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Flame Retardant Data Cables

Flame Retardant CAT5e

CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Data Cables

FTX-CAT5e U/UTP4P24 cwb/swb/swa

FTX-CAT5e f/UTP4P24 cwb/swb/swa

FTX-CAT5e sf/FTP4P24 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,CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Data Cables 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 to EN50173

Flame Retardant CAT5e CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Data Cables

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Note: Asterisk * denotes superseded standard.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

60V

Cable Construction

Conductors: 24AWG solid bare copper.

Insulation: HDPE.

Twinning: Two coloured insulated conductors twisted together to form a pair.

Inner Sheath: Flame retardant, low smoke and halogen-free polyolefin, coloured black.

Armouring:

cwb: copper Wire Braid

swb: Steel Wire Braid

swa: 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:section 2.6 can be offered.)

Cat5E F/UTP: These cables have collective shielding of aluminium/Polyester tape with drain wire.

Cat5E SF/UTP: These cables have double collective shieldings 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 0.53
maximum DC Resistant@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
mHz		 maximum
Attenuation dB/100m		 minimum
NEXT
dB		 minimum
PSNEXT
dB		 minimum
ELFEXT
dB/100m		 minimum
PSELFEXT
dB/100m		 minimum
RL
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

 

Cat5E SF/UTP

Cat5E SF/UTP

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 Nominal Overall Diameter Nominal
Weight
  mm mm mm mm mm kg/km
caT5e U/UTP cWb 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 7.68 97
caT5e U/UTP sWb 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 7.68 93
caT5e U/UTP sWa 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 8.68 165
caT5e f/UTP cWb 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 8.28 116
caT5e f/UTP sWb 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 8.28 112
caT5e f/UTP sWa 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 9.28 192
caT5e sf/UTP cWb 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 8.76 123
caT5e sf/UTP sWb 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 8.76 119
caT5e sf/UTP sWa 4×2×0.53 0.2 0.6 1.0 9.76 216