The flame retardant cable is mainly featured in low liability of fire or that second combustion is only limited to a certain range, meets the IEC 60332 combustion testing requirements, it can be categorized into category A, B, C and D. Flame retardant cable highly recommended to use on the places with flame retardant requirement like oil and gas mining. Flame retardant can be applied to the cable group as follows :
| Cable Type | LV Cable | MV Cable | HV Cable | Control Cable | Instrument Cable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Core + copper screen | - | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| + armor | Yes | Yes | |||
| Three Core + copper screen | - | Yes | - | - | - |
| + armor | Yes | - | - | - | |
| 1-5 cores non armor or with armor | Yes | - | - | - | - |
| 6-61 cores non armor or with armor | - | - | - | Yes | - |
| 1-50 pairs with Individual or Collective Screen Cables non armor or with armor | - | - | - | - | Yes |