Applications
Railways vehicules (locomotives, trains, trolley-busses, etc..) and installations.
Particular properties
- Halogen free.
- High resistance at very low temperature
- Very high resistance at oils and fuels
- Flame retardant
- Fire retardant
- Low smoke emission and opacity
Construction
- Conductor
Flexible stranded tinned copper class 5 according to EN 60228
- Insulation
Type EI 105: Cross-linked halogen free rubber
- Separator tape
- Outer sheath
Type EM104: Special cross-linked halogen free rubber
Marking on the outer sheath
Nexans "factory code" EN50264-2 "voltage rating Uo" "conductor size" "hazard level EN 45545-1 " (M means extra low temperature /extra oil fuel resistance)
Example for cable 300/500V 2x1.5 mm2
NEXANS B EN 50264-2-2 500 V 2x1.5 O M
Minimum Bending radius
- Dynamic use: 5 +8 times the outer diameter
- Static use: 4 times the outer diameter
Colour code: Standard colour of insulation: black
Standards
- EN 50264-1: General requirement
- EN 50264-2: Design and test
- EN 45555-1: Fire protection
- EN 50265-2-1: Flame propagation
- EN 50265-2-4: Fire propagation
- EN 50267-2-1: Halogen acide gas
- EN 50267-2-2: Acidity of gases
- EN 50268-3: Smoke density
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