Electrical cable types

Installation cables

The materials of our halogen-free installation cables are easy to recycle, and they do not contain any PVC. Installation cables generate only a small amount of smoke, and they do not spread fires individually or in bundles.

For fire safety reasons, we are phasing out installation cables that contain PVC. Read more.

Our halogen-free installation cables are easy to strip and handle.

Control and instrumentation cables

Control cables of Reka by Nexans are suitable for fixed installation indoors and outdoors. Halogen-free control cables generate only a small amount of smoke in case of a fire, and they do not spread fires when used in bundles.

Our selection still includes control cables that use lead-free PVC compounds.

Halogen-free instrumentation cables are suitable for fixed installation indoors and outdoors. Instrumentation cables are used for data transfer purposes in automation, instrumentation and process control systems, and in signal and surveillance systems.

We manufacture all of our instrumentation cables as halogen-free versions. The materials used in halogen-free instrumentation cables are easy to recycle, and do not contain any PVC. These cables generate only a small amount of smoke, and they do not spread fires individually or in bundles.

Fire-resistant cables

Fire-resistant cables are suitable for applications where power supply needs to be secured, also during a fire. They are halogen-free, and do not contain any PVC or spread fires when used in a bundle. Their materials are easy to recycle.

Fire-resistant Flamerex cables are particularly intended for installation where it is required that alarm, control, signal and energy supply systems operate in case of a fire.

Reka by Nexans offers fire-resistant installation cables, signal cables, power and EMC power cables. All accessories used in the installation must also be fire-resistant.

Our fire-resistant Flamerex cables are halogen-free and generate only some amount of smoke during fire.

Power cables

Aluminium and copper power cables are also available as halogen-free versions. The copper EMC cable is also available as a fire-resistant version. They are suitable for fixed installations indoors and outdoors.

Ploughable aluminium power cables can be installed directly into the ground and are suitable for cable ploughing.

The Reka by Nexans range of aluminum and copper power cables also includes cables containing PVC. These lead-free PVC compounds are safe under normal operating conditions.

Medium- and high-voltage cables

High-voltage cables are made at the maximum voltage of 170 kV, whereas medium-voltage cables are manufactured for the voltage level of 12–30 kV. They are manufactured of aluminium and copper.

Dryrex medium-voltage cables are plastic cables insulated using cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE), representing first-class insulation technology. The same technology is used in the manufacture of high-voltage cables.

Medium- and high-voltage cables are extremely reliable and they can also be manufactured of special plastics when, having a fire rating, they can also be installed indoors and in tunnels.

In Finland, these cables are mainly used to build weather-resistant networks and to improve the reliability of networks.