NSHXAÖ
NSHXAÖ is a DIN VDE type names (Germany) cable designation: N = German national (VDE) type; SHX = Halogen-free special rubber single core with improved behaviour in a fire (Sonder-Gummiaderleitung): rubber insulation 3GI3 under an outer covering of halogen-free crosslinked polymer HM3; A = Single-Core Non-Sheathed Cable; Ö = Oil Resistant; NSHXAÖ = NSHXAÖ: halogen-free special rubber single core (Sonder-Gummiaderleitung) with a solid or stranded conductor, improved behaviour in a fire (a draft German standard). U0/U 0,6/1, 1,8/3 and 3,6/6 kV (clause 3). E DIN VDE 0250-606:1992-03, a draft (Entwurf), never published as a standard; seen as a draft: halogen-free special rubber single cores with improved behaviour in a fire (1); single core, solid 1,5 to 10 mm², stranded 16 to 300 mm², fine-wire 1,5 to 300 mm², at 3,6/6 kV at most 185 mm² (4.1); bare or tinned copper class 1, 2 or 5 (4.2); rubber insulation 3GI3 (DIN VDE 0207-20), no colour additive, conductive layers allowed from 1,8/3 kV (4.3, 4.4); outer covering halogen-free polymer HM3 (DIN VDE 0207-24, 4.5).
1 coding system recognises this code
DIN VDE type names (Germany)
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
N | German national (VDE) type |
SHX | Halogen-free special rubber single core with improved behaviour in a fire (Sonder-Gummiaderleitung): rubber insulation 3GI3 under an outer covering of halogen-free crosslinked polymer HM3 |
A | Single-Core Non-Sheathed Cable |
Ö | Oil Resistant |
NSHXAÖ | NSHXAÖ: halogen-free special rubber single core (Sonder-Gummiaderleitung) with a solid or stranded conductor, improved behaviour in a fire (a draft German standard). U0/U 0,6/1, 1,8/3 and 3,6/6 kV (clause 3). E DIN VDE 0250-606:1992-03, a draft (Entwurf), never published as a standard; seen as a draft: halogen-free special rubber single cores with improved behaviour in a fire (1); single core, solid 1,5 to 10 mm², stranded 16 to 300 mm², fine-wire 1,5 to 300 mm², at 3,6/6 kV at most 185 mm² (4.1); bare or tinned copper class 1, 2 or 5 (4.2); rubber insulation 3GI3 (DIN VDE 0207-20), no colour additive, conductive layers allowed from 1,8/3 kV (4.3, 4.4); outer covering halogen-free polymer HM3 (DIN VDE 0207-24, 4.5) |
What is NSHXAÖ cable?
NSHXAÖ: halogen-free special rubber single core (Sonder-Gummiaderleitung) with a solid or stranded conductor, improved behaviour in a fire (a draft German standard). Rating: U0/U 0,6/1, 1,8/3 and 3,6/6 kV (clause 3). Standard: E DIN VDE 0250-606:1992-03, a draft (Entwurf), never published as a standard; seen as a draft: halogen-free special rubber single cores with improved behaviour in a fire (1); single core, solid 1,5 to 10 mm², stranded 16 to 300 mm², fine-wire 1,5 to 300 mm², at 3,6/6 kV at most 185 mm² (4.1); bare or tinned copper class 1, 2 or 5 (4.2); rubber insulation 3GI3 (DIN VDE 0207-20), no colour additive, conductive layers allowed from 1,8/3 kV (4.3, 4.4); outer covering halogen-free polymer HM3 (DIN VDE 0207-24, 4.5).
The draft's example is NSHXAÖ 1 x 6 0,6/1 kV. Before this row the decoder read the name in the Old VDE 0250 letters (SH as a connecting cable for severe mechanical load), which is not this type. The letters are the draft's type designation (2.1); the draft gives no key of its own for them.
Documents and pages the readings were taken from
- E DIN VDE 0250-606:1992-03 (draft) (clauses 1 to 4.8 pp. 2 to 3)
DIN VDE type names (Germany): how to read the cable type names
Fire behaviour (EU CPR)
Halogen-free compound (SHX). 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):
B2ca-s1a,d0,a11-CXKH-R-J, Kablo VrchlabíCca-s1b,d1,a1FG16(O)M16, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)B2ca-s1a,d1,a1FG18(O)M16, Nexans (La Triveneta Cavi)DcaFXQJ, Nexans NorwayCca-s1b,d1,a1H07Z1-K, Nexans SpainB2ca-s1,d2,a1AXQJ-RMF, Prysmian Sweden (12/20 kV)B2ca-s1a,d1,a1RZ1-K (AS), Top CableCca-s1b,d1,a1RZ1FZ1-K (AS), Top Cable
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.
Work with NSHXAÖ
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