CVV-AMS

CVV-AMS is a KS / KEPCO type names (Korea) cable designation: CVV = CVV: control cable with PVC insulation and a PVC sheath; AMS = AMS: aluminium-mylar tape shield with a drain wire over all pairs; CVV-AMS = CVV-AMS: 0.6/1 kV PVC insulated signal cable in pairs, aluminium-mylar tape shield over all pairs, PVC sheath. 0.6/1 kV (Taihan p.42). KS C IEC 60502-1.

2 coding systems recognise this code

KS / KEPCO type names (Korea)

SymbolMeaning
CVVCVV: control cable with PVC insulation and a PVC sheath
AMSAMS: aluminium-mylar tape shield with a drain wire over all pairs
CVV-AMSCVV-AMS: 0.6/1 kV PVC insulated signal cable in pairs, aluminium-mylar tape shield over all pairs, PVC sheath. 0.6/1 kV (Taihan p.42). KS C IEC 60502-1

NBN (Belgian national cable names, ...B types)

SymbolMeaning
CRubber (Caoutchouc), Natural Or Synthetic, Insulation Or Sheath
VPolyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
VPolyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
ASteel Tape Or Steel Wire Armour
MMedium Load / Insulation (500 V; 450/750 V In The 2011 Catalogue)
SWelding Cable; In Wire Names Such As VSB: Flexible (Souple)

How to read a NBN (Belgian national cable names, ...B types) cable code

Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

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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