4-Core 0.2mm² PUR Shielded Cable | Wholesale Pricing & Technical Data
When signal loss causes a CNC machine to misalign or a sensor to trip without warning, the cost isn’t in the cable. It’s in the unplanned downtime, the scrapped parts, and the hours your best engineers spend tracing phantom faults. Circuit integrity isn’t a feature — it’s the bare minimum. This 4-core 0.2mm² PUR shielded cable delivers exactly that: a mechanically durable, electrically quiet transmission line purpose-built to hold its own against oil, constant flexing, and the high-frequency noise bleeding from adjacent drives. It replaces repetitive troubleshooting with predictable, repeatable uptime.
Materials & Design That Lower Total Cost
PUR Outer Jacket: Designed for Aggressive Environments
What it is: A polyurethane sheath replacing standard PVC across the entire cable length.
What it does: Polyurethane refuses to harden, crack, or swell when submerged in cutting fluids, mineral oils, or hydraulic spills. It also withstands the constant abrasive friction inside a drag chain without the jacket thinning.
What that means for your plant: The cable doesn’t need to be armoured inside cable carriers. It doesn’t need to be pulled early because of a brittle jacket. Fewer replacements. Lower maintenance OPEX. You stop treating control cables as consumables and start treating them as a capital asset with a predictable life cycle.
High-Density Tinned Copper Shielding
What it is: An overall braid shield with a dense weave, providing a low-impedance return path to ground.
What it does: It rejects electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) before they can superimpose on your transduced signals. This prevents the kind of ghost voltages that cause PLC inputs to flicker between high and low.
What that means for your controls: Your analog signals stay clean. Your encoder counts don’t skip. The system runs as designed, and you avoid commissioning delays caused by intermittent noise faults that no amount of cable rerouting can fix.
4-Core x 0.2mm² Fine Stranded Construction
What it is: Four individual conductors, each with a 0.2mm² cross-section, built on fine stranded bare copper.
What it does: The compact quad design lets you run both signal and auxiliary power in a single jacket, reducing total tray fill. The fine stranding maintains signal integrity while giving the cable a surprisingly tight minimum bend radius — essential when routing through cramped junction boxes or robotic arm wrists.
What that means for your build: You install one cable instead of two. Your control cabinets stay cleaner. Your line builders spend less time dressing panels and more time cycling power for the first test run.
High-End Chemical & UV Resistance
What it is: Additives in the PUR compound that provide inherent stability against ultraviolet light and a broad range of industrial solvents.
What it does: This cable can sit outdoors in direct sun for years without the jacket chalking or losing tensile strength. It doesn’t require a separate conduit run just to satisfy environmental de-rating.
What that means for your project: It opens up installation options for outdoor sensor arrays, solar tracking instrumentation, and wastewater processing lines where sunlight and chemicals coexist — without adding secondary mechanical protection.
Technical Specifications & Dimensions
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Core Configuration | 4 Cores x 0.2 mm² |
| Conductor | Stranded bare copper (flexible fine-wire construction) |
| Core Insulation | Per relevant IEC conductor standards; full data on approved drawing |
| Shielding | Overall tinned copper braid, dense weave |
| Outer Sheath | Polyurethane (PUR) |
| Sheath Color | Black (RAL 9005) as standard; custom color coding available |
| Nominal Voltage | Designed for low-voltage signal transmission (specify control voltage when ordering) |
| Temperature Range | Confirmed per production batch; typical PUR fixed-installation ranges apply |
| Bending Radius | Application-dependent; reference CAD model and datasheet for flex cycles |
| Chemical Resistance | Excellent resistance to mineral oil, cutting fluids, hydraulic fluids, and UV |
| Flame Retardance | Self-extinguishing formulations available to IEC 60332-1 upon request |
Industry Applications & Scenario Validation
- Industrial Robotics & Drag Chains. The cable is bent several million times. PUR’s abrasion resistance stops the jacket from wearing through against the carrier crossbars. The shield keeps encoder feedback clean even when routed alongside unshielded motor power cables.
- CNC Machining & Machine Tools. Constant exposure to swarf, coolants, and tramp oil kills standard jackets fast. PUR stays flexible and crack-free. Downtime to replace a broken sensor cable inside a gantry track is eliminated.
- Packaging & Conveyor Systems. High-speed machines generate significant electrical noise. The braided shield prevents cross-talk, so your photo-eye signals don’t get blanked out by a neighboring VFD line — a common cause of phantom stoppages.
- Outdoor Monitoring & Renewable Energy. A 4-core shielded cable that doesn’t degrade under UV or freeze in sub-zero temperatures lets you mount anemometers, solar trackers, and weather stations without protective conduit.
- Sensor & Actuator Wiring in Wet Environments. The PUR jacket resists water absorption and microbial growth. This makes the cable suitable for food & beverage washdown areas and wastewater treatment plants, where PVC would swell and lose insulation resistance over time.
International Compliance & QA Standards
- ✅ Manufactured in an ISO 9001:2015 certified facility with full batch traceability
- ✅ CE marking under the EU Low Voltage and EMC Directives
- ✅ RoHS compliant (2011/65/EU and amendments)
- ✅ Conductor sizing per IEC 60228 for flexible applications
- ✅ Jacket material tested per relevant EN/IEC mechanical durability standards
- ✅ Available with certified flame-retardant jacket on request (IEC 60332-1)
- ✅ Custom certification packages (UL AWM style, EAC, UKCA) supported for qualifying volumes
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I determine the minimum bending radius for this cable in a moving drag chain?
Don’t guess. The exact radius depends on your travel speed, acceleration, and stroke length — not just the outer diameter. As a general reference, shielded PUR cables in low-acceleration carriers often accept a bending radius of 7.5 × the outer diameter. But if your machine is moving 5 m/s with a 2g acceleration, that number changes. Provide your mechanical specs when you send the RFQ. We’ll return a cable selection that doesn’t require derating half the competitor’s cycle life.
Will you supply with custom core colors or sequential meter marking?
Yes. On wholesale orders, we can print a proprietary color code on each core — typically black with white numbers or a sequence matching your internal wiring diagram. Sequential length marking (hot-ink or surface-printed meter marks) simplifies cut-to-length workflows in your assembly shop. Provide a line drawing during the quoting phase; we match it before production release.
What is the typical wholesale lead time, and do you hold buffer stock?
Standard 4-core 0.2mm² PUR shielded cable in 100m and 500m reels is stocked for immediate dispatch from regional distribution points. Custom constructions (alternate braid coverage, special jacket colors, printed legends) typically ship within 2–3 weeks after a signed drawing. We don’t enforce arbitrary minimum order quantities. You can start with a single reel for prototype validation and scale to container-level loads without retooling.
Wholesale Inquiry & Technical Datasheet Request
Spec the cable once; use it across multiple lines without re-engineering. Send us your delivery postcode, target annual usage, and any application-specific mechanical stresses. You’ll receive a complete wholesale quotation, current shipping weight, and a technical datasheet — typically within a business day.