General Cable’s QPL Listed
ShipLAN® Non-Watertight
Category 5e Is Now On Board
Engineered to Perform Well Into the Future
Why Choose General Cable’s ShipLAN®
General Cable is proud to have a long and distinguished
history of participation in military programs that span
over four decades. In partnership with Lockheed Martin,
General Cable qualified the first Category 5e data cable
for use in Naval Shipboard applications to a Naval Sea
Systems Command (NAVSEA) specification prior to the
MIL-DTL-24643/59-03UO Type LSC5OS-4 Cable?
General Cable qualified the first Category 5e shipboard data
communications cable
General Cable has more than four decades of experience specific to
shipboard cables, including our industry-leading fiber optic
shipboard cables
existence of MIL-DTL-24643/59-03UO.
Still in a class by itself, General Cable continues to
meet the highest performance standards with a
QPL listed
MIL-DTL-24643/59-03UO–qualified Category 5e Naval
Product availability
Flexible packaging options
Shipboard data communications cable. ShipLAN®
Category 5e cable combines high-performing
electrical characteristics with low-toxicity, low-smoke,
zero-halogen, and flame-retardant properties
necessary for shipboard environments. General Cable’s
ShipLAN® Category 5e cable is constructed with a
proprietary thermoset jacket system that provides
flexibility for ease of installation and stripability for
quicker preparation and termination time.
ShipLAN® Category 5e electrical characteristics are
subjected to a mechanical stress resistance test. This
test simulates the stress imposed on the cable during
shipboard installation. Real-life installations challenge
a cable’s resistance to such stresses as tensile strain
imposed by pulling; crushing forces imposed by cable
clamps, straps, and stuffing tubes; bending forces
imposed by routing; and twisting due to re-spooling.
The cable’s ability to resist the rigors of this environ-
ment is confirmed after stress testing when its electrical
performance is still in compliance with
MIL-DTL-24643/59-
03UO and ANSI/TIA 568-C.2 2009.
ShipLAN® Category 5e cable meets the following
mechanical stress resistance qualifications:
Operating Tensile Load
Long Term Minimum Bend
Cable Compression
As a preferred supplier to the military, General Cable continues its participation
as a technical member of and key contributor to the National Electrical Manufacturers
Association (NEMA) 7HW Shipboard Technical Committee, responsible for the
generation and maintenance of MIL-DTL-24643 and associated slash sheets.
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