Category 5E Data Cables
Application
The cables are designed for permanently protected installation, inside and outside railway rolling stock, buses and other vehicles to connect fixed parts. Ethernet based networks as: infotainment, multimedia, passenger information system etc.
Standard
- DIN 5510-2
- EN 50228-2-2
- BS 6853
- EN 50306-3 par 4.8/4.9/4.10
Cable Construction
For 4×0.5mm^2, 4×22AWG cables:
- Conductors: Stranded tin plated copper conductor (for 0.5mm^2 cables) or stranded silver plated copper conductor (for 22AWG cables) according to IEC 60228 class 5.
- Insulation: Electron beam crosslinkable compound.
- Cable Element: Individual conductor stranded together.
- EMC Screen1: Plastic laminated aluminium-tape.
- EMC Screen2: Tinned copper braid.
- Separator (s): Plastic tape.
- Outer Sheath: Electron beam crosslinkable compound.
For 4×2×22AWG cables:
- Center: PE fi ller.
- 4 pairs 2×22AWG: Stranded tinned copper conductor according to IEC 60228 class 5.
- Insulation: Electron beam crosslinkable compound.
- EMC Screen1: Plastic laminated aluminium-tape.
- EMC Screen2: Tinned copper braid.
- Separator(s): Plastic tape.
- Outer Sheath: Electron beam crosslinkable compound.
Electrical Characteristics at 20℃
Nominal Cross Section | mm^2 | 0.5 | - |
AWG | - | 22 | |
Nominal Conductor Resistance | Ω/km | 40.1 | 54.4 |
Maximum Resistance Unbalance | Ω/km | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Maximum Capacitance | |||
Core to Core | pF/m | 65 | 65 |
Core to Screen | pF/m | 100 | 100 |
Characteristic Impedance @100MHz | Ω | 100+/-5 | 100+/-5 |
Transfer Impedance f≤30MHz | mΩ/m V | 200 | 200 |
Nominal Voltage Rating | 300 | 300 |
Mechanical and Thermal Properties
- Minimum Bending Radius: 6×OD
- Temperature Range: -40℃ to +90℃
Dimensions and Weight
Cable Code | No. of cores& Nominal Conductor Cross Sectional Area No.×mm^2 |
Nominal Diameter of Strands No/mm |
Nominal Sheath Thickness mm |
Nominal Overall Diameter mm |
Nominal Weight kg/km |
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RD-Cat5E-4C0.5S | 4×0.5 | 19/0.18 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 102 |
RD-Cat5E-4C22A | 4×22AWG | 19/0.16 | 1.2 | 7.25 | 81 |
RD-Cat5E-4P22A | 4×2×22AWG | 19/0.16 | 1.2 | 12.6 | 174 |