Higher standard regarding fire protection in rail vehicles
Fire protection in rail vehicles remains a very important issue for the responsible persons of railway industry
In order to maintain general safety of passengers, the requirements on cables in rail vehicles have always been very high. The new European Standard DIN EN 45545-2 goes on to increase the requirements regarding fire protection in rail vehicles. Besides being halogen free all used cables have to be flame retardant and self - extinguishing and are not allowed to contribute to fire propagation.
Application fields
SAB Bröckskes Ethernet cables of the categories 5, 6 and 7 have proved best performance in practise under harsh environmental conditions. Due to the current and future development in automation and rail industry and the steadily increasing data volumes and rates, SAB Bröckskes now offers the new rail FRNC cables acc. to DIN EN 45545-2 especially for rail industry.