PAS 5308 and BS 5308 Instrumentation Cable: Specification Guide
PAS 5308-1 and -2 were withdrawn by BSI on 3 April 2024 and BS 5308 in 2005. What that means for a cable schedule, and the three axes that actually define the cable.
Zheng LiPeng
I am Zheng LiPeng, manager at Jiangsu Tebaoflex Special Cable Co., Ltd., where I lead sales and strategic partnerships. I have worked in the electrical and cable manufacturing sector for more than 14 years. Tebaoflex is a flexible power cable manufacturer founded in 2014 in Taicang, Suzhou, that supplies more than 20 countries. My work sits where a specification meets a real order: trailing cables for mining shovels and continuous miners, reeling and festoon cables for port cranes, cables for deep-sea ROVs, airport ground power and submersible pumps. The articles here grow out of that work. They are written with our factory's samples and cross-sections on the bench and against the standards the cables are built to, including UL 62 and CSA C22.2 No. 49 for flexible cord, VDE-approved rubber cables to EN 50525-2-21 and ISO 9001 production. If a question goes beyond what an article covers, reach me through the enquiry form.
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