FR SWA

4×2×0.53

0.65

0.6

1.0

12.76

240