Flame Retardant CAT6 Data Cables

FTX-CAT6 U/UTP4P24
FTX-CAT6 F/UTP4P24
FTX-CAT6 SF/FTP4P24

Flame Retardant Data Cables

APPLICATION

Cat6 Cable is a cable standard for Gigabit Ethernet and other network protocol, suitable for 10BaseT,
100BaseTx & 1000BaseT (Gigabit Ethernet) application. In addition, these cables are with copper
wire braid armoured & flame retardant mud resistant outer sheath, providing additional mechanically
protection still maintaining the flexibility of the cable.

STANDARDS

Basic design to EN50173

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical
Wire Test)
EN 60332-1-2; IEC 60332-1-2; BS EN 60332-1-2; VDE
0482-332-1 ; NBN C 30-004 (cat. F1); NF C32-070-2.1(C2); CEI 20-35/1-2; EN 50265-2-1*; DIN VDE 0482-265-2-1*
Reduced Fire Propagation
(Vertically-mounted bundled wires
& cable test)
EN 60332-3-24 (cat. C); IEC 60332-3-24; BS EN 60332-3-24; VDE 0482-332-3; NBN C 30-004 (cat. F2); NF C32-070-2.2(C1); CEI 20-22/3-4; EN 50266-2-4*; DIN VDE 0482-266-2-4
Halogen Free IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-1; CEI 20-37/2-1 ; BS 6425-1*
No Corrosive Gas Emission IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-2; CEI 20-37/2-2 ; BS 6425-2*
minimum Smoke Emission IEC 61034-1&2; EN 61034 -1&2; DIN VDE 0482-1034-1&2; CEI 20-37/3-1&2; EN 50268-1&2*; BS 7622-1&2*
No Toxic gases NES 02-713; NF C 20-454

Note: Asterisk * denotes superseded standard.

VOLTAGE RATING

60V

CABLE CONSTRUCTION

Conductors: 23AWG solid bare copper.
Insulation: HDPE.
Twinning: Two coloured insulated conductors twisted together to form a pair.
Outer Sheath: Thermoplastic LSZH compound type LTS3 as per BS 7655-6.1 (Thermosetting LSZH
compound type SW2-SW4 as per BS 7655:section 2.6 can be offered.)
Cat6 F/UTP: These cables have collective shielding of aluminium/Polyester tape with drain wire.
Cat6 SF/UTP: These cables have double collective shieldings of aluminium/Polyester tape & copper
wire braid with drain wire.

Physical AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Temperature range: -30°C ~ +75°C
Minimum bending radius during installation (mobile state): 8 x Overall Diameter
Minimum bending radius during operation (fixed state): 4 x Overall Diameter

Electrical Properties

AWG 23
Nominal Conductor Diameter mm 0.56/0.57
maximum DC Resistant@20°C Ω/100m 9.38
maximum DCR Unbalance % 3
maximum mutual Capacitance pF/m 5.8
maximum Capacitance Unbalance pF/100m 30
Characteristic Impedance@1-100mHz Ω 100+/-15
maximum Propagation Delay Skew ns/100m 18

Transmission Properties

FREQ
mHz
maximum
Attenuation dB/100m
minimum
NEXT
dB
minimum
PSNEXT
dB
minimum
ELFEXT
dB/100m
minimum
PSELFEXT
dB/100m
minimum
RL
dB
0.772 1.8 76.0 74. 70.0 67.0
1 2.0 74.3 72.3 67.8 64.8 20.0
4 3.8 65.3 63.3 55.7 52.7 23.0
8 5.3 60.8 58.8 49.7 46.7 24.5
10 6.0 59.3 57.3 47.8 44.8 25.0
16 7.6 56.3 54.3 43.7 40.7 25.0
20 8.5 54.8 52.8 41.7 38.7 25.0
25 9.5 53.3 51.3 39.8 36.8 24.3
31.25 10.7 51.9 49.9 37.9 34.9 23.6
62.5 15.4 47.4 45.4 31.8 28.8 21.5
100 19.8 44.3 42.3 27.8 24.8 20.1
155 25.2 41.5 39.5 23.9 20.9 18.8
200 29.0 39.8 37.8 21.7 18.7 18.0
250 32.8 38.3 36.3 19.8 16.8 17.3

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Cable Code Conductor
Diameter
Diameter Over Insulation Pairs Screen Overall
Diameter
mm mm mm
Cat6 U/UTP 0.57/0.58 1.02 4 Nil 6.0
Cat6 F/UTP 0.57/0.58 1.02 4 Overall Aluminum Tape Screen 6.3
Cat6 SF/UTP 0.57/0.58 1.02 4 Overall Aluminum Tape Screen & Copper Wire Braid 6.6