Fire Resisting Cable

Fire Resisting Cables

Fire Resistant CAT6 CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Data Cables

FFX-CAT6U/UTP4P23FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT6F/UTP4P23FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT6SF/UTP4P23FR CWB/SWB/SWA

APPLICATION

Cat6 Cable is a cable standard for Gigabit Ethernet and other network protocol, suitable for 10BaseT,

100BaseTx & 1000BaseT (Gigabit Ethernet) application. 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-CAT6U/UTP4P23FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT6F/UTP4P23FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT6SF/UTP4P23FR 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

FFX-CAT6U/UTP4P23FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT6F/UTP4P23FR CWB/SWB/SWA

FFX-CAT6SF/UTP4P23FR CWB/SWB/SWA


Conductor

23AWG 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, coloured black.

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.

Cat6F/UTP

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

Cat6SF/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

 

23

Nominal Conductor Diameter

mm

0.56/0.57/0.58

Maximum DC Resistance@20°C

Ω/100m

9.38

Maximum DCR Unbalance

%

3

Maximum Mutual Capacitance

pf/m

5.8

Maximum Capacitance Unbalance

pf/100m

30

Characteristic Impedance@1-100MHz

Ω

100±15

Maximum Propagation Delay Skew

ns/100m

18

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

76.0

74.0

70.0

67.0

1

2.0

74.3

72.3

67.8

64.8

20.0

4

3.8

65.3

63.3

55.7

52.7

23.0

8

5.3

60.8

58.8

49.7

46.7

24.5

10

6.0

59.3

57.3

47.8

44.8

25.0

16

7.6

56.3

54.3

43.7

40.7

25.0

20

8.5

54.8

52.8

41.7

38.7

25.0

25

9.5

53.3

51.3

39.8

36.8

24.3

31.25

10.7

51.9

49.9

37.9

34.9

23.6

62.5

15.4

47.4

45.4

31.8

28.8

21.5

100

19.8

44.3

42.3

27.8

24.8

20.1

155

25.2

41.5

39.5

23.9

20.9

18.8

200

29.0

39.8

37.8

21.7

18.7

18.0

250

32.8

38.3

36.3

19.8

16.8

17.3

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-CAT6U/UTP4P23FR CWB

4×2×0.56/0.57

0.65

0.6

1.0

10.68

152

FFX-CAT6U/UTP4P23FR SWB

4×2×0.56/0.57

0.65

0.6

1.0

10.68

146

FFX-CAT6U/UTP4P23FR SWA

4×2×0.56/0.57

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.88

226

FFX-CAT6F/UTP4P23FR CWB

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.48

163

FFX-CAT6F/UTP4P23FR SWB

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.48

169

FFX-CAT6F/UTP4P23FR SWA

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.65

0.6

1.0

12.48

250

FFX-CAT6SF/UTP4P23FR CWB

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.96

191

FFX-CAT6SF/UTP4P23FR SWB

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.65

0.6

1.0

11.96

185

FFX-CAT6SF/UTP4P23FR SWA

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.65

0.6

1.0

12.96

279