FIREGUARD Flame Retardant Cables 

Flame Retardant Data Cables

Flame Retardant CAT6 CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Data Cables

FGD-CAT6 U/UTP4P23
FGD-CAT6 F/UTP4P23
FGD-CAT6 SF/FTP4P23

Flame Retardant Data Cables

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 EN50173

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
60V

CABLE CONSTRUCTION
Conductors: 23AWG 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 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.
Cat6 F/UTP: These cables have collective shielding of aluminium/Polyester tape with drain wire.
Cat6 SF/UTP: These cables have double collective shieldings of aluminium/Polyester tape & copper
wire braid with drain wire.

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 Resistant@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 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

76.0

74.

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

FGD Cat6 SF/UTP

FGD Cat6 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

FGD-CAT6 U/UTP CWB

4×2×0.56/0.57

0.2

0.6

1.0

7.88

115

FGD-CAT6 U/UTP SWB

4×2×0.56/0.57

0.2

0.6

1.0

7.88

109

FGD-CAT6 U/UTP SWA

4×2×0.56/0.57

0.2

0.6

1.0

8.88

189

FGD-CAT6 F/UTP CWB

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.2

0.6

1.0

8.48

126

FGD-CAT6 F/UTP SWB

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.2

0.6

1.0

8.48

132

FGD-CAT6 F/UTP SWA

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.2

0.6

1.0

9.48

213

FGD-CAT6 SF/UTP CWB

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.2

0.6

1.0

8.96

154

FGD-CAT6 SF/UTP SWB

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.2

0.6

1.0

8.96

148

FGD-CAT6 SF/UTP SWA

4×2×0.57/0.58

0.2

0.6

1.0

9.96

242