FPYCY
FPYCY is a JIS C 3410 shipboard cables cable designation: F = F: four cores, power and lighting; P = P: EP rubber (EPR) insulation; Y = Y: PVC sheath; C = C: galvanised steel wire braid armour; Y = Y: PVC protective covering over the armour; FPYCY = FPYCY: shipboard four-core power and lighting cable, 0.6/1 kV, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, PVC covering. 0.6/1 kV; conductor 90 C (TMC p.6, p.10, p.12). TMC catalogue name (TMC cites JIS C 3410(2010)); not a type of JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1.
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JIS C 3410 shipboard cables
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
F | F: four cores, power and lighting |
P | P: EP rubber (EPR) insulation |
Y | Y: PVC sheath |
C | C: galvanised steel wire braid armour |
Y | Y: PVC protective covering over the armour |
FPYCY | FPYCY: shipboard four-core power and lighting cable, 0.6/1 kV, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, PVC covering. 0.6/1 kV; conductor 90 C (TMC p.6, p.10, p.12). TMC catalogue name (TMC cites JIS C 3410(2010)); not a type of JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1 |
What is FPYCY cable?
FPYCY: shipboard four-core power and lighting cable, 0.6/1 kV, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, PVC covering. Rating: 0.6/1 kV; conductor 90 C (TMC p.6, p.10, p.12). Standard: TMC catalogue name (TMC cites JIS C 3410(2010)); not a type of JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1.
Not in JIS C 3410:2010 Table 1 (pp. 2 to 8): TMC's own variant, so its values stay at seen level manufacturer. JIS Table 2 (p. 8) has F for four cores, but Table 1 lists no four or more core PY cable for power. Name printed in the TMC index p.4 ('(FA-) FPYCY'). TMC 'Marine & Shipboard Cable, JIS C 3410(2010) / IEC 60092-350, 353, 354, 376' (manufacturer), p.4 'Code Designation': FA- flame retardant, FR- fire resistance, FR-FA-, S / D / T / F single to four cores for power and lighting, M multi core for control and signal, TT telephone and instrumentation; material letters, column alignment checked on a rendered image of p.4: insulation P EP rubber, Y PVC, C XLPE; sheath Y PVC; armouring C steel wire, CB copper alloy wire; protective covering Y PVC; others SLA common shield (AL/PS tape), -SLA individual shield (AL/PS tape), -S individual shield (copper braid), E earth wire, (C) cold type (not read here). Notes: telephone cables omit the insulation letter; CB for a copper alloy braid (0.6/1KV SPYCB, SPYCBY); E suffixed for an earth wire (0.6/1kV TPYE). Pp.6, 10, 12: stranded tinned annealed copper, EPR and PVC to JIS C 3410(2010), braid coverage min. 90 %, conductor 90 C, IEC 60332-1 (FA-: IEC 60332-3 Cat. A).
Documents and pages the readings were taken from
JIS C 3410 shipboard cables: how to read the cable type names
Fire behaviour (EU CPR)
PVC sheath (Y).
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.
FPYCY as the cable designer builds it, 4x16 0.6/1 kV
Overall diameter 27.9 mm, about 1,800 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 | EPR | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| Filler | PP | 16.7 | |
| Inner covering / bedding | PVC | 1.0 | 18.7 |
| Sheath | PVC | 1.2 | 21.1 |
| Wire armour | Steel | 42 × 1.60 | 24.3 |
| Sheath | PVC | 1.8 | 27.9 |
FPYCY on a drum
The smallest drum that passes every check, for 27.9 mm and about 1,800 kg/km as the cable designer builds it. Drums as their makers print them; lengths are estimates: whole layers wound nested (each turn in the groove of the layer below), wound diameter 1.05 × OD, 50 mm freeboard under the flange rim. Cable makers' own tables print less, as they count aligned layers.
| Length | Drum size (its makers) | Layers | Gross weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | KTG 12 (1250 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG | 9 of 10 | 1,044–1,065 kg |
| 1,000 m | KTG 16 (1600 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG | 11 of 13 | 2,076–2,109 kg |
Barrel at least 15 × OD = 418 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: FPYCY
FPYCY belongs to the family LV armoured 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 armoured cables
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