HFCCOSB

HFCCOSB 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; SB = SB: copper wire braid shield over the laid-up cores; HFCCOSB = HFCCOSB: HFCCO with a copper wire braid shield. 0.6/1 kV (Taihan p.41). 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
SBSB: copper wire braid shield over the laid-up cores
HFCCOSBHFCCOSB: HFCCO with a copper wire braid shield. 0.6/1 kV (Taihan p.41). 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
BSteel Tape Armour

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
BEthylene-Propylene Rubber (EPR)

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.

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