All Cables are not the Same (ACANTS)

All Cables are not the Same

STORIES

overview

A growing need for quality cables

Prysmian is helping build the cities of the future, today. Pioneering new buildings increasingly form part of a highly urbanised landscape that is expanding vertically to host many thousands more people.

In this fast-evolving environment, we support the construction industry as it faces continual challenges – maintaining quality of life for urban dwellers and upholding efficient installation times whilst providing effective new solutions for safety.

Cable quality has never been so crucial.

Fire: the facts

Growing fires inside buildings represent 90% of total fires
Every year, 4000 people are killed by fire
Faults in electrical installations are the second most common cause of fires.

Why quality counts

There can be kilometres of cable keeping a single building running and enhancing its safety – essential in fires and emergencies. Yet there are still non-compliant cables on sale today.

Cables may represent only a small percentage of a build’s cost. However, some people opt for low-quality products, causing risk to the building’s inhabitants and delays to installation time.

They may look similar on the surface, but the difference between a high-quality and a non-compliant cable is significant.

We’re leading the way in cable safety

To prove the difference and drive a change in people’s mindset, Prysmian Group has developed the Prysmian performance test: the industry's only comprehensive test system. We evaluate cables on safety, performance and usability to quantify the benefits of using Prysmian Group cables.

There have been over 10,000 Prysmian performance tests, and we’ve compared more than 80 different brands in five different test categories:

Geometrical
Electrical
Mechanical
Performance
Usability

The Prysmian difference

When it comes to superior safety and quality, our cables out-performed our competitors when tested for:

Flame retardancy
Low-smoke, halogenic and acidic gas emissions
Circuit integrity when withstanding fire
Lower risk of short circuit and fire ignition
Lower electrical losses.

Our usability test results indicated great savings on installation time due to the following features:

Easy to strip
Easy to flex
Less memory effect
Better slipperiness
Easy termination
Stronger outer sheath
Less pollution.

When it comes to superior safety and quality, our cables out-performed our competitors when tested for:

Flame retardancy
Low-smoke, halogenic and acidic gas emissions
Circuit integrity when withstanding fire
Lower risk of short circuit and fire ignition
Lower electrical losses.

Our usability test results indicated great savings on installation time due to the following features:

Easy to strip
Easy to flex
Less memory effect
Better slipperiness
Easy termination
Stronger outer sheath
Less pollution.

Demonstrably better in practice

Our cables have been analysed in real construction projects, and the findings revealed a superior level of safety, increased energy efficiency and savings on installation time of up to 32%. And that means a considerable saving on total project cost.

You’ll save more compared to purchasing low-quality cables.

We are committed to cable innovation that combines world-class functioning capabilities with measurable economic advantages, both on installation cost and total cost of ownership.