EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018

Electrostatics - Part 4-5: Standard test methods for specific applications - Methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection of footwear and flooring in combination with a person

NEW! IEC 61340-4-5:2018 is available as IEC 61340-4-5:2018 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.
IEC 61340-4-5:2018 specifies test methods for evaluating electrostatic protection provided by a system of footwear and flooring in combination with a person. Test results are valid only for the specific footwear and flooring combination tested. The test methods are not intended for individual product qualification purposes. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) normative references have been updated; b) Figure 2 has been improved and expanded to include actual examples of body voltage recordings, and text has been added to explain how to interpret recordings; c) an alternative walking pattern has been added in an informative annex.

Elektrostatik - Teil 4-5: Standard-Prüfverfahren für spezielle Anwendungen - Verfahren zur Charakterisierung der elektrostatischen Schutzwirkung von Schuhwerk und Boden in Kombination mit einer Person

Electrostatique - Partie 4-5: Méthodes d'essai normalisées pour des applications spécifiques - Méthodes de caractérisation de la protection électrostatique des chaussures et des revêtements de sol par rapport à une personne

NEW!IEC 61340-4-5:2018 est disponible sous forme de IEC 61340-4-5:2018 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.
L'IEC 61340-4-5:2018 spécifie des méthodes d'essai pour l'évaluation de la protection électrostatique fournie par un système de chaussures et de revêtement de sol par rapport à une personne. Les résultats des essais ne sont valides que pour la combinaison spécifique de chaussures et de revêtement soumise à l'essai. Ces méthodes d'essai ne sont pas destinées à la qualification des produits individuels. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: a) les références normatives ont été mises à jour; b) la Figure 2 a été améliorée et développée afin d'inclure des exemples d'enregistrement de la tension du corps, et du texte a été ajouté pour expliquer la manière d'interpréter les enregistrements; c) un modèle de marche alternatif a été ajouté dans une annexe informative.

Elektrostatika - 4-5. del: Standardne preskusne metode za posebno uporabo - Metode za karakterizacijo elektrostatične zaščite obutve in talnih oblog v kombinaciji z osebo (IEC 61340-4-5:2018)

Ta del standarda IEC 61340 določa preskusne metode za vrednotenje elektrostatične zaščite, ki jo zagotavlja sistem obutve in talnih oblog v kombinaciji z osebo.
Rezultati preskusa so veljavni le za preskušeno kombinacijo specifične obutve in talnih oblog. Preskusne metode niso predvidene za posamezne namene kvalifikacije proizvoda.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 22-Mar-2018
• Withdrawal Date: 21-Feb-2021
• ICS: 17.220.99 - Other standards related to electricity and magnetism
• ICS: 59.080.60 - Textile floor coverings
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 101 - Electrostatics
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 101 - IEC_TC_101
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 23-Mar-2018
• Completion Date: 23-Mar-2018
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018 - Electrostatics - Part 4-5: Standard test methods for specific applications - Methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection of footwear and flooring in combination with a person (IEC 61340-4-5:2018)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 61340-4-5:2004 - Electrostatics - Part 4-5: Standard test methods for specific applications - Methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection of footwear and flooring in combination with a person
• Effective Date: 26-Jan-2023

Overview

EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018 (IEC 61340-4-5:2018) defines standard test methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection provided by a combined system of footwear and flooring in contact with a person. It specifies laboratory and on-site procedures to measure electrical resistance and chargeability (via walking tests and body-voltage recordings). Results apply only to the specific footwear–flooring combination tested and are not intended as individual product qualification criteria.

