TPYCE
TPYCE is a JIS C 3410 shipboard cables cable designation: T = T: three cores, power and lighting; P = P: EP rubber (EPR) insulation; Y = Y: PVC sheath; C = C: galvanised steel wire braid armour; E = E: earth wire; TPYCE = TPYCE: shipboard three-core power and lighting cable, 0.6/1 kV, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, with an earth wire. 0.6/1 kV AC, 0.9/1.5 kV DC; conductor 90 °C; 1.5 to 185 mm² (Table 17 Notes 3 and 4, p. 33); earth wire 1.5, 2.5 or 4 mm² (Table 8, p. 22). JIS C 3410:2010 Table 3 note d (p. 9), Table 8 (p. 22), Table 1 (p. 3) and Table 17 (p. 33); built on IEC 60092-351, -353, -354, -359 and -376 (Introduction, degree MOD).
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JIS C 3410 shipboard cables
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
T | T: three cores, power and lighting |
P | P: EP rubber (EPR) insulation |
Y | Y: PVC sheath |
C | C: galvanised steel wire braid armour |
E | E: earth wire |
TPYCE | TPYCE: shipboard three-core power and lighting cable, 0.6/1 kV, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, with an earth wire. 0.6/1 kV AC, 0.9/1.5 kV DC; conductor 90 °C; 1.5 to 185 mm² (Table 17 Notes 3 and 4, p. 33); earth wire 1.5, 2.5 or 4 mm² (Table 8, p. 22). JIS C 3410:2010 Table 3 note d (p. 9), Table 8 (p. 22), Table 1 (p. 3) and Table 17 (p. 33); built on IEC 60092-351, -353, -354, -359 and -376 (Introduction, degree MOD) |
What is TPYCE cable?
TPYCE: shipboard three-core power and lighting cable, 0.6/1 kV, EPR insulation, PVC sheath, galvanised steel wire braid, with an earth wire. Rating: 0.6/1 kV AC, 0.9/1.5 kV DC; conductor 90 °C; 1.5 to 185 mm² (Table 17 Notes 3 and 4, p. 33); earth wire 1.5, 2.5 or 4 mm² (Table 8, p. 22). Standard: JIS C 3410:2010 Table 3 note d (p. 9), Table 8 (p. 22), Table 1 (p. 3) and Table 17 (p. 33); built on IEC 60092-351, -353, -354, -359 and -376 (Introduction, degree MOD).
Read in JIS C 3410:2010 (JSA English translation), seen: standard. Table 17 (p. 33): three cores of tinned or plain annealed stranded copper 1.5 to 185 mm²; EPR insulation 1.0 mm (up to 16 mm²) to 2.0 mm (185 mm²); PVC sheath 1.2 to 2.7 mm; steel braid wire 0.3 mm (0.4 mm from 70 mm²); PVC protective covering 0.9 to 2.0 mm; routine test 3 500 V. Earth wire (E, Table 3 note d, p. 9): stranded tinned or plain annealed copper in the interstices of the cores, 1.5, 2.5 or 4 mm² (Table 8, p. 22). Galvanised steel braid wire 0.3 or 0.4 mm (5.11.1, Table 7, p. 19), one over one under or two over two under, coverage at least 90 % (F at least 0.573, 6.16, p. 23); braid paint and protective covering white at 150/250 V and 0.6/1 kV, red at 3.6/6 and 6/10 kV, grey for fire resistant cables (6.16 c, 6.17, p. 24). Designation (cl. 10, p. 29): the symbol, a hyphen and the conductor size in mm², for multicore cables the number of cores, for telephone cables the number of pairs ("0.6/1 kV SPYC-120", "150/250 V MPYCY-12", "150/250 V TTYC-10"). FA- (flame retardant, bunched test 7.7: char at most 2.5 m) and FR- (fire resistant, mica tape under the insulation, 6.3, IEC 60331-21 or -31, 7.8) prefix the symbol. TMC prints the same name in its catalogue (manufacturer).
Documents and pages the readings were taken from
- JIS C 3410:2010, JSA English translation (first English edition 2011-09): Table 1 types and symbols pp. 2 to 8, Tables 2 and 3 letters pp. 8 to 9, construction Table 17 (p. 33)
- powerandcables.com
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.
TPYCE 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 |
TPYCE 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: TPYCE
TPYCE 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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