TRATOS® CW1280 POLYQUAD

Copper telecommunication Polyquad No. 6 CW 1280.
Tratos is a long-established manufacturer of Telecommunication Cables, a family of cables used for the transmission of Data, Information, Voice and Images. Production at Tratos covers almost all the installation needs of Telecommunication Cabling.
These cables are cellular-polyethylene insulated jelly filled colour coded star quad No.6 cables with copper conductors stranded into a compact and circular assembly as detailed in BT Specification CW 1280. The assembly of quads are covered with a polyester wrapping tape two rip cords are inserted under the sheath to aid stripping and termination of the cable. The robust polyethylene sheath used by Tratos ensures outstanding pliability and protection.
Tratos has developed this cable to have the optimum balance of properties, toughness to withstand pulling into ducts combined with a smooth, low coefficient of friction, surface, to ease installation and prevent jamming.
Conductor sizes available are 0.63 mm and 0.9 mm. The standard number of quads available is from 7 to 520 (0.63 mm) and 7 to 272 (0.9 mm) but other numbers of quads are available on request. Tratos also manufacture similar cables in traditional paired construction.
When specially ordered, cables can be supplied with an aluminium foil moisture barrier in combination with the polyethylene sheath.
The cable meets or exceeds the requirements of CW 1280.
BT SPECIFICATION
- CW 1280 Design guide
- CW 1000
- CW 1179
- CW 2000
- M 224
EN/ BS EN
- BS EN 50290 Part 24.
- BS EN 50356
- BS EN 60228

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Application
Used as primary cables in the junction networks inside ducts with or without an aluminium foil moisture barrier available by specially order.CONSTRUCTION
- Conductor: Plain copper 0.63 mm or 0.9 mm
- Insulation: Cellular PE (cables with foam-skin Pe are available on request)
- Cabling: Star Quad; unit and sub-unit (Traditional pair construction available on request)
- Size: 7 to 144 quads
- Water penetration: Filling compound fully filling the interstices of the cable
- Rip cords
- When specially ordered - Moisture barrier: Aluminium polyester tape
- Sheath: MDPE
Standards
Technical Specifications
- Operating temperatures between -20°C and +60°C
- Maximum average conductor resistance at 20°C: 0.63 mm – 57.5 Ω/km; 0.93 mm – 28 Ω/km
- Minimum Insulation Resistance: 20,000 MΩ/km
- Capacitance Unbalance: see Table 4 CW 1280
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