LSZH Low Smoke Zero Halogen Cable Manufacturers.
What does lszh cable mean? Halogen Free Cable is typically referred to as Low Smoke Zero Halogen Cable, or “LSZH”, manufactured by 1X Technologies Cable Company.
While Halogens like fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine are used in common cable jackets like PVC are good for fire suppression, that performance comes at a cost. The chemicals that are released when the cable with halogen is burned can cause serious harm to people in the vicinity of the fire.
Low Smoke Zero Halogen Cables, LSZH Cables, or Halogen Free Cable was originally designed by a combination of the EPA, top consulting firms, and industry leaders in the wire & cable space to combat the danger that halogenated cables cause when they release toxic fumes in flame duress. LSZH Cables were born, and today 1X Technologies is your best supplier when it comes to manufacturing low smoke zero halogen specialty cables.
Top LSZH Cable Types:
- lszh armored cable
- lszh audio cable
- lszh alarm cable
- lszh cable Belden Equivalent
- lszh network cable
- lszh optical cable
- lszh outdoor cable
- lszh fiber optic cable
- lszh patch cable
- lszh plenum cable
- lszh fire resistant cable
- lszh fr cable
- lszh flex cable
- lszh flexible cable
- lszh fiber
- lszh ethernet cable
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen Instrumentation cables
- LSZH Transportation cables
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen Control cables
- LSZH Power and data cables
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen Audio cables
- LSZH Video and broadcast cables
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen Nuclear Cables
lszh cable price list
Contact 1X Technologies today to obtain your LSZH Cable price list today:
Low Smoke Zero Halogen Cable Suppliers.
1X Technologies is your best choice for LSZH, Low Smoke Zero Halogen cable. We manufacture the broadest line of specialty LSZH cable in the United States including equals to Belden LSZH. The quality of our cable combined with the speed of our manufacturing process truly sets us apart from the rest. Do you need a cable manufactured that is LSZH? Give us a call today at 888-651-9990.
low smoke zero halogen cable price.
Do you require a price on LSZH Low Smoke Zero Halogen Cable? Pricing can range from a few cents per foot on a small AWG LSZH wire up to many dollars per foot on an MCM or KCMIL size.
We typically turn around our quotes in minutes, not days. Our manufacturing lead time is second to none with the capability to make certain cables in a matter of just a couple of days if the project is urgent. Contact us today for a price on your LSZH cable. We’re here “Because You Require Quality, Quickly!®”
low smoke zero halogen vs plenum
Typically we do not recommend using LSZH cables in a plenum. You should stick to a plenum-rated cable in a plenum if the cable can not pass a Steiner tunnel test.
CMP Plenum rated cables have a better performance when it comes to flame propagation, and while LSZH cables are fire-resistant, CMP plenum-rated cables are better than LSZH cables when it comes to flame resistance.
Plenum-rated FEP cables are rated to a higher temperature than LSZH Cable and are better resistant against flames and fire.
Here is a good video showing you the important vertical flame test:
Low Smoke Zero Halogen Materials
LSZH cable and wire from 1X Technologies is available with the following materials:
- TPU – Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is any of a class of polyurethane plastics with many properties, including elasticity, transparency, and resistance to oil, grease, and abrasion. Technically, they are thermoplastic elastomers consisting of linear segmented block copolymers composed of hard and soft segments.
- TPE – Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), sometimes referred to as thermoplastic rubbers, are a class of copolymers or a physical mix of polymers (usually a plastic and a rubber) that consist of materials with both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties. While most elastomers are thermosets, thermoplastics are in contrast relatively easy to use in manufacturing, for example, by injection molding. Thermoplastic elastomers show advantages typical of both rubbery materials and plastic materials. The benefit of using thermoplastic elastomers is the ability to stretch to moderate elongations and return to its near original shape creating a longer life and better physical range than other materials. The principal difference between thermoset elastomers and thermoplastic elastomers is the type of cross-linking bond in their structures. In fact, crosslinking is a critical structural factor that imparts high elastic properties.
- Olefin-based – Olefin fiber is a synthetic fiber made from a polyolefin, such as polypropylene or polyethylene. It is used in wallpaper, carpeting, ropes, and vehicle interiors. Olefin’s advantages are its strength, colorfastness, and comfort, its resistance to staining, mildew, abrasion, sunlight, and its good bulk and cover.
LSZH vs PVC
LSZH vs PVC is a debate that is being had more and more in the electrical construction industry. Why should you use LSZH over PVC?
