EN IEC 60794-1-23:2019

Optical fibre cables - Part 1-23: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods

IEC 60794-1-23:2019 is available as IEC 60794-1-23:2019 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition. IEC 60794-1-23:2019 describes test procedures to be used in establishing uniform requirements for the geometrical, material, mechanical, environmental properties of optical fibre cable elements. This document applies to optical fibre cables for use with telecommunication equipment and devices employing similar techniques, and to cables having a combination of both optical fibres and electrical conductors. Throughout the document, the wording "optical cable" can also include optical fibre units, microduct fibre units, etc. See IEC 60794-1-2 for a reference guide to test methods of all types and for general requirements and definitions. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2012. It constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: - addition of a new test Method G9: Bleeding and evaporation (formerly known as Method E15 in IEC 60794-1-21:2015); - addition of a new test Method G10A: Stripping force stability of cabled optical fibres (formerly known as Method E5A in IEC 60794-1-21:2015); - addition of a new test Method G10B: Strippability of optical fibre ribbons (formerly known as Method E5B in IEC 60794-1-21:2015); - addition of a new test Method G10C: Strippability of buffered optical fibres (formerly known as Method E5C in IEC 60794-1-21:2015); - addition of a new test Method G11: Tensile strength and elongation of buffer tubes (included in IEC 60811-501); - addition of a new test Method G12: Elongation of buffer tubes at low temperature (included in IEC 60811-505); - clarification of the sample preparation procedure in Method G5: Ribbon tear (separability); Keywords: optical fibre cable, optical cable test procedures

Lichtwellenleiterkabel - Teil 1-23: Fachgrundspezifikation - Grundlegende Prüfverfahren für Lichtwellenleiterkabel - Prüfverfahren für Kabelelemente

Câbles à fibres optiques - Partie 1-23: Spécification générique - Procédures fondamentales d’essai des câbles optiques - Méthodes d’essai des éléments de câble

IEC 60794-1-23:2019 est disponible sous forme de IEC 60794-1-23:2019 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente. L'IEC 60794-1-23:2019 décrit les procédures d’essai à utiliser pour l’établissement d’exigences uniformes pour les propriétés géométriques, matérielles, mécaniques et environnementales des éléments de câble à fibres optiques. Le présent document s’applique aux câbles à fibres optiques destinés à être utilisés avec des équipements de télécommunication et des dispositifs utilisant des techniques analogues, ainsi qu’aux câbles constitués de fibres optiques d’une part et de conducteurs électriques d’autre part. Dans le présent document, le terme "câble optique" peut également englober les unités de fibres optiques, les unités de fibres en microconduit, etc. Voir la IEC 60794-1-2 est le guide de référence des méthodes d’essai de tous types. Il doit être pris en considération pour les exigences générales et les définitions. Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2012. Elle constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: - ajout d’une nouvelle méthode d’essai G9: dégorgement et évaporation (précédemment connue en tant que méthode E15 dans l’IEC 60794-1-21:2015); - ajout d’une nouvelle méthode d’essai G10A: stabilité de la force de dénudage des fibres optiques câblées (précédemment connue en tant que méthode E5A dans l’IEC 60794-1-21:2015); - ajout d’une nouvelle méthode d’essai G10B: dénudabilité des rubans de fibres optiques (précédemment connue en tant que méthode E5B dans l’IEC 60794-1-21:2015); - ajout d’une nouvelle méthode d’essai G10C: dénudabilité des fibres optiques à revêtement protecteur (précédemment connue en tant que méthode E5C dans l’IEC 60794-1-21:2015); - ajout d’une nouvelle méthode d’essai G11A: résistance à la traction et allongement des tubes de protection (inclus à l’IEC 60811-501); - ajout d’une nouvelle méthode d’essai G11B: allongement des tubes de protection à basse température (inclus à l’IEC 60811-505); - clarification de la procédure de préparation des échantillons dans la méthode G5: déchirement des rubans (séparabilité). Mots-clés: câbles à fibres optiques, procédures d’essai des câbles optiques

Kabli iz optičnih vlaken - 1-23. del: Splošna specifikacija - Osnovni preskusni postopki za optične kable - Preskusne metode za kabelske elemente (IEC 60794-1-23:2019)

