The VW3M5502R750 is a 5 m shielded power cable from the Schneider Altivar accessory family, designed to connect a variable speed drive to a synchronous motor. One end terminates in an M23 industrial connector for the motor side; the drive side is a free end for direct wiring into the drive power terminals. The cable composition is 4 x 2.5 mm² power conductors plus 2 x 1 mm² and 2 x 0.14 mm² signal/brake wires — enough cross-section for motor power and encoder feedback or brake control in a single jacket.
What the cable spec means for a drive-to-motor run
The 5 m length suits short panel-to-motor connections — common on small machines where the drive mounts near the motor frame. At this distance voltage drop is negligible for the 2.5 mm² power cores on typical 400 V-class drives up to about 5.5 kW. Shielding is essential on a synchronous motor cable: the PWM output from the drive couples high-frequency common-mode noise onto the conductors, and a bonded shield at both ends keeps that noise from radiating into nearby encoder or sensor wiring. The free-end termination on the drive side means you strip and terminate the shield clamp yourself — verify the drive's cable gland accepts the overall jacket diameter. The mixed conductor set (4 x 2.5 mm² power + 2 x 1 mm² + 2 x 0.14 mm²) typically maps to three-phase power, a brake resistor pair, and a thermistor or encoder pair. Check the motor terminal box — if the brake and thermistor wires are separate, this single cable simplifies the harness.