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Minimum Bending Radii: Installation Practices

The document outlines minimum bending radius requirements for permanently installing insulated cables. It provides bending radius guidelines for various cable types, including those with and without metallic shielding. Minimum bending radii are specified as a multiple of the cable's diameter and vary based on the cable's construction, such as the thickness of insulation, presence of armor or shielding, and diameter. Larger radius bends may be needed when cables are pulled under tension during installation to limit sidewall pressure.

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Minimum Bending Radii: Installation Practices

The document outlines minimum bending radius requirements for permanently installing insulated cables. It provides bending radius guidelines for various cable types, including those with and without metallic shielding. Minimum bending radii are specified as a multiple of the cable's diameter and vary based on the cable's construction, such as the thickness of insulation, presence of armor or shielding, and diameter. Larger radius bends may be needed when cables are pulled under tension during installation to limit sidewall pressure.

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Installation Practices

Minimum Bending Radii

The following are the minimum values for the radii to which insulated cables may be bent for
permanent training during installation. These limits do not apply to conduit bends, sheaves or
other curved surfaces around which the cable may be pulled under tension while being installed.
Larger radii bends may be required for such conditions to limit sidewall pressure. In all cases the
minimum radii specified refers to the inner surface of the cable and not to the axis of the cable.

The minimum bending radii for both single and multiple-conductor cable with or without lead
sheath and without metallic shielding or armor are as follows:

Power and control cables without


metallic shielding or armor
Overall Diameter of Cable, Inches
Thickness of
Conductor 1.000 and 1.001 to 2.001 and
Insulation Less 2.000 over
Inches Minimum Bending Radius as
a Multiple of Cable Diameter
.156 and less 4 5 6
.157 to .315 5 6 7
.316 and over 7 8

Twisted pair instrumentation cable


Minimum Bending
Radius as a
Multiple of
Type of Cable Cable Diameter
Armored, wire type or corrugated sheath or interlocked type 7*
Non-armored, without shielded conductors 6
Non-armored, metallized-polyester or braid shielded 8
Non-armored, flat or corrugated tape shielded 12**
*With shielded Conductors 8
**For longitudinally applied corrugated shield with PVC jacket 15

PROPIEDAD DEL ING. RAUL HERRERA


Power and control cables with
metallic shielding or armor
Minimum Bending
Radius as a Multiple
of Cable Diameter
Type of Cable Power Control
Armored, flat tape or wire type 12... 12...
Armored, smooth aluminum sheath, up to; . .
...0.75 inches cable diameter 10*. 10*.
...0.76 to 1.5 inches cable diameter 12... 12...
...over 1.5 inches cable diameter 15... 15...

Armored, corrugated sheath or . .


...interlocked type 7... 7...
...with shielded single conductor 12... 12...
...with shielded multi-conductor **... **...

Non-armored, flat or corrugated . .


...tape shielded single conductor 12... 12...
...tape shielded multi-conductor **... **...
...multi-conductor overall tape shield 12... 12...
...LCS with PVC jacket 15... 15...

Non-armored, flat strap shielded 8... —...

Non-armored, wire shielded ***.. —...


* with shielded conductors 12
** 12 times single conductor diameter
or 7 times overall cable diameter — whichever is greater
*** See Power and control cables without metallic shielding above

LCS = longitudinally applied corrugated shield

Rubber jacketed flexible portable


power and control cables used on
take-up reels and sheaves
Minimum Bending
Radius as a Multiple
Type of Cable of Cable Diameter
0 - 5 kV 6

Over 5 kV 8

ENGINEERING TECHNICAL CENTER

PROPIEDAD DEL ING. RAUL HERRERA

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