Interactive tool · based on our code sheet
What does this cable code mean?
Type any code, including one from another manufacturer. Every part is explained and marked in the drawing.
Examples
All abbreviations at a glance
Code sheet as PDFBasic type and additional information
- A
- outdoor cable
- G
- mining cable
- J
- installation cable
- S
- switchboard cable
- T
- distribution cable
- B
- lightning protection
- J
- induction protection
- E
- electronics
- LI
- stranded wire
Conductor
- LiF
- bunched conductor to VDE 0812, extra fine stranded
- Li
- bunched conductor to VDE 0812
Insulation and sheath
- 02YS
- foam-skin PE
- 09YS
- foam-skin PP
- 02Y
- foam PE
- O2Y
- foam PE
- SOSI
- special silicone
- PUR
- polyurethane
- 51Y
- PFA
- 2X
- cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE)
- 2Y
- PE
- 5Y
- PTFE
- 6Y
- FEP
- 7Y
- ETFE
- 9Y
- PP
- HX
- cross-linked halogen-free materials
- SI
- silicone rubber
- Y
- PVC
- H
- halogen-free materials
- X
- cross-linked, thermoplastic synthetic materials
- G
- elastomers
Screens and construction
- (St)
- metal foil screen
- (K)
- copper tape screen
- (L)
- aluminium tape
- (mS)
- magnetic screen
- (Z)
- strain-bearing element
- DS
- steel wire spinning (weir)
- S
- steel wire braid
- D
- copper wire spinning (weir)
- C
- copper wire braid
- F
- petroleum jelly filling
- L
- aluminium sheath
- CW
- concentric copper conductor, wave-form
Type of cable
- SSH
- direct line, specific stress
- SL
- control cable / welding cable
- LS
- control cable with minor mechanical stress
- LH
- direct line, minor mechanical stress
- MH
- direct line, medium mechanical stress
- SH
- direct line, heavy mechanical stress
- AF
- flexible stranded cable
- FL
- flat flexible cable
- M
- sheathed cable
- A
- insulated cable
Ending
- FR
- flame retardant
- OZ
- without protective conductor, cores with number printing
- JZ
- with protective conductor, cores with number printing
- O
- without protective conductor
- J
- with protective conductor (green-yellow core)
- Z
- cores with number printing
- B
- cores with colour-coding
Stranding and form
- Bd
- unit stranding
- Lg
- layer-stranding
- Si
- Simatic colour code
- PimF
- pair in metal foil
- VimF
- quad in metal foil
- P
- paired
- KX
- coaxial pair
- DM
- Dieselhorst-Martin quad
- TF
- carrier frequency
- St
- star-quad
- St I
- star-quad (telecommunication cable)
- St III
- star-quad (local cable)
- St IV
- star-quad up to 120 kHz
- St V
- star-quad up to 550 kHz
- St VI
- star-quad up to 17 MHz
- RE
- circular conductor, solid-wired
- RM
- circular conductor, multi-wired
- SE
- sector-shaped conductor, solid-wired
- SM
- sector-shaped conductor, multi-wired
Harmonised cables: insulation and sheath
- V
- PVC
- R
- natural and/or synthetic rubber
- S
- silicone rubber
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