N04: Firetuf® FO Indoor stranded loose tube
cable. VDE: U-DQ (ZN) B H
Non- metallic fire resistant cable with 6 – 216 fibres
Application and installation
Application: Railway Tunnels, subways, metro lines.
Installation: Indoor and in ducts outdoor
Standards
EN 187 000, IEC 60794-2, IEC 60794-2-20, IEC 60794-2-21, ISO 11801 2 nd edition, EN 50 173-1
Fire rating
IEC 60331-25 (90)
IEC 60332-1-2
IEC 60332-3-24 =
IEC 332-3C
NF C 32-070 C1
IEC 60754-1
IEC 60754-2
IEC 61034-2
BS EN 50200:2000
BS EN 50268-2:2000 *)
BS 4066-3:1994 *)
LUL fire standard
2-011001-002 Issue A1
Fire resistance: 90 minutes at 750C
Single vertical wire test,
Vertically-mounted bunched wires and cables
Classification tests on cables and cords with respect to their behaviour to fire; test C1
No halogens
No acid matters
No dense smoke
Fire resistance: 120 minutes at 860C, with mechanical shock (1 per 5 minutes)
Smoke emission
Flammability
*) The two tests with acceptance criteria made twice constitute the requirements for
Category ST/TU/CA
Construction
Central strength
member
ø2.5 or ø3.0 mm FRP rod, depending on tube dimension
Lose tube
ø2.3 mm jelly filled loose tubes, with 4 – 12 fibres each, up to 18 tubes in two layers,
ø2.8 mm jelly filled loose tubes, with 24 fibres each, 6 or 8 tubes.
Red
Yellow w/mark every 70 mm
1
13
Fibre colour code
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Water blocking
2
Green
14
White w/mark every 70 mm
3
Blue
15
Grey w/mark every 70 mm
4
Yellow
16
Turquoise w/mark every 70 mm
5
White
17
Orange w/mark every 70 mm
6
Grey
18
Pink w/mark every 70 mm
7
Brown
19
Yellow w/mark every 35 mm
8
Violet
20
White w/mark every 35 mm
9
Turquoise
21
Grey w/mark every 35 mm
10
Black
22
Turquoise w/mark every 35 mm
11
Orange
23
Orange w/mark every 35 mm
12
Pink
24
Pink w/mark every 35 mm
The core is waterblocked using swellable tape and tread
Wrapping
Fire blocking tape
Reinforcement
Heavy layer of E-glass fibre yarns as reinforcement, added fire protection and rodent protection,
effective in most cases.
Ripcord
Polyester ripcord for easy slitting of the sheath
Sheath
2 – 2.5 mm FireRes depending on fibre count, standard colour: Blue, UV stabilized,
Print legend
DRAKA FIRETUF FO I/O ST D DA LSHF-FR 6.0 kN <Fibre count><Fibre type><Fibre brand>
<Item No>05<Batch Number><Meter mark> U-DQ(ZN)BH <Number of Elements> x <Fibre
count per element> <Fibre family> <Mode field diameter> /125 <Transmission Class>
EN 50290-2-27.
Physical properties
Attribute
Fibre count
Build [number of tubes x fibres
per tube ]
Nominal diameter [mm]
Nominal weight [kg/km]
Short term tensile strength
(some days) [N]
Permanent tensile strength [N]
Crush (compressive strength)
[N/100 mm]
Impact [J]
Torsion
Kink
IEC
60794-1-2
Method
-
E1
Limits
72
96
120
144
216
144
192
6 x 12
8 x 12
10 x 12
12 x 12
18 x 12
12 x 24
8 x 24
13.5
210
15.0
250
17.5
330
19.0
400
>6000
19.5
410
15.0
250
18.0
360
E1
E3
>4000
3000
E4
E7
E10
25
5 cycles  1 turn
The cables 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
210
250
330
400
410
250
360
-40 C to 70 C
Temperature range
F1
Installation
-40 C to 70 C
Operation *)
-40 C to 70 C
Storage
Water penetration
F5
No water on free end
Heat of combustion [MJ/km]
2500
3200
4400
5600
5300
3000
4700
[kWh/m]
0.69
0.89
1.22
1.56
1.47
0.83
1.31
*) The cables will operate without any attenuation variation (≤0.05 dB) in the temperature interval -30C to +60C.
The cables will operate with a maximum attenuation variation of 0.1dB/km in the temperature interval -40C to +70C.
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Product codes – ordering information
Prysmian
group
material
code
Prysmian Group
material description
Firetuf
Firetuf
Firetuf
Firetuf
Firetuf
Firetuf
SM2D
FO
FO
FO
FO
FO
FO
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
I/O
ST
ST
ST
ST
ST
ST
D
D
D
D
D
D
DA
DA
DA
DA
DA
DA
LSHF-FR
LSHF-FR
LSHF-FR
LSHF-FR
LSHF-FR
LSHF-FR
6kN
6kN
6kN
6kN
6kN
6kN
Draka
Material
code
6 SM2D
24 SM2D
48 SM2D
72 SM2D
96 SM2D
144
1025675
1025369
1024650
1029526
Fibre count
6
24 (2x12)
48 (4x12
72 (6x12)
96 (8x12)
144 (8x24)
Fibre type
OS2
OS2
OS2
OS2
OS2
OS2
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
mode
mode
mode
mode
mode
mode
Fibre
data
sheet
C06e
C06e
C06e
C06e
C06e
C06e
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