EN IEC 60794-2-30:2019

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2019
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60794-2-30:2009
Optični kabli - 2-30. del: Notranji kabli - Skupinska specifikacija za trakaste kable iz
optičnih vlaken za zaključene kabelske sestave (IEC 60794-2-30:2019)
Optical fibre cables - Part 2-30: Indoor cables - Family specification for optical fibre
ribbon cables for use in terminated cable assemblies (IEC 60794-2-30:2019)
Lichtwellenleiter - Teil 2-30: LWL-Innenkabel - Familienspezifikation für Lichtwellenleiter-
Bandkabel für den Einsatz in konfektionierten Kabeln (IEC 60794-2-30:2019)
Câbles à fibres optiques - Partie 2-30: Câbles intérieurs - Spécification de famille pour
les câbles à rubans de fibres optiques utilisés dans les assemblages de câbles (IEC
60794-2-30:2019)connectorisés
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60794-2-30:2019
ICS:
33.180.10 (Optična) vlakna in kabli Fibres and cables
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60794-2-30

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2019
ICS 33.180.10 Supersedes EN 60794-2-30:2008
English Version
Optical fibre cables - Part 2-30: Indoor cables - Family
specification for optical fibre ribbon cables for use in terminated
cable assemblies
(IEC 60794-2-30:2019)
Câbles à fibres optiques - Partie 2-30: Câbles intérieurs - Lichtwellenleiter - Teil 2-30: LWL-Innenkabel -
Spécification de famille pour les câbles à rubans de fibres Familienspezifikation für Lichtwellenleiter-Bandkabel für den
optiques utilisés dans les assemblages de câbles Einsatz in konfektionierten Kabeln
connectorisés (IEC 60794-2-30:2019)
(IEC 60794-2-30:2019)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-04-22. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
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Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Ref. No. EN IEC 60794-2-30:2019 E

European foreword
The text of document 86A/1704/CDV, future edition 3 of IEC 60794-2-30, prepared by SC 86A "Fibres
and cables" of IEC/TC 86 "Fibre optics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60794-2-30:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-01-22
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-04-22
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60794-2-30:2008.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60794-2-30:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60794-1-31 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60794-1-31
IEC 60793-1-21 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60793-1-21
IEC 60794-1-24 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60794-1-24
IEC 60811-501 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60811-501

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60304 -  Standard colours for insulation for low- HD 402 S2 -
frequency cables and wires
IEC 60793-1-20 -  Optical fibres - Part 1-20: Measurement EN 60793-1-20 -
methods and test procedures - Fibre
geometry
IEC 60793-1-40 -  Optical fibres - Part 1-40: Attenuation - -
measurement methods
IEC 60793-1-44 -  Optical fibres - Part 1-44: Measurement EN 60793-1-44 -
methods and test procedures - Cut-off
wavelength
IEC 60793-2 -  Optical fibres - Part 2: Product EN 60793-2 -
specifications - General
IEC 60793-2-10 -  Optical fibres - Part 2-10: Product EN 60793-2-10 -
specifications - Sectional specification for
category A1 multimode fibres
IEC 60793-2-50 -  Optical fibres - Part 2-50: Product EN IEC 60793-2-50 -
specifications - Sectional specification for
class B single-mode fibres
IEC 60794-1-1 -  Optical fibre cables - Part 1-1: Generic EN 60794-1-1 -
specification - General
IEC 60794-1-2 -  Optical fibre cables – Part 1-2: Generic EN 60794-1-2 -
specification – Basic optical cable test -
procedures – General guidance
IEC 60794-1-21 -  Optical fibre cables - Part 1-21: Generic EN 60794-1-21 -
specification - Basic optical cable test
procedures - Mechanical tests methods
IEC 60794-1-22 -  Optical fibre cables - Part 1-22: Generic EN IEC 60794-1-22 -
specification - Basic optical cable test
procedures - Environmental test methods
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60794-1-23 -  Optical fibre cables - Part 1-23: Generic EN 60794-1-23 -
specification - Basic optical cable test
procedures - Cable element test methods
IEC 60794-2 2017 Optical fibre cables - Part 2: Indoor cables EN 60794-2 2017
- Sectional specification
IEC 60794-3 -  Optical fibre cables - Part 3: Outdoor EN 60794-3 -
cables - Sectional specification
IEC 60811-202 -  Electric and optical fibre cables - Test EN 60811-202 -
methods for non-metallic materials - Part
202: General tests - Measurement of
thickness of non-metallic sheath
IEC 60811-203 -  Electric and optical fibre cables - Test EN 60811-203 -
methods for non-metallic materials - Part
203: General tests - Measurement of
overall dimensions
IEC 60811-504 -  Electric and optical fibre cables - Test EN 60811-504 -
methods for non-metallic materials - Part
504: Mechanical tests - Bending tests at
low temperature for insulation and sheaths

