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Flame Retardant Coaxial Cables

Flame Retardant RG59 CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Coaxial cables

Flame Retardant Coaxial Cables

APPLICATION
These 75Ω coaxial cables are suitable for installation on board of ships and other indoor marine
environments.

STANDARDS
Basic design to MIL-C-17

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

Halogen Free

IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-1; CEI 20-37/2-1 ; BS 6425-1*

No Corrosive Gas Emission

IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-2; CEI 20-37/2-2 ; BS 6425-2*

minimum Smoke Emission

IEC 61034-1&2; EN 61034 -1&2; DIN VDE 0482-1034-1&2; CEI 20-37/3-1&2; EN 50268-1&2*; BS 7622-1&2*

No Toxic gases

NES 02-713; NF C 20-454

Note: Asterisk * denotes superseded standard.

CABLE CONSTRUCTION
Conductors: 20AWG solid bare copper.
Insulation: PE compound.
Screen1: Aluminium/polyester or aluminium tape.
Screen2: Tinned copper braid.
Inner Sheath: Low smoke and halogen-free polyolefin, coloured black.
Armouring:
cwb: copper Wire Braid
swb: Steel Wire Braid
swa: Steel Wire Armour
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.)

Physical AND THERMAL PROPERTIES
Temperature Range: -30°C - +75°C
Minimum Bending Radius: 15 X Overall Diameter

Electrical Properties

AWG

 

20

Nominal Conductor Diameter

mm

0.8

Impedance

Ω

75+/-5

Nominal Attenuation@100mHz

dB/100m

7.6

Nominal Attenuation@270mHz

dB/100m

12.5

Nominal Attenuation@540mHz

dB/100m

17.9

Nominal Attenuation@720mHz

dB/100m

20.9

Nominal Attenuation@750mHz

dB/100m

21.3

Nominal Attenuation@1000mHz

dB/100m

24.9

Capacitance

pF/m

53.5

Velocity of Propagation

%

83

Conductor DCR

Ω/km

32.8

Shield DCR

Ω/km

12.5

Inductance

μH/m

0.318

Time Delay

ns/m

4.0

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Cable Code

Nominal Inner Conductor Diameter

Nominal Insulation Thickness

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness

Nominal Overall Diameter

Nominal
Weight

 

mm

mm

mm

mm

kg/km

RG59 CWB

0.8

1.4

1.2

9.78

146

RG59 SWB

0.8

1.4

1.2

9.78

114

RG59 SWA

0.8

1.4

1.2

10.8

220