
Product Description
🛡️ Bently Nevada 16710-99 Armored Interconnect Cable for 3300 Monitoring Systems
The Bently Nevada 16710-99 is a heavy-duty armored interconnect cable engineered for maximum protection in harsh industrial environments. This 99-foot (30-meter) shielded cable features flexible metal armor, dual shielding, and ruggedized construction, delivering exceptional signal integrity and mechanical protection in applications where standard cables fail due to physical damage, rodent activity, or extreme environmental conditions in power plants, refineries, and offshore platforms.
🔗 Armored Cable Specifications
HEAVY-DUTY INDUSTRIAL INTERCONNECT
| 🔹 Part Number: | 16710-99 |
| 🔹 Series: | 16710 Armored Interconnect |
| 🔹 Cable Length: | 99 feet (30.2 meters) |
| 🔹 System: | Bently Nevada 3300 Series |
| 🔹 Construction: | Flexible metal armor over shielded cable |
| 🔹 Shielding: | Dual (foil + braid) under armor |
| 🔹 Armor Type: | Interlocked galvanized steel |
| 🔹 Conductor: | 24 AWG stranded copper |
| 🔹 Impedance: | 50 Ohm characteristic |
| 🔹 Termination: | Factory-installed connectors |
| 🔹 Min Bend Radius: | 12× cable diameter (armored) |
| 🔹 Weight: | ~2 kg (4.4 lbs) |
🏭 Harsh Environment Applications
Outdoor & Exposed Installations: Protects signal integrity in outdoor turbine installations, cooling tower monitoring, and exposed piping systems where UV exposure, temperature cycling (-40°C to +85°C), and moisture ingress destroy standard cables within 12-24 months, extending service life to 15+ years and eliminating $800-2K replacement costs per cable run.
Rodent-Prone Areas: Prevents cable damage in substations, underground conduits, and agricultural facilities where rodent activity causes 40% of cable failures, with interlocked steel armor providing impenetrable barrier against gnawing that protects critical vibration monitoring signals from intermittent faults costing $5K-20K per troubleshooting event.
High-Traffic & Mechanical Hazard Zones: Withstands physical abuse in areas with forklift traffic, crane operations, and maintenance activities where standard cables suffer jacket abrasion and conductor damage, maintaining measurement accuracy in compressor stations, pump houses, and machinery spaces with heavy equipment movement.
Offshore & Marine Platforms: Delivers reliable performance in offshore oil platforms, FPSO vessels, and marine installations where salt spray, vibration, and mechanical stress require ruggedized cabling, with 99-foot length accommodating long runs from remote wellhead sensors to central control rooms without splicing.
⚙️ Technical Advantages
Flexible Metal Armor Protection: Interlocked galvanized steel armor provides crush resistance up to 500 lbs/inch while maintaining flexibility for installation through conduits and cable trays, preventing cable damage that causes 60% of proximity probe system failures in industrial environments versus unarmored cables.
99-Foot Extended Length: Maximum standard length eliminates need for extension cables and field splicing in 90% of long-distance installations between remote machinery and control rooms, reducing installation time by 2 hours per run and preventing signal degradation from splice connections that introduce ±2-5% measurement errors.
Dual Shielding Under Armor: Foil-and-braid electromagnetic shielding beneath armor layer maintains signal integrity even when armor is grounded, rejecting EMI/RFI from VFDs and motors while armor provides mechanical protection—delivering both electrical and physical protection in single cable solution.
Factory Termination Quality: Pre-installed connectors with proper armor grounding and strain relief eliminate field termination errors, ensuring consistent 50-ohm impedance and proper shield continuity that maintains ±1% measurement accuracy critical for API 670 machinery protection compliance.
📦 Cable Package
- 1× Bently Nevada 16710-99 Armored Interconnect Cable (99 feet)
- Factory-installed connectors with armor grounding
- Protective end caps for storage
- Installation guide and bend radius specifications
- Product identification label
Genuine Bently Nevada product with factory certification. Essential for vibration analysts, instrumentation technicians, and maintenance teams requiring maximum cable protection in harsh industrial environments. Compatible with all 3300 XL proximity probes and 3300 series monitoring modules in turbomachinery protection applications.