CABTYRE
CABTYRE is a SANS (South Africa) cable designation: CABTYRE = Cabtyre: flexible cord, PVC-insulated flexible copper cores twisted together under a soft PVC sheath; CL5 = Copper Conductor, Many-Stranded, Flexible (Class 5); PVC = PVC insulation; PVC = PVC sheath; CABTYRE = Cabtyre: flexible cord, flexible (class 5) copper cores in flexible PVC, twisted together under a soft PVC sheath. 300/300 V (0.5 and 0.75 mm2), 300/500 V (1 to 2.5 mm2), 450/750 V (4 and 6 mm2); -10 to +80 C (Alvern). SANS 1574-2 and SANS 1574-3; IEC 60227-3 (Alvern).
3 coding systems recognise this code
SANS (South Africa)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
CABTYRE | Cabtyre: flexible cord, PVC-insulated flexible copper cores twisted together under a soft PVC sheath |
CL5 | Copper Conductor, Many-Stranded, Flexible (Class 5) |
PVC | PVC insulation |
PVC | PVC sheath |
CABTYRE | Cabtyre: flexible cord, flexible (class 5) copper cores in flexible PVC, twisted together under a soft PVC sheath. 300/300 V (0.5 and 0.75 mm2), 300/500 V (1 to 2.5 mm2), 450/750 V (4 and 6 mm2); -10 to +80 C (Alvern). SANS 1574-2 and SANS 1574-3; IEC 60227-3 (Alvern) |
China (GB / JB/T / MT cable model codes)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
C | Shipboard or Marine Cable |
A | Aluminium Foil With Polyethylene Sheath |
B | Polypropylene (PP) |
T | Copper Conductor |
Y | Polyethylene (PE) Or Polyolefin |
R | Flexible Cable |
E | Low Smoke Zero Halogen Compound |
How to read a China (GB / JB/T / MT cable model codes) cable code
NEN 3207 / KEMA (Netherlands)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
C | Chloroprene Rubber |
A | With Uninsulated (Bare) Protective Conductor (Older Text: Bare Cable Shield) |
B | Ethylene-Propylene Rubber (EPR) |
T | Fibrous (Textile) Covering |
Y | Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE) |
R | Round Conductor |
E | Polyethylene (PE) |
Fire behaviour (EU CPR)
PVC sheath (CABTYRE, PVC).
Typically targeted, as declared by makers for this kind of construction in the examples this site checked (not the class of this cable):
EcaN1XV-R, Ahlsell (seller)Cca-s3,d1,a3FG16OR16, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)EcaU1000 R2V, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)EcaN2XSY, 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.