IEC 60794-2-30 ®
Edition 3.0 2019-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
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Optical fibre cables –
Part 2-30: Indoor cables – Family specification for optical fibre ribbon cables for

use in terminated cable assemblies

Câbles à fibres optiques –
Partie 2-30: Câbles intérieurs – Spécification de famille pour les câbles à rubans

de fibres optiques utilisés dans les assemblages de câbles connectorisés

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
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ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 33.180.10 ISBN 978-2-8322-6507-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Construction . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.2 Optical fibres and primary coating . 7
4.3 Buffer . 8
4.4 Ruggedized fibre . 8
4.5 Slotted core . 8
4.6 Tube . 8
4.7 Stranded loose tube . 8
4.8 Ribbon structure . 8
4.9 Strength and anti-buckling members . 8
4.10 Ripcord . 8
4.11 Sheath . 8
4.12 Sheath marking . 8
4.13 Identification . 8
4.14 Example of cable construction . 9
5 Dimensions. 9
5.1 Optical fibres and primary coating . 9
5.2 Ribbon structural geometry . 9
5.3 Optical fibre ribbon cable . 9
6 Tests . 10
6.1 General . 10
6.2 Dimensions . 10
6.3 Mechanical requirements . 10
6.3.1 Cable tensile performance . 10
6.3.2 Cable crush . 11
6.3.3 Cable impact . 11
6.3.4 Cable bending . 11
6.3.5 Cable repeated bending . 11
6.3.6 Cable bending under tension . 11
6.3.7 Cable bending at low temperature . 11
6.3.8 Cable flexing . 12
6.3.9 Cable torsion . 12
6.3.10 Cable kink . 12
6.4 Environmental requirements – Temperature cycling . 12
6.5 Transmission requirements . 13
6.5.1 General . 13
6.5.2 Single mode optical fibres . 13
6.5.3 Single-mode dispersion unshifted optical fibre (B1.1) . 13
6.5.4 Single-mode dispersion unshifted optical fibre (B1.2) . 13
6.5.5 Single-mode dispersion unshifted optical fibre (B1.3) . 14
6.5.6 Single-mode dispersion shifted optical fibre (B2) . 14

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6.5.7 Single-mode non-zero dispersion optical fibre (B4) . 14
6.5.8 Single-mode wide band non-zero dispersion optical fibre (B5) . 14
6.5.9 Single-mode bending loss insensitive optical fibre (B6) . 15
6.5.10 Multimode fibres . 15
6.6 Fire performance . 15
Annex A (informative) Example of cable construction . 16
Annex B (informative) Family specification indoor cables – Optical fibre ribbon cables . 17
B.1 Blank detail specification . 17
B.1.1 Cable description . 17
B.1.2 Cable element . 18
B.1.3 Cable construction . 18
B.1.4 Installation and operating conditions . 18
B.1.5 Mechanical, environmental and fire performance tests . 19
B.2 Cables subject to the MICE environmental classification (ISO 11801-3 and
related standards) . 19
Bibliography . 21

Figure 1 – Example of identification by means of colour coding and positioning . 9
Figure A.1 – Example of cross-section of a four-fibre ribbon cable . 16

Table 1 – Dimensions of optical fibre ribbon cables . 10
Table 2 – Temperature cycling conditions . 12
Table 3 – Common single-mode fibre requirements . 13
Table 4 – Cabled attenuation requirements for B1.1 optical fibre . 13
Table 5 – Cabled attenuation requirements for B1.2 optical fibre . 13
Table 6 – Cabled attenuation requirements for B1.3 optical fibre . 14
Table 7 – Cabled attenuation requirements for B2 optical fibre . 14
Table 8 – Cabled attenuation requirements for B4 optical fibre . 14
Table 9 – Cabled attenuation requirements for B5 optical fibre . 14
Table 10 – Cabled attenuation requirements for B6 optical fibre . 15
Table 11 – Requirements for multimode optical fibre (A1a and A1b) . 15
Table B.1 – Cable description . 17
Table B.2 – Cable element . 18
Table B.3 – Cable construction . 18
Table B.4 – Installation and operating conditions . 19
Table B.5 – Tests applicable . 19

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OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES –
Part 2-30: Indoor cables –
Family specification for optical fibre ribbon
cables for use in terminated cable assemblies

FOREWORD
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9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60794-2-30 has been prepared by sub-committee 86A: Fibres and
cables, of IEC technical committee 86: Fibre optics.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2008. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) removal of Annex C;
b) reference to the most recent fibre standards;
c) reference to IEC 60794-1-21, IEC 60794-1-22, IEC 60794-1-23 and IEC 60794-1-24.

IEC 60794-2-30:2019 © IEC 2019 – 5 –
This standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60794-1-1, IEC 60794-1-2 and
IEC 60794-2.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
86A/1704/CDV 86A/1808/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts in the IEC 60794 series, published under the general title Optical fibre cables,
can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
IMPORTANT – The 'colour inside' logo on the cover page of this publication indicates
that it contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct
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OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES –
Part 2-30: Indoor cables –
Family specification for optical fibre ribbon
cables for use in terminated cable assemblies

1 Scope
This part of IEC 60794 is a family specification which covers indoor optical fibre ribbon cables
for use in terminated cable assemblies. The requirements of the sectional specification
IEC 60794-2 are applicable to cables covered by this document.
The requirements of this document are written to define flat ribbon cables. This document can
be applicable to other cable constructions. Parts of IEC 60794-3 which are applicable for
ribbon tests are the subject of IEC 60794-1-31.
Annex B contains requirements that supersede the normal requirements in case the cables
are intended to be used in install
...