Alpha Wire Xtra-Guard® Performance Cables
Alpha Wire Xtra-Guard® Performance Cables are designed for a wide variety of applications. Xtra-Guard Cable has a broad range of gauges, conductor counts, shielding options, and jacket color choices. Several performance grades are offered to provide the best match between cost, environmental, and mechanical performance.
Xtra-Guard Comparison
Additional Resources
Applications
- High performance
- High technology controlled environments
- Medical electronics
- Point-of-sale equipment
- Computer peripherals
- Industrial process controls
- Abrasion resistance
- CNC machine centers
- Automotive assembly plant operations
- Military ground support systems
- Packaging machinery
- Petrochemical plant operations
- Geophysical exploration equipment
- Direct burial
- Interbuilding communications
- Satellite communications equipment
- Land irrigation systems
- Outdoor security systems
- Outdoor scoreboards and displays
- Pipeline sensor controls
- Advanced temperature and chemical performance
- Wood, paper, pulp, plant operations
- Mining instruments and controls
- Mass transit systems
- Military electronic applications
- Food and beverage plants
- Petrochemical process controls
- Arctic pipeline controls
- Maximum temperature and chemical performance
- Food and beverage wash-down
- Cleanroom environments
- Food/medical-grade applications
- Turbine generators
- Chemical processing
- Military electronics
- Mining instrumentation
- Flexing/flexible
- Cartesian robots
- Articulated multi-axis robots
- Automation networking
- Machine tools
- Automotive assembly equipment
- Conveyor systems
- Control panels
- Flex and static track
- Transfer shuttles
- Sensor/actuator-to-controller connections
- Motor supplies
Shielding Diagram
Xtra-Guard 1 Cables
• High-performance cable for general-purpose applications
• Features a unique, premium-grade PVC insulation and jacket for easier routing of cable in small spaces
• Provides resistance to oils per UL Oil Res I and Class 43
• Designed for use in ambient temperatures up to 105°C
• Provides exceptional protection against EMI interference when Supra-Shield is specified
Xtra-Guard 2 Cables
• Heavy-duty cable for use in industrial applications where abrasion and mechanical abuse is common
• Features a specially formulated, rugged polyurethane jacket offering three times the tear and abrasion resistance of ordinary PVC
• Provides extreme resistance to cut-through and physical damage
• Designed with moderate to high resistance to most oils, solvents, chemicals, and fuels
• Offers outstanding ultraviolet light stability in all jacket colors
• Provides exceptional protection against EMI interference when Supra-Shield is specified
• Meets NFPA Standard 79 for industrial machinery
Xtra-Guard 4 Cables
• Extreme temperature capability handles hot, cold, spills
• Extended-temperature cable with a temperature range from -50°C to +125°C
• Features a high-performance TPE insulation and jacket offering three times the low-temperature flexibility of ordinary PVC
• Moderate resistance to oils, solvents, chemicals, and fuels
• Outstanding ultraviolet light stability in all jacket colors
• UL Rated TC 600V and PLTC 300V for cable tray applications (except 24AWG)
• Pennsylvania Bureau Deep Mining Safety approved for mine-wide monitoring systems
• Provides exceptional protection against EMI interference when Supra-Shield is specified
Xtra-Guard Flex Cables
• Long-lasting flexible cables designed to provide excellent performance in high-flex, high torsion, and continuous-flex applications, such as motion control and robotics
• Rated for up to 14 million flex cycles
• Available in a variety of configurations allowing exactly the right cable to be selected for the application
• Rounded geometry helps ensure a liquid-tight installation per IP67 or NEMA 6
• Supra-Shield provides precise EMI interference resistance for your specific application is easily achievable with the available standard flex, torsional flex, and continuous flex applications
• Meets NFPA Standard 79 for industrial machinery
Xtra-Guard Industrial Ethernet Cables
• -50°C to +105°C (PP core) / +125°C (FEP core)
• 4 times OD (unshielded) and 8 times OD (shielded) cold bend radius per TIA-568-C.2
• Meets ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 Cat 5e requirements
• UL Type CMR and suitable for use in NFPA 79 applications
• Sunlight, fluid, and abrasion resistant
• High-performance TPE jacket provides three times the low-temperature flexibility of PVC
• Unshielded, foil shielded, or Supra-Shield foil + braid for best EMI protection