FIREGUARD Flame Retardant Cables 

Flame Retardant Instrumentation Cables

Flame Retardant Overall Screened Instrumentation Cables (Multipair)

RE-2X(St)Y

Flame Retardant Instrumentation Cables

APPLICATION
The unarmoured PVC versions (Part 1 Type 1) are generally use for indoor installation and
suitable for wet and damp areas. Generally used within industrial process manufacturing plants for
communication, data and voice transmission signals and services.

STANDARDS
Basic design adapted to BS 5308 Part1 Type 1

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

Note: Asterisk ** denotes that the standard compliance is optional, depending on the oxygen index of the PVC compound and the cable design.

VOLTAGE RATING
300/500V

CABLE CONSTRUCTION
Conductor: Annealed or tinned copper, sizes: 0.5mm² and 0.75mm² mulitistranded(Class 5), 0.5
mm², 1.0 mm² solid(Class 1), 1.5mm² or 2.5mm², multistranded(Class 2) to BS6360
Insulation: XLPE (Cross Linked Polyethylene), or PE (optional)
Pairs: Two insulated conductors uniformly twisted together with a lay not exceeding 100mm
Binder tape: PETP transparent tape
Overall Screen: Aluminium/polyester tape is applied over the laid up pairs metallic side down in
contact with tinned copper drain wire, 0.5mm²
Outer Sheath: Thermoplastic PVC compound. 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.

COLOUR CODE
Insulation Colour: See technical information
Outer sheath: Black or blue

Physical AND THERMAL PROPERTIES
Maximum Operating temperature: -20˚C - + 90˚C( fixed installation)
0˚C - +50˚C(during operation)
Minimum bending radius: 5 x Overall Diameter

Electrical Properties

Conductor Area Size

mm 2

0.5

0.5

0.75

1.0

1.5

Conductor Stranding

No. x mm

1 x 0.8

16 x 0.2

24 x 0.2

1 x 1.13

7 x 0.53

Conductor resistance max

ohm/km

36.8

39.7

26.5

18.2

12.3

Insulation resistance min

Gohm/ km

5

5

5

5

5

Capacitance unbalance at 1 kHz(pair to pair screen)

pF/250m

250

Max. Mutual Capacitance @ 1 kHz forNon OS or OS cables (except one-pair and two- pairs)

pF/m

115

115

115

115

115

Max. Mutual Capacitance @
1 kHz IS/OS cables (include 1 pair and 2 pair)

pF/m

75

75

75

75

75

Max. L/R Ratio for adjacent cores(Inductance/Resistance)

μH/ohm

25

25

25

25

40

Test voltage

Core to core

V

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

Core to screen

V

1000

1000

1000

1000

1000

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Conductor RE-2X(St)Y
Number of
Pairs
No./
Nominal
Diameter
of
Strands
Nominal
Conductor
Cross-
Section
Area
Nominal
Insulation
Thickness
Nominal
Sheath
Thickness
Nominal
Overall
Diameter
Approx.
Weight
no./mm mm2 mm mm mm kg/km

1

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

0.8

5.5

35

2

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

0.8

6.8

55

5

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.1

10.9

125

10

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.2

14.4

215

15

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.2

16.5

300

20

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.3

18.8

385

30

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.3

22.3

545

50

1/0.80

0.5

0.5

1.5

28.5

875

1

16/0.20

0.5

0.6

0.8

6.2

60

2

16/0.20

0.5

0.6

0.8

7.6

80

5

16/0.20

0.5

0.6

1.1

12.4

210

10

16/0.20

0.5

0.6

1.2

16.5

340

15

16/0.20

0.5

0.6

1.3

19.2

440

20

16/0.20

0.5

0.6

1.3

21.7

570

30

16/0.20

0.5

0.6

1.5

26.4

780

50

16/0.20

0.5

0.6

1.7

33.4

1130

1

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

0.8

6.7

75

2

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

0.9

8.4

100

5

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.2

13.8

250

10

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.3

18.4

450

15

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.5

21.1

600

20

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.5

24.4

920

30

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

1.7

29.5

980

50

24/0.2

0.75

0.6

2

37.6

1690

1

1/1.13

1

0.6

0.8

6.6

85

2

1/1.13

1

0.6

0.8

8

115

5

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.2

13.5

290

10

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.2

17.7

500

15

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.3

20.6

670

20

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.5

23.8

950

30

1/1.13

1

0.6

1.5

28.4

1030

50

1/1.13

1

0.6

2

36.6

1750

1

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

0.8

7.5

100

2

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

0.9

9.3

150

5

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.2

15.6

360

10

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.3

20.9

690

15

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.5

24.6

880

20

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.5

27.8

1230

30

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

1.7

33.7

1560

50

7/0.53

1.5

0.6

2

43

2400