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IEC Standards Update: November 2009

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has announced the availability of the following new standards and documents.  For additional information regarding the standards listed below, please visit the website of the IEC at http://www.iec.ch.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

IEC 60034-22 Ed. 2.0 (2009-10)
Rotating electrical machines – Part 22: AC generators for reciprocating internal combustion (RIC) engine driven generating sets

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Project IEC 60079-20-1 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10)   
Explosive Atmospheres – Part 20-1: Material characteristics for gas and vapour classification – Test methods and data

IEC 60079-29-4 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11)
Explosive atmospheres – Part 29-4: Gas detectors – Performance requirements of open path detectors for flammable gases

IEC 60095-2 Ed. 4.0 (2009-10) 
Lead-acid starter batteries – Part 2: Dimensions of batteries and dimensions and marking of terminals

IEC 60851-1 Amd.2 Ed. 2.0 (2009-11)      
Amendment 2 – Winding wires – Test methods – Part 1: General

IEC 60893-3-6 Ed. 2.1 (2009-11) 
Insulating materials – Industrial rigid laminated sheets based on thermosetting resins for electrical purposes – Part 3-6: Specifications for individual materials – Requirements for rigid laminated sheets based on silicone resins

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IEC 60893-3-7 Ed. 2.1 (2009-11)
Insulating materials – Industrial rigid laminated sheets based on thermosetting resins for electrical purposes – Part 3-7: Specifications for individual materials – Requirements for rigid laminated sheets based on polyimide resins

IEC 62271-208 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10)
High-voltage switchgear and controlgear – Part 208: Methods to quantify the steady state, power-frequency electromagnetic fields generated by HV switchgear assemblies and HV/LV prefabricated substations

 

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY

CISPR 22 Ed. 6.0 (2009-10)      
Interpretation sheet 1 – Information technology equipment – Radio disturbance characteristics – Limits and methods of measurement

IEC 61000-4-5 Ed. 2.0 (2009-10)      
Corrigendum 1 – Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-5: Testing and measurement techniques – Surge immunity test

IEC 61000-4-7 Ed. 2.1 (2009-10)
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-7: Testing and measurement techniques – General guide on harmonics and interharmonics measurements and instrumentation, for power supply systems and equipment connected thereto

IEC 61000-4-34 Amd.1 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10)      
Corrigendum 1 – Amendment 1 – Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-34: Testing and measurement techniques – Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage variations immunity tests for equipment with mains current more than 16 A per phase  

 

ELECTRONICS

IEC 60825-4 Ed. 2.1 (2009-10) 
Safety of laser products – Part 4: Laser guards

Project IEC 61191-6 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10) 
Printed board assemblies – Part 6: Evaluation criteria for voids in soldered joints of BGA and LGA and measurement method

 

ENERGY AND HEAT TRANSFER ENGINEERING

IEC 61500 Ed. 2.0 (2009-10) 
Nuclear power plants – Instrumentation and control important to safety – Data communication in systems performing category A functions

  

FIBRE OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS

IEC/PAS 61753-1-3 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11)
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components performance standard – Part 1-3: General and guidance for performance standards – Single-mode fibre optic connector performance for harsh industrial operating conditions

IEC 61753-111-7 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11) 
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components performance standard – Part 111-7: Sealed closures for category A – Aerial

IEC 61753-111-8 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11) 
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components performance standard – Part 111-8: Sealed closures for category G – Ground

IEC 61753-111-9 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11)
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components performance standard – Part 111-9: Sealed closures for category S – Subterranean

Project IEC 61753-131-3 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11)
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Performance standard – Part 131-3: Single-mode mechanical fibre splice for category U – Uncontrolled environment

 

MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

IEC 80601-2-35 Ed. 2.0 (2009-10)
Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-35: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of heating devices using blankets, pads and mattresses and intended for heating in medical use

 

RAILWAY ENGINEERING

Project IEC 62497-1 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10)   
Railway applications – Insulation coordination – Part 1: Basic requirements – Clearances and creepage distances for all electrical and electronic equipment

Project IEC 62497-2 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10)   
Railway applications – Insulation coordination – Part 2: Overvoltages and related protection

 

SAFETY

IEC 60364-5-52 Ed. 3.0 (2009-10) 
Low-voltage electrical installations – Part 5-52: Selection and erection of electrical equipment – Wiring systems

IEC 60855-1 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10)
Live working – Insulating foam-filled tubes and solid rods – Part 1: Tubes and rods of a circular cross-section

 

ISO/IEC PUBLICATIONS

ISO/IEC 13170 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11) 
Information technology – 120 mm (8,54 Gbytes per side) and 80 mm (2,66 Gbytes per side) DVD re-recordable disk for dual layer (DVD-RW for DL)

ISO/IEC 13818-1 Amd.3 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10)      
Amendment 3 – Information technology – Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information: Systems – Transport of scalable video over Rec. ITU-T H.222.0 ISO/IEC 13818-1

ISO/IEC 14496-12 Amd.1 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11)    
Amendment 1 – Information technology – Coding of audio-visual objects – Part 12: ISO base media file format – General improvements including hint tracks, metadata support and sample groups

ISO/IEC 15444-12 Amd.1 Ed. 1.0 (2009-11)    
Amendment 1 – Information technology – JPEG 2000 image coding system – Part 12: ISO base media file format – General improvements including hint tracks, metadata support and sample groups

ISO/IEC 19776-1 Ed. 2.0 (2009-10)
Information technology – Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation – Extensible 3D (X3D) encodings – Part 1: Extensible Markup Language (XML) encoding

ISO/IEC 19794-5 Amd.2 Ed. 1.0 (2009-10)    
Amendment 2 – Information technology – Biometric data interchange formats – Part 5: Face image data – Three-dimensional face image data interchange format

 

 

  

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