Fire Resistant Individual and Overall Screened Instrumentation Cables (Multipair)

RE-2X(St)H PiMF...CI

RE-2X(St)H PiMF...CI

Application

The unarmoured LSZH sheathed cables are generally used for indoor installation and suitable for wet and damp areas. Generally, the cables are used within industrial process manufacturing plants for communication, data and voice transmission signals and services. Also used for the interconnection of electrical equipment and instruments, the LSZH sheath can reduce toxic smoke and fume emission.

Standards

Basic design to BS EN 50288-7 (formerly BS 5308)

Fire Performance

Circuit Integrity IEC 60331-21; BS 6387 CWZ (Optional); BS EN 50200 (PH30/PH60/PH120)
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

Note: Asterisk * denotes superseded standard.

Voltage Rating

300/500 V

Cable Construction

Conductor Plain or metal coated copper wire, solid, stranded or flexible according to IEC 60228 class 1, 2 and class 5.
Fire Barrier Mica glass tape.
Insulation Extruded XLPE compound according to EN 50290-2-29. LSZH, PE, PP compound can be offered as options.
Pairs Two insulated conductors uniformly twisted together with a lay not exceeding 100mm (≤1.5mm²) or 150mm (for 2.5mm²).
Individual Screen Aluminium/polyester tape is applied over each pair with metallic side down in contact with tinned copper drain wire, 0.5mm².
Binder Tape PETP transparent tape.
Overall Screen Aluminium/polyester tape is applied over the laid up cores with metallic side down in contact with tinned copper drain wire, 0.5mm². Copper braid screen or aluminium/polyester tape combination with copper braid screen can be offered as option.
Outer Sheath 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.

Colour Code

Insulation Colour Colours and/or additional ring markings and/or symbols achieved by the use of coloured insulation or by a coloured surface using extrusion, printing or painting.
Outer Sheath Black. Other colours can be offered upon request.

Physical And Thermal Properties

Temperature range during operation -30°C - +90°C
Temperature range fixed installation -5°C - +50°C
Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds) 250°C
Minimum bending radius 7.5 x Overall Diameter

Electrical Properties

300V

Conductor area size mm² 0.5 0.75 1.0 1.5
Insulation thickness (Nominal) mm 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Insulation thickness (Minimum) mm 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.35
Conductor resistance (20°C) ohm/km 36.7 25.0 18.5 12.3
Minimum Insulation resistance (20°C) Mohm/km 1000
Maximum Mutual capacitance nf/km 250
Capacitance Unbalance pf/500m 500
Maximum l/R (ratio) μH/Ω 25 25 25 40
Operating Voltage V 300
Dielectric strength for 1 minute AC V ≥1000
DC V ≥2000

500v

Conductor area size mm² 0.5 0.75 1.0 1.5 2.5
Insulation thickness (nominal) mm 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Insulation thickness (minimum) mm 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.53
Conductor resistance (20°C) ohm/km 36.7 25.0 18.5 12.3 7.4
Minimum Insulation resistance (20°C) Mohm/km 1000
Maximum Mutual capacitance nf/km 250
Capacitance Unbalance pf/500m 500
Maximum l/R (ratio) μH/Ω 25 25 25 40 60
Operating Voltage V 500
Dielectric strength for 1 minute AC V ≥2000
DC V ≥3000

Construction Parameters

300V

Conductor RE-2X(St)H PiMF...CI
No. of Pairs X Cross Section Class of Conductor Nominal Insulation Thickness Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness Approx. Overall Diameter Approx. Weight
mm²   mm mm mm kg/km
0.5mm²
2x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.0 12.0 138
3x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.0 12.7 173
4x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.1 14.2 222
5x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.1 15.6 263
8x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.1 18.5 377
10x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.2 22.2 478
12x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.2 23.0 545
16x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.3 25.8 705
20x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.4 28.2 865
24x2x0.5 2 0.4 1.5 32.5 1046
0.75mm²
2x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.0 12.6 155
3x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.1 13.6 206
4x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.1 15.0 253
5x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.2 16.7 312
8x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.2 19.8 449
10x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.3 23.6 567
12x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.3 24.4 648
16x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.4 27.5 839
20x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.5 30.0 1028
24x2x0.75 2 0.4 1.5 34.5 1221
1.0mm²
2x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.0 13.4 177
3x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.1 14.4 238
4x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.2 16.1 304
5x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.2 17.7 363
8x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.2 21.0 528
10x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.3 25.1 667
12x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.4 26.2 782
16x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.5 29.4 1012
20x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.5 32.0 1220
24x2x1.0 2 0.4 1.6 36.9 1473
1.5mm²
2x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.1 15.2 230
3x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.2 16.4 309
4x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.2 18.1 384
5x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.3 20.1 472
8x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.3 24.0 690
10x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.4 28.7 870
12x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.5 29.9 1021
16x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.6 33.6 1323
20x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.7 36.7 1622
24x2x1.5 2 0.5 1.8 42.3 1955

500v

Conductor RE-2X(St)H PiMF...CI
No. of Pairs X Cross Section Class of Conductor Nominal Insulation Thickness Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness Approx. Overall Diameter Approx. Weight
mm²   mm mm mm kg/km
0.5mm²
2x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.0 13.4 157
3x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.1 14.5 208
4x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.1 15.9 254
5x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.2 17.7 313
8x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.2 21.1 447
10x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.3 25.2 565
12x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.4 26.3 660
16x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.5 29.5 850
20x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.5 32.1 1018
24x2x0.5 2 0.6 1.6 37.0 1230
0.75mm²
2x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.1 14.2 184
3x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.1 15.2 233
4x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.2 16.9 297
5x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.2 18.6 353
8x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.3 22.3 523
10x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.4 26.7 660
12x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.4 27.6 754
16x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.5 31.0 972
20x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.6 33.9 1190
24x2x0.75 2 0.6 1.7 39.1 1436
1.0mm²
2x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.1 15.0 207
3x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.2 16.2 276
4x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.2 17.8 340
5x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.3 19.8 418
8x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.3 23.6 605
10x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.4 28.2 764
12x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.5 29.3 893
16x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.6 33.0 1153
20x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.7 36.0 1411
24x2x1.0 2 0.6 1.8 41.6 1701
1.5mm²
2x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.1 16.0 241
3x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.2 17.2 324
4x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.3 19.2 414
5x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.3 21.1 496
8x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.4 25.4 740
10x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.5 30.3 932
12x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.6 31.5 1091
16x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.7 35.4 1410
20x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.8 38.7 1727
24x2x1.5 2 0.6 1.9 44.7 2080
2.5mm²
2x2x2.5 2 0.7 1.2 18.4 324
3x2x2.5 2 0.7 1.3 19.8 439
4x2x2.5 2 0.7 1.4 22.0 563
5x2x2.5 2 0.7 1.5 24.5 691
8x2x2.5 2 0.7 1.6 29.4 1033
10x2x2.5 2 0.7 1.7 35.1 1298
12x2x2.5 2 0.7 1.8 36.5 1519
16x2x2.5 2 0.7 1.9 41.0 1965
20x2x2.5 2 0.7 2.1 45.0 2434
24x2x2.5 2 0.7 2.2 51.9 2927