AL/XLPE/PVC

AL/XLPE/PVC is a Layer-list designation (CU/XLPE/SWA/PVC style, IEC and BS practice) cable designation: AL = Aluminium Conductor; XLPE = Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE); PVC = Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC).

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Layer-list designation (CU/XLPE/SWA/PVC style, IEC and BS practice)

Symbol	Meaning
`AL`	Aluminium Conductor
`XLPE`	Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE)
`PVC`	Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

How to read a Layer-list designation (CU/XLPE/SWA/PVC style, IEC and BS practice) cable code

Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

PVC sheath (PVC).
Typically targeted, as declared by makers for this kind of construction in the examples this site checked (not the class of this cable):
- Eca N1XV-R, Ahlsell (seller)
- Cca-s3,d1,a3 FG16OR16, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)
- Eca U1000 R2V, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)
- Eca N2XSY, Waskönig+Walter (10 kV datasheet)
Listed as sources, alphabetically by maker. No maker pays to appear here.

A CPR class is declared by the maker in its Declaration of Performance and printed on the sheath (EN 50575 cl 7). This decoder does not assign one. What the CPR classes mean →

Sources: EN 13501-6 draft and FprEN 50575:2014 final draft (drafts, not the published texts); IEC 60332-3-24:2000+A1:2008; EN 13501-3 draft A2.

AL/XLPE/PVC as the cable designer builds it, 3x16 0.6/1 kV

Overall diameter 19.2 mm, about 400 kg/km. Nominal values from the standard's tables for this size, computed, not a maker's data.

Layer	Material	Thickness, mm	Over the layer, mm
Insulation	XLPE	0.70	6.3
Filler	PP		13.6
Inner covering / bedding	PVC	1.0	15.6
Sheath	PVC	1.8	19.2

AL/XLPE/PVC on a drum

The smallest drum that passes every check, for 19.2 mm and about 400 kg/km as the cable designer builds it. Drums as their makers print them; lengths are estimates within a few per cent of the cable makers' own tables: whole layers, wound diameter 1.05 × OD, 50 mm freeboard under the flange rim.

Length	Drum size (its makers)	Layers	Gross weight
500 m	KTG 10 (1000 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG	9 of 9	271–278 kg
1,000 m	KTG 12 (1250 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG	12 of 12	544–565 kg

Barrel at least 15 × OD = 288 mm for a cable of this kind (Low voltage, multi-core): KTG table, the cable's datasheet wins. A load rating is the drum maker's own.

Other lengths, drums and weights: the cable drum calculator

Load it on a truck: 1000 m on its drum in the loading planner

Laying, sizes and datasheet: AL/XLPE/PVC

AL/XLPE/PVC belongs to the family LV XLPE power cables: the lowest laying temperature, bending radius, pulling, depth, drum handling and the test after laying, every rule with its sources. Laying and handling guide: LV XLPE power cables

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