EN IEC 60974-3:2019

Arc welding equipment - Part 3: Arc striking and stabilizing devices

This part of IEC 60974 specifies safety requirements for industrial and professional ARC STRIKING and ARC STABILIZING DEVICES used in arc welding and allied processes. This document is applicable to ARC STRIKING and STABILIZING DEVICES which are stand-alone (separate from the welding equipment) or built in (housed in a single enclosure with other arc welding equipment). NOTE 1 Typical allied processes are, for example, plasma arc cutting and arc spraying. NOTE 2 This document does not include electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements.

Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 3: Lichtbogenzünd- und -stabilisierungseinrichtungen

Matériel de soudage à l’arc - Partie 3: Dispositifs d'amorçage et de stabilisation de l'arc

La présente partie de l'IEC 60974 spécifie les exigences de sécurité pour les dispositifs d'amorçage et de stabilisation industriels et professionnels utilisés en soudage à l'arc et les procédés connexes. Ce document s'applique aux DISPOSITIFS D'AMORÇAGE ET DE STABILISATION DE L'ARC qui sont indépendants (séparés du matériel de soudage) ou incorporés (intégrés dans une seule enveloppe avec d'autres matériels de soudage à l'arc). NOTE 1 Le coupage à l'arc plasma et la projection au plasma sont des exemples de procédés connexes typiques. NOTE 2 Le présent document ne contient pas les exigences de compatibilité électromagnétique (CEM).

Oprema za obločno varjenje - 3. del: Obločni udari in stabilizatorji (IEC 60974-3:2019)

Ta dokument določa varnostne zahteve za industrijske in strokovne OBLOČNE UDARE in OBLOČNE STABILIZATORJE, ki se uporabljajo pri obločnem varjenju in povezanih postopkih Ta dokument se uporablja za samostojne OBLOČNE UDARE in STABILIZATORJE (ločene od opreme za varjenje) ali za vgrajene (v skupnem ohišju z drugo opremo za obločno varjenje).

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 07-Nov-2019
• Withdrawal Date: 07-Nov-2022
• ICS: 25.160 - Welding, brazing and soldering
• ICS: 25.160.30 - Welding equipment
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 26 - Electric welding
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 26 - IEC_TC_26
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 08-Nov-2019
• Completion Date: 08-Nov-2019
• Directive: 2014/35/EU - Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
• Directive: 2014/53/EU - Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC
• Mandate: M/511 - Mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI relating to harmonised standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 60974-3:2020 - Arc welding equipment - Part 3: Arc striking and stabilizing devices (IEC 60974-3:2019)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60974-3:2014 - Arc welding equipment - Part 3: Arc striking and stabilizing devices
• Effective Date: 12-Nov-2019

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60974-3:2014
Oprema za obločno varjenje - 3. del: Obločni udari in stabilizatorji (IEC 60974-
3:2019)
Arc welding equipment - Part 3: Arc striking and stabilizing devices (IEC 60974-3:2019)
Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 3: Lichtbogenzünd- und -
stabilisierungseinrichtungen (IEC 60974-3:2019)
Matériel de soudage à l'arc - Partie 3: Dispositifs d'amorçage et de stabilisation de l'arc
(IEC 60974-3:2019)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60974-3:2019
ICS:
25.160.30 Varilna oprema Welding equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60974-3

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2019
ICS 25.160.30 Supersedes EN 60974-3:2014 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any).
English Version
Arc welding equipment - Part 3: Arc striking and stabilizing
devices
(IEC 60974-3:2019)
Matériel de soudage à l'arc - Partie 3: Dispositifs Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 3: Lichtbogenzünd-
d'amorçage et de stabilisation de l'arc und -stabilisierungseinrichtungen
(IEC 60974-3:2019) (IEC 60974-3:2019)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-03-06. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
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Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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© 2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 60974-3:2019 E

European foreword
The text of document 26/671/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60974-3, prepared by IEC/TC 26 "Electric
welding" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-05-08
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-11-08
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60974-3:2014 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60974-3:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.

In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60974 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60974 (series)
IEC 60384-14 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60384-14

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60974-1 2017 Arc welding equipment - Part 1: Welding power EN IEC 60974-1 2018
sources
+ A1 2019  + A1 2019
IEC 60974-7 2013 Arc welding equipment - Part 7: Torches EN 60974-7 2013
IEC 61140 -  Protection against electric shock - Common EN 61140 2016
aspects for installation and equipment
Annex ZZ
(informative)
Relationship between this European standard and the safety objectives of
Directive 2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96] aimed to be covered
This European Standard has been prepared under a Commission’s standardization request relating to
harmonized standards in the field of the Low Voltage Directive, M/511, to provide one voluntary means
of conforming to safety objectives of Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to the
making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
[2014 OJ L96].
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive,
compliance with the normative clauses of this standard given in Table ZZ.1 confers, within the limits of
the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding safety objectives of
that Directive, and associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZZ.1 – Correspondence between this European standard and Annex I of Directive
2014/35/EU [2014 OJ L96]
Clause(s) / sub-clause(s)
Safety objectives of
Remarks / Notes
Directive 2014/35/EU
of this EN
1(a) Clauses 15, 17
1(b) Clause 17.1
Testing during periodic maintenance
1(c) or after repair is covered in separate
standards
Clauses 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 10, 11,
2(a)
12, 17.1
Hazards arising from electric,
magnetic, and electromagnetic fields,
Clauses 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7, 11,
2(b) other ionizing and non-ionizing
radiation are covered in separate
standards
Acoustic noise is covered in separate
2(c) Clauses 6.2, 9, 10,14
standards
2(d) Clause 6.1
3(a) Clause 14
Functional safety is covered in
separate standards
3(b) Clauses 4, 6.2, 10, 14
Safety-related security is covered in
separate standards
3(c) Clause 9
WARNING 1 — Presumption of conformity stays valid only as long as a reference to this European
standard is maintained in the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Users of this
standard should consult frequently the latest list published in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
WARNING 2 — Other Union legislation may be applicable to the product(s) falling within the scope of
this standard.
IEC 60974-3 ®
Edition 4.0 2019-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Arc welding equipment –
Part 3: Arc striking and stabilizing devices

