EN 60811-401:2012/A1:2017

Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 401: Miscellaneous tests - Thermal ageing methods - Ageing in an air oven

Kabel, isolierte Leitungen und Glasfaserkabel - Prüfverfahren für nichtmetallene Werkstoffe - Teil 401: Sonstige Prüfungen - Thermische Alterungsverfahren - Alterung im Wärmeschrank

Câbles électriques et à fibres optiques - Méthodes d'essai pour les matériaux non-métalliques - Partie 401: Essais divers - Méthodes de vieillissement thermique - Vieillissement en étuve à air

Električni in optični kabli - Preskusne metode za nekovinske materiale - 401. del: Drugi preskusi - Metode termičnega staranja - Staranje v zračni peči (na vroči zrak) - Dopolnilo A1 (IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 23-Nov-2017
• Withdrawal Date: 24-Aug-2020
• ICS: 29.035.01 - Insulating materials in general
• ICS: 29.060.20 - Cables
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 20 - Electric cables
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 20 - IEC_TC_20
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 24-Nov-2017
• Completion Date: 24-Nov-2017
• Directive: 2006/95/EC - Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
• 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
• 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 60811-401:2012/A1:2018 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 401: Miscellaneous tests - Thermal ageing methods - Ageing in an air oven (IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017)

Relations

• Amends: EN 60811-401:2012 - Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 401: Miscellaneous tests - Thermal ageing methods - Ageing in an air oven
• Effective Date: 26-Jan-2023

Overview

EN 60811-401:2012/A1:2017 (identical to IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017) specifies test methods for thermal ageing of non-metallic materials used in electric and optical fibre cables, using an air oven. This amendment to EN 60811-401:2012 was approved by CENELEC in 2017 and updates procedural wording and sample-handling details to improve clarity and reproducibility of cable materials ageing tests.

Key topics

• Scope: Thermal ageing methods for non‑metallic cable materials (insulation, sheath, other polymeric components) performed in an air oven.
• Sample preparation: Requirements for preparing test pieces from different sources (e.g., specimens prepared per IEC 60811-501, pieces from conductors above 16 mm, and complete cable sections). The amendment clarifies removal/retention instructions for some elements of the sample preparation (e.g., changing “can be removed” to “cannot be removed” in a specified sentence).
• Ageing procedures: Separate ageing procedures for:
  • Test pieces prepared according to IEC 60811-501 and related annex clauses,
  • Test pieces made from large conductors (>16 mm),
  • Pieces of complete cable. The amendment standardizes references to “room temperature” (replacing several occurrences of “ambient temperature”) to reduce ambiguity in post‑ageing conditioning and measurement.
• Post-ageing handling: A specific timing requirement was added/clarified: aged test pieces of cable shall be dismantled at least 16 hours but not more than 24 hours after the end of the ageing period.
• Document status: This is an amendment (A1) to the base EN 60811‑401:2012 and aligns with IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017.

Applications

• Cable manufacturers use this standard to verify material performance after thermal exposure and to support product development and quality assurance.
• Independent test laboratories apply the specified air‑oven ageing and sample handling methods to produce comparable, repeatable test data for clients.
• R&D teams and material suppliers rely on these procedures when screening polymer formulations for thermal stability and long‑term performance in cable systems.
• Regulatory and compliance professionals reference this standard when demonstrating conformity to European / international cable performance requirements.

Related standards

• IEC/EN 60811-401 (base publication) and IEC 60811-501 are directly referenced for specimen preparation and related test methods. Users should consult those parts for full procedural details and cross‑references.

Keywords: EN 60811-401:2012/A1:2017, IEC 60811-401, thermal ageing, air oven, cable testing, non-metallic materials, ageing in an air oven, test methods.

Standards Content (Sample)

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Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic materials - Part 401:
Miscellaneous tests - Thermal ageing methods - Ageing in an air oven (IEC 60811-
401:2012/A1:2017)
Kabel, isolierte Leitungen und Glasfaserkabel - Prüfverfahren für nichtmetallene
Werkstoffe - Teil 401: Sonstige Prüfungen - Thermische Alterungsverfahren - Alterung im
Wärmeschrank (IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017)
Câbles électriques et à fibres optiques - Méthodes d'essai pour les matériaux non-
métalliques - Partie 401: Essais divers - Méthodes de vieillissement thermique -
Vieillissement en étuve à air (IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60811-401:2012/A1:2017
ICS:
29.035.01 Izolacijski materiali na Insulating materials in
splošno general
29.060.20 Kabli Cables
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60811-401:2012/A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2017
ICS 29.035.01; 29.060.20
English Version
Electric and optical fibre cables - Test methods for non-metallic
materials - Part 401: Miscellaneous tests - Thermal ageing
methods - Ageing in an air oven
(IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017)
Câbles électriques et à fibres optiques - Méthodes d'essai Kabel, isolierte Leitungen und Glasfaserkabel -
pour les matériaux non-métalliques - Partie 401: Essais Prüfverfahren für nichtmetallene Werkstoffe - Teil 401:
divers - Méthodes de vieillissement thermique - Sonstige Prüfungen - Thermische Alterungsverfahren -
Vieillissement en étuve à air Alterung im Wärmeschrank
(IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017) (IEC 60811-401:2012/A1:2017)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60811-401:2012; it was approved by CENELEC on 2017-08-25. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment 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 amendment 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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 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
© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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European foreword
The text of document 20/1733/FDIS, future IEC 60811-401:2012/A1, prepared by IEC/TC 20 "Electric
cables" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC para
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