Namely, Low Smoke Zero Halogen cable is made from materials that don’t emit smoke which contains dangerous halogen and.
PVC contains halogens that when burned can cause extremely dangerous health concerns and are very concerning toxins.
Why do people choose PVC over LSZH? There is only one reason… Price.
PVC is cheap and people typically just don’t want to pay for extra security when they do not fully understand the risks that are presented from going cheap with PVC. It is our job to provide our customers with the right information about safety so that they could be upgrading their system and providing a good health alternative by using Low Sm0ke Zero Halogen Cable instead of toxic PVC.
LSZH Power Cable Voltage options
Our low smoke zero halogen power cable is second to none. We manufacture this up to 6000 MCM for high voltage applications. When it comes to LSZH power cable, we make it in these voltages:
- LSZH 300V
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen 600V
- LSZH 1KV
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen 2KV
- LSZH 5KV
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen 8KV
- LSZH 15KV
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen 25KV
- LSZH 28KV
- Low Smoke Zero Halogen 35KV
- LSZH up to 230KV, 550KV
LSZH Cable Belden
Belden manufactures a low smoke zero halogen cable they call HaloarrestXLink™. This Belden LSZH Cable gives you a low smoke zero halogen jacket that offers non-toxic cable solutions particularly designed for demanding industrial markets. The Belden Type LSZH cable includes applications such as oil and gas, utility and power generation, transportation, petrochemical, and mining. Belden offers two Low Smoke Zero Hal thermoset jacketing options: HaloarrestXLink-1 is compliant with the UL-1277 Oil Res I requirement; HaloarrestXLink-2 is compliant with the UL-1277 Oil Res II requirement.
1XTech offers you performance-driven lower-cost Belden equivalents to all Belden Low Smoke Zero halogen cable part numbers.
LSZH MC Cable & LSZH (LSZH-MC) Armored Cable (LSZH-AC)
1X Technologies manufactures LSZH MC Cable in sizes starting at 24 AWG up to 4000 MCM.
LSZH Cable when combined with metal clad armor offers a great alternative to standard THHN or PVC offering better flame resistance, temp rating, and overall safety.
1XTech makes LSZH MC Cable in the USA and typically has a very fast turnaround time on production so please keep us in mind on your next project requirements that call out LSCH MC Cable or Armored LSZH Cable.
1XTech lszh cable specifications and Catalogue
Contact your 1XTech sales rep today to get your Low Smoke Zero Halogen cable specifications and catalog. Be sure to let them know the type of LSZH cable you need as well as any other details that will help them get you the best specs for your project needs.
Safety Advantages of LSZH by 1XTech
LSZH Cables carry quite a bit of extra safety efficiency when compared to typical plastic insulated and jacketed wire and cable. The Safety Advantages of LSZH Halogen-containing polymers, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) are widely used in wire and cable applications.
They are inherently flame retardants and protect against fire when your safety matters most. Specifically, toxic halogens, when burned, produce smoke and acid gas that are extremely toxic, harmful, and very corrosive. This poses a significant threat to humans, animals, and our equipment. Furthermore, in European countries and increasingly in the United States, safety concerns are encouraging the adoption of LSZH jackets in areas where there is limited ventilation, sensitive equipment, or unprotected human or animal populations that could be exposed to toxic fumes.
Higher Temp Cable when Low Smoke Zero Halogen can’t take the heat.
If you are deciding between a middle-tier low smoke zero halogen cable which typically maxes out at 125C or sometimes 150C, you can know you will have a plethora of options from 1X Technologies. Our Teflon FEP Cable is rated to 200C and we have options that will be able to be utilized in high-temperature wire & cable applications up to 1400C.
Our cables power space shuttles, food warming equipment, ovens, and extreme high-temperature environments.
lszh cable building regulations (Plenum Rated Vs. LSZH in a Plenum)
Here is a good explanation as to why you would choose Plenum-Rated vs. LSZH in a plenum duct from our friends at Cable Installation & Maintenance:
“Since plenum spaces are concealed, they can become unsafe havens for fire and smoke if combustibles are present. Numerous large, devastating fires have occurred in multi-story buildings with combustibles in concealed areas.
Historically, products used in plenum areas had to be fire-partitioned and very low in fuel load and combustibility or protected by either fire-resistant coverings or fire-extinguishing systems. These standards may have worked well in the past, but new fire-path and fuel-load problems are emerging–the number of personal computers on lans is growing at about 25% a year, and lan cabling systems are being replaced every two to three years.
