Xlpe Armoured Cable Specifications

Xlpe insulated cable for medium and high voltages have in general circular conductors and only single core construction is adopted for the latter.

Xlpe armoured cable specifications.

Plain stranded copper or aluminium insulation. 4 core mains power cables low voltage. The bs5467 british standard cable specification provides the construction requirements for low voltage armoured. Conductors may be of compacted stranded aluminium or stranded.

Materials such as cross linked polyethylene xlpe provide high temperature resistance and excellent dielectric strength providing enhanced electrical properties. Prysmian bs5467 cable is a low voltage 4 core power cable rated 600 1000v with xlpe insulation and mechanical protection provided by galvanised steel wire armour swa. Awa swa armoured cable construction. Typically the construction of an aluminium or steel wire armored cable comprises six components.

Extruded semi conducting compound bonded to the insulation and applied in the same operation as the insulation. These cables have overcome the limitations of pvc insulated cables such as thermal degradation poor. 4 0 general technical requirements 4 5 5. 8 0 schedules 8 9.

Of xlpe cable the design of xlpe cables conform to international standards and are similar to those in iec 60502 and iec 60840. 5 0 test and testing facilities 6 7 6. Eland cables is a leading supplier of basec approved low voltage armoured cables manufactured in accordance with british standard bs5467 and bs6724. The basic material is low density polyethylene.

Single core or three cores 240mm to 630mm swa pvc xlpe underground transmission line cable 132kv. Mv cable specification cable conductor. This includes pvc sheathed single core cables xlpe pvc awa pvc and multicore cables xlpe pvc swa pvc with a cable current ratings of 0 6 1kv and 1 9 3 3kv. 7 0 quality assurance plan 8 8.

1 0 scope 3 2. 2 0 service condition 3 3. Extruded cross linked polyethylene xlpe suitable for operation at a conductor. The xlpe insulated heavy duty cables were introduced worldwide in mid sixties.

3 0 standards 3 4 4. Customer specific requirements can also be met. The cables are manufactured conforming to indian international cables specifications for xlpe insulated cables. Xlpe power cables our product range includes a wide range of sci aluminium conductor xlpe insulated pvc sheathed armoured cable of size 2c x 70 sq mm sci aluminium armoured cable of size 2c x 185 sq mm sci aluminium conductor xlpe insulated pvc sheathed armoured cable of size 2c x 50 sq mm sci aluminum unarmoured cable of size 4c x 400 sq mm sci aluminium armoured cable of size 3 5c x 400.

Xlpe means cross linked polyethylene or vulcanized polyethylene. Compact circular stranded copper conductor complying with bs en 60228 class 2. 4 core bs5467 swa armoured cables 600 1000v.