Control : 300 / 500V
Power : 0.6 / 1 (1.2) kV
Applications
Used for hoisting control systems in festoons on overhead cranes.
Copper screens are efficient against electro magnetic disturbances caused by power and control cables.
Design
| 1. Conductor : | Flexible plain copper class 5; IEC 60228 |
| 2. Insulation : | PVC |
| 3. Screen : | a. Plain copper braid; b. Plain copper spinning on phase cores. Earth core is unscreened |
| 4. Outer-sheath : | PVC; |
| Colour: | Black |
Marking
VCVH6-F
Number of cores – cross-section
voltage – NEXANS – year – week
Cores Identification
power: black-grey-brown
earth conductor: green/yellow
control: black with white printed numbers
Standards
Nexans specification
Mechanical properties
| Tensile stress of the conductor | static | 15 N/mm2 |
| dynamic | 30 N/mm2 | |
| Tests | Bending test | |
| Travelling Festoon speed | up to 120 m/min |
Chemical Properties
Oil, acid and alcaline resistant.
For indoor and outdoor applications. Moisture, UV and ozone resistance.
Flame-retardant according to IEC 60 332 part 1.
Electrical and Thermal properties
| Control cables: | ||
| Nominal voltag | Uo/U | 300/500 V |
| Maximum operating voltage in AC systems | Um | 500 V |
| Capacitance between cores: | 170 nF/km | |
| Capacitance between core and screen: | 350 nF/km | |
| Power cables: | ||
| Nominal voltage | Uo/U | 0.6/1 kV |
| Maximum operating voltage in AC systems | Um | 1.2 kV |
| Test voltage: | ||
| – Control | 2.0 kV – 50 Hz in AC | |
| – Power | 2.5 kV – 50 Hz in AC | |
| Max. temperature at the conductor: | ||
| – in service | + 70 °C | |
| – in short circuit | + 150 °C | |
| Max. surface temperature: | ||
| – fixed installation | – 35 °C up to + 60 °C | |
| – mobile operation | – 25 °C up to + 60 °C |
VCVH6-F Screened PVC Flat Cables
| Number of cores and nominal cross-section (mm2) |
Outer dimensions approx (mm) |
Weightapprox.
(kg/km) |
|
| CONTROL | 4 x 1.5* | 18 x 5.5 | 220 |
| 8 x 1.5* | 34 x 5.5 | 430 | |
| 12 x 1.5* | 50 x 5.5 | 650 | |
| POWER | 4 G 4* | 23 x 7 | 360 |
| 4 G 6* | 29 x 9 | 580 | |
| 4 G 10* | 37 x 11 | 900 | |
| 4 G 16* | 46 x 14 | 1,280 | |
| 4 G 25* | 50 x 14.5 | 1,800 | |
| 4 G 35* | 55 x 16 | 2,300 |