Working In the Plenum Duct with LSZH Cable
Many spaces above ceilings and below floors once devoid of cabling are now filled with all types of communications cables, including low-fire-performance cables. Among them are cables known as low-smoke zero-halogen (lszh) in North America and as nonhalogen in Europe and Asia, as well as cmx (communications cable, dwellings), used in the United States, which must be installed in protective metallic conduit in plenums, and cmx/t (cmx installed in capped metal trunking), which is sometimes used in the United Kingdom.
lszh and cmx cables recently underwent a series of full-scale fire tests that simulated current installation practices in the United Kingdom. Also tested was cmp cable, a high-fire-performance communications cable (per nfpa 262, UL-910) used in the United States in plenum voids without requiring protective metallic conduits or trunking.
UK research
The United Kingdom`s Building Research Establishment/ Fire Research Station (bre/frs) conducted more than 50 fire tests on commercially obtained 4-pair unshielded twisted-pair (utp) communications cables, a type commonly installed in concealed horizontal spaces to connect PCs to lans. The 200 lengths of cable used in each test–each cable 7 meters long–represented about one generation of cable in a typical one-floor open-plan office layout, according to at&t site surveys. (More than one generation of an installed cable is often present in many buildings.) Fire scenarios, ventilation conditions, and lan cable designs and configurations were varied. The comprehensive testing produced some dramatic and unexpected results about the firestopping ability of lszh and cmx versus cmp.
Test Rig
The test rig was a 7.4 x 5.7 x 4-meter-high concrete-block, burn-room/ceiling-void, re-burnable structure with a 2-hour fire-rated suspended ceiling forming a concealed above-ceiling open-plan space 1 meter deep. Cables were supported on a steel ladder 7.2 meters long and 0.38 meters wide, and the ladder was located midway between the suspended ceiling and the structural ceiling of the test rig.
To simulate an office-workstation conflagration, a 1-megawatt source fire was created with a 150-kilogram crib of kiln-dried pine. The air extraction system was capable of 4.5 cubic meters/second. Heat and smoke from the crib fire entered the plenum through a breach hole. This in suspended ceiling directly over the crib and were extracted through vents at the far end of the plenum. Linear flow rates could be controlled at intervals of up to 10 meters/sec.
Measures of fire performance included mass loss, pressure differentials, lateral flame spread, heat flux, vertical temperature profiles, smoke opacity, heat release, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide generation, and oxygen depletion. Tests were documented with still and video photography in both infrared and white light. Most data was logged electronically about every 10 sec for real-time online graphical monitoring, then stored in spreadsheet formats to facilitate statistical analysis and computer modeling.
Great balls of fire
During the testing, lszh and cmx cables ignited readily, released comparatively large amounts of heat, and burned the full length of the plenum. A large fireball developed on the horizontal cable ladder and a large pool of fire formed on the suspended ceiling beneath the cable ladder in the plenum space. lszh smoke density was higher than that of cmx/t and cmp but noticeably lower than cmx.
When exposed lszh cables burned, downstream peak temperatures along the entire length of the ladder exceeded 800oC, which can cause structural steel beams to deform severely, according to previous bre/frs tests. The cmx downstream peak temperatures averaged about 775oC, while cmp temperatures were less than 335oC.
LSZH Burning when Hot
Furthermore, lszh contains high-fuel-load, flame-retardant polyolefins, while cmp is commonly insulated with low-fuel-load fluoropolymers such as Teflon. In related small-scale fire tests, flashover-type explosions occurred with some lszh materials, while cmp materials produced no explosions.
Along with preventing the spread of flame and heat generated by a fire, fire-stopping must restrict smoke and toxic combustion. The testing showed that lszh cables produced more smoke and carbon monoxide than expected. Cmp cables showed no signs of flame spread and generated very little smoke. When the smoke cleared, tests conclusively showed cmp cable to be superior to lszh and cmx cables in overall fire stopping performance.
When devising and implementing fire-stopping systems, contractors, designers, and installers should consider using plenum cmp cabling that meets current U.S. codes.”
Ordering 1XTECH Low Smoke Zero halogen Cable Products:
The 1XTech part numbering system makes it easy to specify your low smoke zero halogen cable. You may order any standard 1XTech part number by adding ZH to the end of the attribute. For example, if you would like to order your 8 AWG 3C Tray cable with a low smoke zero halogen jacket you would use the standard part number 1XT8G3C-ZH. If you wanted to order a Belden Equivalent cable with a low smoke zero halogen jacket you would use the same method. Need an equivalent to Belden 9841 as low smoke zero halogens? You would use part number 1XB9841EQ-ZH.
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