Published:
20 February 2015
Category:
Manufacturer News
Our INFORM@X® instrumentation cables keep everything in tune.
Our INFORM@X® instrumentation cables keep everything in tune.
In today’s fast paced society it’s becoming more and more vital that interconnections between electrical instruments, computers and control equipment keep the beat. That’s why our product family of instrumentation cables, INFORM@X®, offer optimal protection against electrical noise and all the integrity measures you may need to conduct the tempo.
INSTRUMENTATION
INFORM@X® P50 – P56
Application
The INFORM@X® P50 – 56 range of cables are designed for the interconnection of electrical instruments, monitoring and control equipment within industrial systems and processing plants.
Typical uses include
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, electrical sensing devices, field bus RS 485 and RS 422 data links, control cabinets to supervisory consoles, electrical measuring devices, Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD) and many other supervisory applications.
Typical wiring systems will use multi-pair cables to connect control room equipment to panels in field junction boxes. Single pair cables are used to connect junction boxes to field devices.
INFORM@X P50 – 56 cables are suitable for use where it is necessary to provide:
- Protection from Interference to the transmission signal from other electrical circuits.
- Prevention from physical damage to the cable (achieved by screens and steel wire armour, where applicable).
- Intrinsically safe cables (coloured blue).
Approvals
AS/CA S008
These cables are not to be regarded as power cables for mains power supplies.
Behaviour in flame and fire:
Flame Propagation to AS/NZS 1660.5.6
Temperature range
Minimum installation temperature: 0 °C
Maximum operating temperature: +75 °C
Minimum operating temperature: -25 °C
Minimum bending radius
Installed cables: refer to data tables.
Resistance to
Chemical exposure: Occasional
Mechanical impact: Light
Water exposure: Spray
Solar radiation and weather exposure: Occasional
Cable design
Conductor:
Plain copper wire
P50/P53 – 0.5 mm2 (7/0.3 mm), 20 AWG
P51/P55/P56 – 1.5 mm2 (7/0.5 mm), 16 AWG
Insulation:
V-90-HT PVC
Construction:
P50/P55 - Multi-pair; black and white numbered cores
P53/P56 - Multi-triple; black, white & red numbered cores
P51 - Single pair or triple, colours as above
Sheath:
V90-HT PVC
Colours: Black, Blue on request.
Screen:
Aluminium/Polyester tape with a 7/0.2 mm tinned copper drain wire.
Armour (optional):
Galvanised mild steel wire.
(Add SWA to the product code).
Communication wire (optional):
A 7/0.25 mm central communication wire.
All sizes and values without tolerances are reference values. Specifications are for product as supplied by Prysmian Group: any modification or alteration afterwards of product may give different result. The information contained within this document must not be copied, reprinted or reproduced in any form, either wholly or in part, without the written consent of Prysmian Group.
The information is believed to be correct at the time of issue. Prysmian Group reserves the right to amend this specification without prior notice. This specification is not contractually valid unless specifically authorised by Prysmian Group.
General Information
Element
An element consists of a pair (or triple) formed by twisting the wires together. Elements are twisted with different twist lengths to reduce interference between them.
Cable core
The cable core is formed by assembling the required number of wires or elements together.
Screened element (ES)
The twisted element is wrapped with aluminium/polyester laminate as a tape with the bare tinned copper wire laid in contact with the aluminium side of the tape. A further layer of polyester tape is applied over the core.
Screened core (CS)
The aluminium/polyester laminate is applied as a screen over the core with the bare tinned copper drain wire laid in contact with the aluminium side of the tape.
Armour (SWA)
A further protective covering can be provided by the application of galvanised steel wires and a PVC oversheath.
Sheath
The wrapped core is sheathed with PVC.