Ta standard opisuje preskusne postopke, ki jih je treba uporabiti pri določanju enotnih zahtev za geometrijske, snovne, mehanske in okoljske značilnosti elementov kablov iz optičnih vlaken. Dokument obravnava optične kable za uporabo s telekomunikacijsko opremo in napravami, ki uporabljajo podobne tehnike, ter kable s kombinacijo optičnih vlaken in električnih vodnikov. V tem dokumentu lahko besedna zveza »optični kabel« zajema tudi optične enote, mikrokanale itd.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Nov-2019
• Withdrawal Date: 12-Nov-2022
• ICS: 33.180.10 - Fibres and cables
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 86A - Optical fibres and optical fibre cables
• Drafting Committee: IEC/SC 86A - IEC_SC_86A
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 29-Nov-2019
• Completion Date: 29-Nov-2019
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 60794-1-23:2020 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-23: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods (IEC 60794-1-23:2019)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60794-1-23:2012 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-23: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods
• Effective Date: 23-Jan-2023
• Split Into: EN IEC 60794-1-312:2024 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-312: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods - Elongation test for buffer tubes at low temperature, Method G11B
• Effective Date: 27-Feb-2024
• Split Into: EN IEC 60794-1-311:2024 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-311: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods - Tensile strength and elongation test for cable elements, Method G11A
• Effective Date: 27-Feb-2024
• Split Into: EN IEC 60794-1-309:2023 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-309: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods - Bleeding and evaporation of filling or flooding compounds, Method G9
• Effective Date: 16-May-2023
• Split Into: EN IEC 60794-1-301:2023 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-301: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable elements test methods - Bend test, method G1
• Effective Date: 02-May-2023
• Split Into: EN IEC 60794-1-305:2023 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-305: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods - Ribbon tear (separability), Method G5
• Effective Date: 22-Jan-2023
• Split Into: EN IEC 60794-1-303:2023 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-303: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Ribbon dimensions - Aperture gauge, method G3
• Effective Date: 14-Jun-2022
• Split Into: EN IEC 60794-1-310:2022 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-310: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods - Strippability, method G10
• Effective Date: 24-May-2022
• Replaced By: EN IEC 60794-1-306:2023 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-306: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods - Ribbon torsion, Method G6
• Effective Date: 19-Jul-2022
• Replaced By: EN IEC 60794-1-308:2023 - Optical fibre cables - Part 1-308: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods - Ribbon residual twist test, method G8
• Effective Date: 19-Jul-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60794-1-23:2013
Kabli iz optičnih vlaken - 1-23. del: Splošna specifikacija - Osnovni preskusni
postopki za optične kable - Preskusne metode za kabelske elemente (IEC 60794-1-
23:2019)
Optical fibre cables - Part 1-23: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test
procedures - Cable element test methods (IEC 60794-1-23:2019)
Lichtwellenleiterkabel - Teil 1-23: Fachgrundspezifikation - Grundlegende Prüfverfahren
für Lichtwellenleiterkabel - Prüfverfahren für Kabelelemente (IEC 60794-1-23:2019)
Câbles à fibres optiques - Partie 1-23: Spécification générique - Procédures
fondamentales d’essai des câbles optiques - Méthodes d’essais d’éléments de câbles
(IEC 60794-1-23:2019)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60794-1-23:2019
ICS:
33.180.10 (Optična) vlakna in kabli Fibres and cables
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60794-1-23

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2019
ICS 33.180.10 Supersedes EN 60794-1-23:2012 and all of its
amendments and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Optical fibre cables - Part 1-23: Generic specification - Basic
optical cable test procedures - Cable element test methods
(IEC 60794-1-23:2019)
Câbles à fibres optiques - Partie 1-23: Spécification Lichtwellenleiterkabel - Teil 1-23: Fachgrundspezifikation -
générique - Procédures fondamentales d'essai des câbles Grundlegende Prüfverfahren für Lichtwellenleiterkabel -
optiques - Méthodes d'essai des éléments de câble Prüfverfahren für Kabelelemente
(IEC 60794-1-23:2019) (IEC 60794-1-23:2019)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-11-13. 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.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 60794-1-23:2019 E