Matériel de soudage à l’arc –
Partie 3: Dispositifs d'amorçage et de stabilisation de l'arc

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 25.160.30 ISBN 978-2-8322-6498-0

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Environmental conditions . 7
5 Tests . 7
5.1 Test conditions . 7
5.2 Measuring instruments . 7
5.3 Conformity of components . 7
5.4 Type tests . 7
5.5 Routine tests. 8
5.5.1 Stand-alone unit . 8
5.5.2 Built-in unit . 8
6 Protection against electric shock . 8
6.1 Insulation . 8
6.1.1 General . 8
6.1.2 Clearances . 8
6.1.3 Creepage distances . 8
6.1.4 Insulation resistance . 9
6.1.5 Dielectric strength . 9
6.2 Protection against electric shock in normal service (direct contact) . 10
6.3 Protection against electric shock in case of a fault condition (indirect
contact) . 10
6.4 Protective provision . 10
7 Thermal requirements . 10
8 Thermal protection. 10
9 Abnormal operation . 10
10 Connection to the supply network . 11
11 Output . 11
11.1 Rated peak voltage . 11
11.2 Impulse current . 12
11.2.1 Risk of electric shock . 12
11.2.2 Electric charge. 12
11.2.3 Direct contact . 12
11.2.4 Series contact. 13
11.3 Mean energy . 14
11.4 Output circuit capacitance discharging . 15
11.5 Additional requirements . 15
12 Control circuits . 16
13 Hazard reducing device . 16
14 Mechanical provisions . 16
15 Rating plate . 16
15.1 General requirements . 16
15.2 Description . 17
15.3 Contents . 17

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16 Adjustment of the output . 18
17 Instructions and markings . 18
17.1 Instructions . 18
17.2 Markings . 18
Annex A (informative) Examples of coupling systems for arc striking and stabilizing
devices . 19
Annex B (informative) Example of a rating plate . 20
Bibliography . 21

Figure 1 – Rated peak voltage . 11
Figure 2 – Measurement of electric charge of impulse current. 12
Figure 3 – Measuring circuit for direct contact . 13
Figure 4 – Measuring circuit for serial contact . 14
Figure 5 – Measurement of mean energy . 15
Figure 6 – Measuring circuit for capacitance discharging . 15
Figure 7 – Rating plate . 17
Figure A.1 – Examples of coupling systems for arc striking and stabilizing devices . 19
Figure B.1 – Stand-alone unit . 20

Table 1 – Minimum clearances and creepage distances for arc striking and stabilizing
circuits . 9
Table 2 – Maximum peak voltages . 11

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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ARC WELDING EQUIPMENT –
Part 3: Arc striking and stabilizing devices

FOREWORD
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indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60974-3 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 26:
Electric welding.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2013 and constitutes a
technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
• changes induced by the publication of IEC 60974-1:2017;
• reference to IEC 60974-1:2017/AMD1:2019in Clause 2;
• Figure 2 is updated where a subtraction of the proportion of the no-load voltage is shown;
• requirement for safe operation of the arc striking and stabilising devices in the event of
failure, in 11.5;
• requirements for the rating plate as in IEC 60974-1:2017, Clause 15.

IEC 60974-3:2019 © IEC 2019 – 5 –
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
26/671/FDIS 26/676/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
In this document, the following print types are used:
– conformity statements: in italic type.
– terms used throughout this document which have been defined in Clause 3: SMALL CAPITALS.
This International Standard is to be read in conjunction with IEC 60974-1:2017.
A list of all the parts in the IEC 60974 series, published under the general title Arc welding
equipment, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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ARC WELDING EQUIPMENT –
Part 3: Arc striking and stabilizing devices

1 Scope
This part of IEC 60974 specifies safety requirements for industrial and professional ARC
STRIKING and ARC STABILIZING DEVICES used in arc welding and allied processes.
This document is applicable to ARC STRIKING and STABILIZING DEVICES which are stand-alone
(separate from the welding equipment) or built in (housed in a single enclosure with other arc
welding equipment).
NOTE 1 Typical allied processes are, for example, plasma arc cutting and arc spraying.
NOTE 2 This document does not include electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.
IEC 60974-1:2017, Arc welding equipment – Part 1: Welding power sources
IEC 60974-1:2017/AMD1:2019
IEC 60974-7:2013, Arc welding equipment – Part 7: Torches
IEC 61140, Protection against electric shock – Common aspects for installation and
equipment
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60974-1 and
IEC 60974-7 and the following apply.
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