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Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. - Marketing Division - National Network Unit
Edition No.: 2 Specification NPS 81
Issued date: January 2011
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Content
1) General
2) Documents and Samples for the Proposal
3) Criteria for Technical Evaluation
4) Manufacturing Standards
5) Technical requirements
6) Acceptance Test
7) Packing
8) Marking
9) Quality Requirements
10) Questionnaire
Annex A - Procurements Quality Requirements: Q-APP-02
1 General
1.1 Scope
This specification applies to self supporting, unarmored, four core copper conductor power
distribution cables, with extruded solid cross-linked polyethylene insulation (XLPE) for rated
voltage Uo/U (Um) = 0.6/1 (1.2) kV (henceforth referred to as Cables).
The cables should be designed for low voltage aerial network installations and for underground
buried.
1.2 Table 1: The IECo. catalogue No. and the relevant conductor cross-section
Table 1
Type of Cable Conductor Cross Section (mm2) The IECo. Cat. No.
N2XY Self Supported 4 X 10 2373587
N2XY Self Supported 4 X 16 2373603
N2XY Self Supported 4 X 25 2373611
preceding the date of the bid. Additionally, The Proposer shall supply reference list
indicating the quantities of the cables manufactured and sold during these years;
* Similar cable: same voltage or higher, same technology, may be of other cross-section.
* All the above documents shall be in English.
3 Standards
3.1 Standards referenced in this specification and in supplement to this specification, form an
integral part of this specification;
3.2 All the standards referred to the most current issue, including all amendments and
supplements, as of the date of the bid;
3.3 Cables provided under this specification shall be designed, manufactured inspected, tested
and preserved in compliance with the standards as specified herein;
3.4 In case of differences between the present specification and the above standards, the present
specification prevails.
Relevant standards:
4 Technical Requirements
4.2.1 Conductor
4.2.1.1 Material: The conductor shall be stranded of plain annealed copper wires complying with
table No. 1 of the IS 65 or table 2 of IEC publication 60228.
4.2.1.2 Shape: The conductor shape shall be in accordance with table 2 hereafter.
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4.2.1.3 Cross sectional areas and characteristics: Table 2 hereafter sets out the cross-sectional areas
and characteristics of the conductors covered by this specification.
Table 2
Max. DC
Nominal Cross- Minimum
Resistance at
Section Number of Shape of the Conductors
200C
(mm2) Wires
(/km)
10 6 1.830 circular stranded compacted
16 6 1.150 circular stranded compacted
25 6 0.727 sector shaped compacted
4.2.2 Insulation
4.2.3.1 The identification color of the phases and neutral of the cable (3~ + N)
shall be as follows:
a) Neutral (N) - BLUE (Preferable light blue RAL 5012 or sky blue RAL 5015)
b) Phase 1 (R) - BROWN (Preferable loam brown RAL 8003)
c) Phase 2 (S) - BROWN with ORANGE strip (Preferable pastel orange RAL 2003)
d) Phase 3 (T) - BROWN with BLACK strip
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4.2.3.2 The core identification color strip shall be applied by co-extrusion with the core
insulation.
4.2.3.3 The width of the identifying color strip shall be 10% - 40% of the outer
circumference of the insulated core, but not less than 2 mm.
4.2.3.4 The cores having strips shall be adjacently arranged and the strips centerline shall
be as described in the drawings (clause 5 of this specification).
4.2.3.5 The strips shall have decisive contrast compared with the brown background.
The four cores shall be twisted together to form a circular cable, keeping a lay ratio of max
20 for circular cores and max 40 for sector shaped cores as to the calculated diameter.
4.2.5.1 The inner covering shall be of extruded, non-hygroscopic material that shall be
compatible with the insulation material and shall withstand the operating
temperatures specified in para. 5.1 of this specification.
4.2.5.2 The extruded inner covering shall have an approximate thickness as specified in
table 8 of IEC 60502-1 and not less than 0.4 mm, at any point of the cable.
4.2.5.3 The filler shall be easily stripped away from the insulation, not leaving any
remainders.
4.2.6.1 The supporting strand shall be of stranded galvanized steel wires grade 700,
according to BS 183.
4.2.6.2 The supporting strand for the cables with 4x10mm2 and 4x16 mm2 cores, shall
consist of 19 wires of nominal diameter 1.25 0.04 mm (clause 8, BS 183).
4.2.6.3 The supporting strand for the 4x25 mm2 cable shall consist of 19 wires of
nominal diameter 1.4 0.04 mm . (clause 8, BS 183)
4.2.6.4 The galvanized coating shall comply with the requirements of BS 443, table 4 of
clause 11.
