In today’s complex infrastructure landscape, cables are not only conduits for power, but also vital channels for control signals, data transmission, and emergency operations. As buildings become taller, systems more integrated, and public safety expectations more stringent, the role of fire-performance cables becomes critical.
While traditional flame-retardant cables have been widely adopted to mitigate fire hazards, they are no longer sufficient alone in environments where fire continuity, smoke toxicity, and evacuation time are critical. In response to increasingly stringent safety demands, fire- retardant and fire-resistant cables are gaining wider adoption as the next generation of fire safety solutions.
Fire-retardant cable: These are cables that do not propagate fire throughout the installation, even when it consists of a large number of cables, since they self-extinguish when the flame affecting them is removed or extinguished.
Fire-resistant cable: These are cables that, in addition to not spreading fire throughout the installation, maintain service during and after a prolonged fire, even though the organic materials of the cable in the affected area are destroyed during the fire.
Compare the cables only retardant to the flame, both above types of cables also have a very low emission of opaque gases and halogen and corrosive gases in the event of fire
1 Test in accordance with EN 50200 with Annex E; IEC 60331-1/-2/-21/-23/-25; BS 6387
2 Test in accordance with IEC 60332-3-22 to 25; EN 50399
3 Test in accordance with EN 50399; IEC 61034-2
4 Test in accordance with IEC 60754-2
5 Test in accordance with IEC 60332-1-2
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