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Firetuf ® FIBRE Stranded loose tube cable
Fire resistant stranded loose tube cable with up to 96 fibres.
Inner FireRes ® sheath, corrugated steel tape armouring, outer
FireRes ® sheath. VDE: U-DQHBH
Application and installation
Installation in tunnels and subways where there are requirements for reaction to fire
Difficult installation environments where fire safety is a primary concern
For conditions with risk of severe rodent attacks
Standards
EN 187 000, IEC 60794-3, IEC 60794-3-10, IEC 60794-3-12, ISO 11801 2 nd edition, EN 50 173-1
Flame resistance
LSHF-FR (FRNC): IEC 60331-25 (90)( 90 minutes at 750C); IEC 60332-1-2; IEC 60332-3-24; IEC 60332-3-22 ;
IEC 60754-1; IEC 60754-2; IEC 61034; EN 50200:2000 (120 minutes at 860C, with mechanical
shock (1 per 5 minutes))
Options
As standard this cable is provided with 12 fibres per tube, as an option other lower fibre counts are possible
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Firetuf ® FIBRE Stranded loose tube cable
Construction
Central strength member Ø2.5 mm FRP rod
Loose tube Ø2.3 mm jelly filled loose tubes with up to 12 fibres each
Fibre colour code 1 Red 7 Brown
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2 Green 8 Violet
3 Blue 9 Turquoise
4 Yellow 10 Black
5 White 11 Orange
6 Grey 12 Pink
Water blocking The core is wrapped with swellable tape
Ripcord 1
Inner sheath Blue FireRes ® , EN 50290-2-27
Ripcord 1
(1.3 mm for 6 element construction and 0.8 mm for 8 element construction)
Armouring 0.155 mm corrugated steel tape
Outer sheath Blue 2.0 mm FireRes ® , EN 50290-2-27
Sheath marking
Draka Firetuf FIBRE I/O ST D MA LSHF-FR 1.8 kN
05 U-DQHBH x /125
Physical properties
Attribute IEC 60794-1-
2
Method
Limits
Fibre count - 72 96
Nominal diameter [mm] - 15.5 15.5
Nominal weight [kg/km] - 290 290
Short term tensile strength
(some days) [N]
E1 1800 N
Permanent tensile strength [N] E1 1200 N
Crush (compressive strength)
[N/100 mm]
E3 3000N
Impact [J] E4 20 Nm
Torsion E6 30 reversed bends; R = 300 mm
Kink E7 5 cycles 1 turn
Fibre count E10 The cable do not form a kink when a loop is drawn together to a
diameter 12 times the cable nominal diameter
Minimum bending radius [mm] E11 290 290
Temperature range F1 Storage: -60 ºC to 60 ºC
Installation: -30 ºC to 60 ºC
Operation -60 ºC to 70 ºC *)
Water penetration F5B No water on free end (core only)
*) In the interval -60 ºC to 70 ºC there is no attenuation variation (≤0.05 dB) for a single mode fibre, when tested
according to the standard mentioned.
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Firetuf ® FIBRE Stranded loose tube cable
Product codes – ordering information
Prysmian
group
material
code
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Prysmian Group
material description
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Draka
Material
code
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Fibre count Fibre type Fibre
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