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4.2.6.5 The cable should not rotate around the supporting strand axe during installation or
when the cable is released from the cable drum.
4.2.7 Outer-sheath
4.2.7.1 The outer-sheath shall be of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and shall withstand the
operating temperatures specified in standard IEC 60502-1 tables 3 and 4 for ST2.
4.2.7.2 The nominal and minimum thickness of the outer-sheath shall be as specified in
table 4 hereafter according to sub-clause 13.3 of IEC 60502-1
Table 4
5 Tests
5.1 General
Tests shall be performed in accordance with the requirements of the standards prescribed under
clause 3 of this specification and will meet their latest published recommendations, by and at the
expense of the Contractor.
6 Marking
Throughout whole cable length, at intervals not exceeding 50 cm (except running length), the
following identification marks shall be indelibly embossed on the outer-sheath with black or white
colors:
letters size > 5 mm.
Manufacturers name or trade mark (logo)
The structure: " N2XY - 4 x (cross-sectional area in mm2)"
Year of production
Rated voltage (0.6/1 kV)
"Property of the Israel Electric Corp."
Running length (in meters)
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7 Packing
7.1 The following data shall be printed legibly on a tag strongly attached on each drum:
8 Quality Requirements
8.1 For quality system and other specific quality requirements, see Appendix B: Q-APP-02.
8.2 The Proposer shall submit with his proposal the following (In English):
8.2.1 Quality system Certificate;
8.2.2 Quality manual;
8.2.3 Certificates that demonstrate the Bidder's compliance with the requirements specified or
implied in this specification;
8.2.4 Example of an inspection & test plan and/or Quality plan which pertain to the cables to
be supplied;
8.2.5 Formal confirmation that he will conform to the requirements of Q-APP-02.
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9 Questionnaire
1 Cable
1.1 Coding
1.2 Rating voltage (U0/U) (kV)
1.3 Current rating in air (at 350C, thermal resistivity 2.5) (A)
1.4 Current rating in soil (at 300C ) (A)
1.5 Short circuit rating current for 1 sec duration (kA)
1.6 External diameter of the cable (mm)
1.7 Bending radius (mm)
1.8 Cable weight (kg/m)
2 Conductor
2.1 Material
2.2 Nominal cross-sectional area and form (mm2)
2.3 Number of wires
2.4 DC resistance at 200C (/km)
2.5 Max permissible continuous temp. (0C)
2.6 Max permissible Short circuit temp. (0C)
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3 - Insulation
3.1 Material
3.2 Nominal thickness (mm)
3.3 Minimum thickness (mm)
3.4 The identification code color shall be according to para. 4.2.3.1 of (Yes/No)
this specification
4 - Inner Cover (filler)
4.1 Material
4.2 Minimum thickness (mm)
5 - Supporting Strand
5.1 The supporting strand shall be of stranded galvanized steel wires (Yes/No)
grade 700 according to BS 183
5.2 The galvanized coating shall comply the requirements of table 4 (Yes/No)
clause 11 of BS 443
5.3 Number of wires
5.4 Nominal diameter of an individual wire (mm)
5.5 Nominal diameter of an individual galvanized wire (mm)
5.6 Nominal external diameter of stranded wires (mm)
5.7 Minimum breaking strength of stranded wires after galvanization
(KN)
6 - Outer-sheath
6.1 Material
6.2 Nominal thickness (mm)
6.3 Minimum thickness (mm)
7 Marking embossed according subclause 6 (Yes/No)
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8 - Drum
8.1 Type
8.2 Material
8.3 Weight of empty drum (kg)
8.4 Flange diameter (mm)
8.5 Barrel diameter (mm)
8.6 Overall Width (mm)
8.7 Gross weight (drum with cable) (kg)
8.8 Length of cable per drum will be 500 (5) m (Yes/No)
9 - Packing
9.1 A tag with all details as required in subclause 7.1 shall be
(Yes/No)
attached
9.2 The cable shall have sealing caps (Yes/No)
9.3 The drum shall be protected as required in para. 7.2 (Yes/No)
10 - Attached Documents
10.1 Valid ISO 9001 certificate (Yes/No)
10.2 Type test report (Yes/No)
10.3 Experience reference list (Yes/No)
10.4 Certificate issued by the Standards Institution of Israel (Yes/No)
Proposers address:
Email address:
Contact : Tel. No. :
Cellular : Fax. No. :
Date: Signature:
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Annex A
Procurements Quality
Requirements
Specification No.
Q-APP-02
rev. 3