European foreword
The text of document 86A/1912/CDV, future edition 2 of IEC 60794-1-23, prepared by SC 86A "Fibres
and cables" of IEC/TC 86 "Fibre optics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60794-1-23:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2020-08-13
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-11-13
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60794-1-23:2012 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 60794-1-23:2019 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 60793-1-50:2014 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60793-1-50:2015 (not modified)
IEC 60793-1-51:2014 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60793-1-51:2014 (not modified)
IEC 60793-1-52:2014 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60793-1-52:2014 (not modified)
IEC 60793-1-53:2014 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60793-1-53:2014 (not modified)
IEC 60794-1-21:2015 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60794-1-21:2015 (not modified)
IEC 60794-1-22:2017 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60794-1-22:2018 (not modified)
IEC 60811-403 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60811-403
IEC 60811-404 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60811-404
IEC 60811-501 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60811-501
IEC 60811-505 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60811-505

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 60793-1-32 2018 Optical fibres - Part 1-32: Measurement EN IEC 60793-1-32 2018
methods and test procedures - Coating
strippability
IEC 60793-1-40 -  Optical fibres - Part 1-40: Attenuation EN IEC 60793-1-40 -
measurement methods
IEC 60793-1-46 -  Optical fibres - Part 1-46: Measurement EN 60793-1-46 -
methods and test procedures -
Monitoring of changes in optical
transmittance
IEC 60794-1-2 -  Optical fibre cables – Part 1-2: Generic EN 60794-1-2 -
specification – Basic optical cable test
procedures – General guidance
IEC 60794-1-31 2018 Optical fibre cables – Part 1-31: Generic EN IEC 60794-1-31 2018
specification – Optical cable elements –
Optical fibre ribbon
IEC 60811-401 -  Electric and optical fibre cables - Test EN 60811-401 -
methods for non-metallic materials - Part
401: Miscellaneous tests - Thermal
ageing methods - Ageing in an air oven

IEC 60794-1-23 ®
Edition 2.0 2019-10
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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INTERNATIONALE
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inside
Optical fibre cables –
Part 1-23: Generic specification – Basic optical cable test procedures – Cable

element test methods
Câbles à fibres optiques –
Partie 1-23: Spécification générique – Procédures fondamentales d’essai des

câbles optiques – Méthodes d’essai des éléments de câble

INTERNATIONAL
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ICS 33.180.10 ISBN 978-2-8322-7407-1

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 General requirements . 8
5 Method G1: Bend test for optical cable elements . 8
5.1 Object . 8
5.2 Sample . 8
5.3 Apparatus . 8
5.4 Procedure . 8
5.5 Requirements . 8
5.6 Details to be specified . 8
6 Method G2: Ribbon dimensions and geometry – Visual method . 9
6.1 Object . 9
6.2 Sample . 9
6.3 Apparatus . 9
6.4 Procedure . 9
6.4.1 General . 9
6.4.2 Method 1 . 9
6.4.3 Method 2 . 9
6.5 Requirements . 9
6.6 Details to be specified . 9
6.7 Definitions of ribbon dimensions and geometry . 10
6.7.1 General . 10
6.7.2 Width and height. 10
6.7.3 Basis line . 10
6.7.4 Fibre alignment . 10
7 Method G3: Ribbon dimensions – Aperture gauge . 11
7.1 Object . 11
7.2 Sample . 11
7.3 Apparatus . 11
7.4 Procedure . 11
7.5 Requirement . 11
7.6 Details to be specified . 11
8 Method G4: Ribbon dimensions – Dial gauge (obsoleted method) . 12
9 Method G5: Ribbon tear (separability) . 12
9.1 Object . 12
9.2 Sample . 12
9.3 Apparatus . 13
9.4 Procedure . 13
9.5 Requirements . 14
9.6 Details to be specified . 14
10 Method G6: Ribbon torsion . 14
10.1 Object . 14
10.2 Sample . 14

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10.3 Apparatus . 14
10.4 Procedure . 15
10.5 Requirements . 15
10.6 Details to be specified . 15
11 Method G7: Tube kinking . 16
11.1 Object . 16
11.2 Sample .
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