HFCCOS

HFCCOS is a KS / KEPCO type names (Korea) cable designation: HF = HF: halogen free; C = C: control cable (first letter of the control cable names CVV, CCV, CCE, HFCCO); C = C: cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation; O = O: low-toxic flame-retardant polyolefin sheath; S = S: copper tape shield over the laid-up cores; HFCCOS = HFCCOS: HFCCO with a copper tape shield. 0.6/1 kV (Taihan p.37). KS C IEC 60502-1.

3 coding systems recognise this code

KS / KEPCO type names (Korea)

SymbolMeaning
HFHF: halogen free
CC: control cable (first letter of the control cable names CVV, CCV, CCE, HFCCO)
CC: cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation
OO: low-toxic flame-retardant polyolefin sheath
SS: copper tape shield over the laid-up cores
HFCCOSHFCCOS: HFCCO with a copper tape shield. 0.6/1 kV (Taihan p.37). KS C IEC 60502-1

DIN VDE 0271/0276 power cables (Germany)

SymbolMeaning
HHalogen-Free Compound (Insulation Or Sheath, E.g. NHXH, N2XSEHRH); Older MV Cables: Field-Limiting Conductive Layers (H-Type, Höchstädter)
FFlat Galvanized Steel Wire
CConcentric Copper Conductor
CConcentric Copper Conductor
OOval Conductor
SCopper Screen (Wires, Or Wires And Tape); On Multi-Core Cables Over The Laid-Up Cores

How to read a DIN VDE 0271/0276 power cables (Germany) cable code

NEN 3207 / KEMA (Netherlands)

SymbolMeaning
HWith Auxiliary Conductor(s)
FFine-Wired In Flexible Cables-Class 5
CChloroprene Rubber
CChloroprene Rubber
OOval Conductor
SSilicone Rubber

How to read a NEN 3207 / KEMA (Netherlands) cable code

Fire behaviour (EU CPR)

  • Halogen-free compound (HF). 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):

    Listed as sources, alphabetically by maker. No maker pays to appear here.

  • Flame retardant (O). 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.

HFCCOS as the cable designer builds it, 4x1.5 0.6/1 kV

Overall diameter 12.7 mm, about 230 kg/km. Nominal values from the standard's tables for this size, computed, not a maker's data.

LayerMaterialThickness, mmOver the layer, mm
InsulationXLPE0.702.8
FillerPP6.7
Inner covering / beddingHalogen-free (LSZH)1.08.7
Tape screenCopper0.209.1
SheathHalogen-free (LSZH)1.812.7

HFCCOS on a drum

The smallest drum that passes every check, for 12.7 mm and about 230 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.

LengthDrum size (its makers)LayersGross weight
500 mKTG 8 (800 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG11 of 11146–150 kg
1,000 mKTG 9 (900 mm flange), wood KTG drums (Europe), Bayka, KTG13 of 13277–281 kg

Barrel at least 15 × OD = 191 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: HFCCOS

HFCCOS 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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