FLAT CABLES

Application

Indoors or Outdoors in cable ducts, cable trays, conduits or underground locations under mechanical stresses in power and switching stations.

Local distribution systems, Industrial and Commercial units for basic power & lighting purpose.

Standards	BS 6346, IEC 60502-1 & VDE 0271
Operating Temperature	70° C
Short Circuit Temp	160° C
Working Voltage	600 / 1000
Volts Test Voltage	3 KV r m s for 5 minutes

Conductor

Aluminium / Annealed plain copper solid* / stranded conductor conform to BS 6360 and IEC 60228, Class 2 (Circular / Sector shaped).

Insulation

PVC type Ill as per BS 7655: Section 3.1 and PVC type A as per IEC 60502-1

Single core	Red. Yellow, Blue, Black, Grey or Natural
2 Core	Red, Black
3 Core	Red, Yellow, Blue
4 Core	Red , Yellow, Blue, Black
5 Core	Red, Yellow, Blue, Black & Grey
6 Core & above	Blue , Yellow and remaining core Grey each layer

Assembly

Insulated conductors are laid up together, if necessary interstices may be filled with fillers.

Fillers

Non-hygroscopic Poly propylene fillers are included between laid up cores wherever required.

A separator tape of non-hygroscopic poly propylene material is applied over laid up cores wherever necessary.

Bedding

Bedding Extruded PVC compatible with operating temperature.

Armour

For Single Core - Aluminium round wire / flat Strep.

For Multicore - Galvanised Steel round wire / flat wire / tape. .

Outer Sheath

Extruded PVC / Special PVC compound such as Flame Retardant (FR), Flame Retardant Low Smoke (FRLS), Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSOH) can be used for outer sheath to suit a variety of environment and fire risk conditions. Flamabillity test confirms to IEC 332 & Swidish chimeny. For installation where fire and associated problems such as emission of smoke and toxic fumes offer a serious potential threat, special LSF (Low smoke & fumes) compound can be provided. LSF compound is Halogen free (Flourine, Chlorine, Bromine) when tested as per BS 6425 (Pt 1) & IEC 60754 (Pt 1). The acid gas evolved during combustion is less than 0.5% by weight of material.

Minimum Bending Radius

12 times the cable diameter

Admissible Pulling Force

Aluminium-30/mm