CU/XL-HFFR/CBPT/PVC

CU/XL-HFFR/CBPT/PVC is a Layer-list designation (CU/XLPE/SWA/PVC style, IEC and BS practice) cable designation: CU = Copper Conductor; XLHFFR = Cross-Linked Halogen-Free Flame-Retardant Compound (XL-HFFR); CBPT = Copper Backed Polyester Tape; PVC = Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC).

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

SymbolMeaning
CUCopper Conductor
XLHFFRCross-Linked Halogen-Free Flame-Retardant Compound (XL-HFFR)
CBPTCopper Backed Polyester Tape
PVCPolyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

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Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

  • Halogen-free compound (XLHFFR). Under the CPR this shows in the additional classes: acidity a1 to a3 (EN 60754-2) and smoke s1 to s3 (EN 50399; s1a and s1b add the 3 m cube test EN 61034-2). The main class, Aca to Fca, depends on the whole construction.

    Typically targeted, as declared by makers for this kind of construction in the examples this site checked (not the class of this cable):

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  • Flame retardant (XLHFFR). The single-cable test behind class Eca is EN 60332-1-2 (the flame stops within 425 mm). Bunched cables are tested by IEC 60332-3-24 category C (1.5 l/m, 20 min, char at most 2.5 m), which is not a CPR class test; the CPR ladder test for B1ca to Dca is EN 50399.

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.

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