Fibre Optic Reeling and Festoon Cable
Prysmian flexible fibre optic cable for signal and data transmission on cranes and material handling equipment. Ideal for cable handling systems, such as reels, festoon systems, cable tenders, etc. at high data rates, large bandwidth and absolute immunity to electromagnetic interference. The cable meets the standards and approvals for FDDI, ISO/IEC 9314 Part 3, DIN VDE 0888 and MSHASC 1891.
Cable Properties
Fibre optics | Fibre core diameter: 62.5 µm, 50 µm or 9 µmDiameter across the cladding: 125 µmDiameter over the coating: 250 µm |
Fibre covering | Hollow core with filling compound, basic material ETFECompound 7YI 1 natural colour |
Identification of the fibres | Specially developed colour code for identification of the individual fibres |
Core arrangement | Six cores, especially laidup in one layer around a GFK supporting element (GFK=glassfibre reinforced plastic) |
Inner sheath | Special compound, wall thickness 0.8 mm |
Braid | Special braid made of polyester threads Surface covered: approx. 80% |
Outer sheath | Basic material PCP, rubber compound 5GM3 Colour black, wall thickness 2.6 mm |
Marking | (Year of manufacture) OPTOFLEX e.g. 6 G 62.5/125 Micron Germany PMSHASC 189/1 |
The cable is also available in a special design (not suitable for reeling operation) (Design OPTOFLEX(M), colour of the outer sheath: orange) |
Optical Specifications
Transmission data of the fibre optics | Graded index fibre 50/125 |
Graded index fibre 62.5/125 |
Graded index fibre E9/125 |
Max. attenuation at wavelength 850 nm | 2.8 dB/km | 3.3 dB/km | – |
Max. attenuation at wavelength 1300 nm | 0.8 dB/km | 0.9 dB/km | 0.4 dB/km |
Max. attenuation at wavelength 1550 nm | – | – | 0.3 dB/ km |
Bandwidth at 850 nm | > 400 MHz | > 400 MHz | |
Bandwidth at 1300 nm | > 1200 MHz | > 600 MHz | |
Numerical aperture | 0.200 +/ 0.200 | 0.275+/0.02 | 0.14+/0.02 |
Chromatic dispersion at 1300nm | – | – | <3.5 ps/nm km |
Chromatic dispersion at 1550nm | – | – | <3.5 ps/nm km |
Thermal Properties
Ambient temperature | |
– Fully flexible operation | -35°C to +80°C |
– Fixed installation | -40°C to +80°C |
Mechanical Properties
Tensile load | Max. 500 N |
Torsional stresses | 50°/m |
Minimum bending radii | |
– Fixed installation and on festoon system | 125 mm |
– for reeling | 250mm |
Minimum distance with S-type directional changes |
20 x D (D=cable diameter) |
Travel Speed | |
– Gantry (reeling operation) | Up to 120 m/min (no random wound reel, cylindrical reel) |
– Trolley (festoon systems) | Up to 240 m/min (festoon, cable tender) |
– Hoist | No application |
Additional tests | Bending and reversed bending test |
Chemical Properties
Resistance to oil | DIN VDE 0473, Part 81121 Para. 10 |
Weather resistance | Unrestricted use outdoors and indoors, resistant to ozone, UV and moisture |
Ordering Information
Number of cores and nominal dimensions |
Part No. | Overall dimensions of cable Min. value |
Overall dimensions of cable Max. value |
Approx. net weight for 1000 m |
Maximum permissible tensile force |
mm | mm | kg/km | N | ||
OPTOFLEX | |||||
6G62.5/125 Micron | 5DG8 002 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
6G50/125 Micron | 5DG8 004 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
6E9/125 Micron | 5DG8 023 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
12G62.5/125 Micron | 5DG8 035 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
12G50/125 Micron | 5DG8 036 | 14,9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
12E9/125 Micron | 5DG8 037 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
18G50/125 Micron | 5DG8 014 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
18G62.5/125 Micron | 5DG8 012 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
18E9/125 Micron | 5DG8 010 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 280 | 500 |
Special design OPTOFLEX (M) only for fixed installation | |||||
6G62.5/125 Micron | 5DG8 021 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |
6G50/125 Micron | 5DG8 028 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |
6E9/125 Micron | 5DG8 031 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |
12G62.5/125 Micron | 5DG8 022 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |
12G50/125 Micron | 5DG8 030 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |
12E9/125 Micron | 5DG8 032 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |
18G62,5/125 Micron | 5DG8 038 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |
18G50/125 Micron | 5DG8 027 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |
18E9/125 Micron | 5DG8 033 | 8.5 | 10 | 100 | 2000 |