New Edition of IEC 60424-3:2015 Standard for Ferrite Cores

The International Electrotechnical Commission has released the second edition of IEC 60424-3:2015. This standard applies to “Ferrite cores – Guidelines on the limits of surface irregularities – Part 3: ETD-cores, EER-cores, EC-cores and E-cores.” The standard is available for purchase on the IEC’s website.

Description*

“IEC 60424-3:2015 gives guidelines on allowable limits of surface irregularities applicable to ETD-cores, EER-cores, EC-cores and E-cores in accordance with the relevant general specification. This standard is a specification useful in the negotiations between ferrite core manufacturers and customers about surface irregularities.

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) addition of allowable areas of chips for EC-cores in Table 3,
b) addition of crystallites in 4.5 and pores in 4.6.”

*Description from the IEC website.