PVC Pendant Overhead Crane Cables
Applications
Special cable with lateral suspension strands used to remote control overhead cranes from pushbutton boxes. It can be used for nstallations where the hanging length of cable does not exceed 50m.
Design
1. Conductor : Flexible, plain copper class 5
IEC 60228
2. Insulation : XLPE
3. Lateral suspension members Sheathed stranded steel wires
4. Twin “figure 8” outer sheath PVC
Colour: black
Marking
BOITALYON – 300/500 V
Number of cores – cross-section NEXANS – year – week
Cores Identification
White printed numbers with or without earth core (green-yellow)
Standards
Nexans specification
Mechanical Properties
| Max. tensile load of the two steel supports | 1,000 N |
| Bending radii | 10 x D (cable diameter) |
| Tests | alternating/reversed bending test, torsional resistance test |
Chemical properties
Oil resistant.
For indoor and outdoor applications. Moisture, UV and ozone resistance.
Flame-retardant according to IEC 60 332 part 1.
Optical and Thermal properties
| Nominal voltage | Uo/U | 300/500 V |
| Maximum operating voltage in AC systems | Um | 500 V |
| Test voltage | 2.5 kV in AC | |
| Current rating (A) | see electrical characteristics page 3.2 B | |
| Max. temperature at the conductor: | ||
| – in service | + 90 °C | |
| – in short circuit | + 250 °C | |
| Max. surface temperature: | ||
| – mobile operation | – 25 °C up to + 60 °C | |
Boitalyon R
| Number of cores and nominal cross-section | Outer dimensions approx. | Weight approx. |
| (mm2) | (mm) | (kg/km) |
| 5 x 1.5* | 20.0 x 9.5 | 210 |
| 8 x 1.5* | 24.0 x 12.5 | 300 |
| 12 x 1.5* | 24.0 x 12.5 | 350 |
| 12 G 1.5* | 24.0 x 12.5 | 350 |
| 16 x 1.5* | 25.5 x 14.5 | 440 |
| 20 x 1.5* | 27.0 x 15.5 | 520 |
| 20 G 1.5* | 27.0 x 15.5 | 520 |
| 30 x 1.5* | 30.0 x 19.0 | 700 |
