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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, 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 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Note: Asterisk * denotes superseded standard.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