FLEXIFESTOON® SOOW
FLEXIFESTOON® SOOW EPDM/CPE Marine-Grade: Salt-Fog Resistant Heavy-Duty Rubber Port Cable for STS Cranes, RTG/RMG Gantries, and Ship-to-Shore Power Systems
Feichun’s FLEXIFESTOON® SOOW EPDM/CPE Marine-Grade represents a chemistry-driven upgrade of the proven UL/CSA SOOW platform, specifically re-engineered for the corrosive salt-fog, hydrocarbon-spray, and ozone-rich microclimate of modern container terminals and quayside cargo handling. The cable consolidates four engineering imperatives into a single rubber-jacketed architecture: a marine-grade EPDM ethylene-propylene-diene insulation system providing exceptional dielectric stability under prolonged moisture immersion; a chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) outer sheath whose chlorine backbone delivers inherent halide-resistance, hydrolysis stability, and ozone immunity surpassing standard thermoplastic compounds; finely-stranded Class K bunched red copper conductors per ASTM B-174 enabling 4×D minimum bending radius and >2 million flex-cycle service in dynamic festoon and reeling applications; and full multi-jurisdictional certification including UL Standard 62, CSA 22.2 No. 49, NEC Article 400, NEC 501.140 Class I Division 1 and 2, FT2 vertical flame propagation, and MSHA P-7K-123456 mining approval — supporting global port deployment from the Port of Long Beach to Jebel Ali, Rotterdam Maasvlakte II, and Yangshan Phase IV automated terminals.