This 2018 edition includes updated normative references, improved guidance and examples for interpreting body voltage recordings, and an informative alternate walking pattern.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope: Methods to evaluate electrostatic protection of a person wearing specified footwear while walking on specific flooring; combination-specific results only.
• Core measurements:
  • Electrical resistance of the footwear–flooring–person system (defined apparatus and procedures).
  • Chargeability determined by standardized walking tests and analysis of body voltage waveforms.
• Environmental conditioning:
  • Laboratory conditioning default: (23 ± 2) °C and (12 ± 3) % RH, with at least 48 h conditioning prior to testing.
  • Textile floor coverings: preferred pre-conditioning at (20 ± 2) °C and (65 ± 3) % RH for ≥24 h before final conditioning.
• Instrumentation and verification:
  • Standard specifies required apparatus, measurement set-ups, and includes an annex for verification of body-voltage measuring systems (static and dynamic checks).
• Reporting: Test report requirements include environmental conditions, walking pattern used, specimen preparation, and measured values with interpretation guidance (examples provided).

Practical applications - who uses it

• ESD test laboratories performing qualification or comparative evaluations of footwear/flooring systems.
• Manufacturers of ESD footwear and conductive/antistatic flooring assessing system performance.
• Facility engineers, cleanroom and ESD program managers in electronics, semiconductor, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and sensitive-assembly environments seeking to control triboelectric charge on personnel.
• Procurement and compliance teams comparing footwear–flooring pairings for site-specific ESD risk mitigation.

Related standards

• IEC 61340-4-1 – Electrical resistance of floor coverings and installed floors.
• IEC 62631-3-1 – Determination of resistive properties (DC methods).
• ISO 1957 – Sampling and specimen cutting for textile floor coverings.
• Part of the IEC 61340 series on electrostatics.

EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018 is essential for anyone assessing how footwear and flooring work together to reduce personnel-generated electrostatic hazards and for making informed, combination-specific ESD control decisions.

Standards Content (Sample)

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Elektrostatik - Teil 4-5: Standard-Prüfverfahren für spezielle Anwendungen - Verfahren zur Charakterisierung der elektrostatischen Schutzwirkung von Schuhwerk und Boden in Kombination mit einer Person (IEC 61340-4-5:2018)Electrostatique - Partie 4-5: Méthodes d'essai normalisées pour des applications spécifiques - Méthodes de caractérisation de la protection électrostatique des chaussures et des revêtements de sol par rapport à une personne (IEC 61340-4-5:2018)Electrostatics - Part 4-5: Standard test methods for specific applications - Methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection of footwear and flooring in combination with a person (IEC 61340-4-5:2018)97.150Talne oblogeFloor coverings61.060ObuvalaFootwear17.220.99Drugi standardi v zvezi z elektriko in magnetizmomOther standards related to electricity and magnetismICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018SIST EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018sl01-maj-2018SIST EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018SLOVENSKI
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EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN IEC 61340-4-5
March 2018 ICS 17.220.99; 59.080.60
Supersedes
EN 61340-4-5:2004
English Version
Electrostatics - Part 4-5: Standard test methods for specific applications - Methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection of footwear and flooring in combination with a person (IEC 61340-4-5:2018)
Electrostatique - Partie 4-5: Méthodes d'essai normalisées pour des applications spécifiques - Méthodes de caractérisation de la protection électrostatique des chaussures et des revêtements de sol par rapport à une personne (IEC 61340-4-5:2018)
Elektrostatik - Teil 4-5: Standard-Prüfverfahren für spezielle Anwendungen - Verfahren zur Charakterisierung der elektrostatischen Schutzwirkung von Schuhwerk und Boden in Kombination mit einer Person (IEC 61340-4-5:2018) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-02-22. 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, 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
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European foreword The text of document 101/545/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61340-4-5, prepared by IEC/TC 101 "Electrostatics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018.
The following dates are fixed: • latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2018-11-22 • latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the document have to be withdrawn (dow) 2021-02-22
This document supersedes EN 61340-4-5:2004.
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 61340-4-5:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated :
IEC 61340-4-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 61340-4-3.
3 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.
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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 61340-4-1 -
Electrostatics -- Part 4-1: Standard test methods for specific applications - Electrical resistance of floor coverings and installed floors EN 61340-4-1 -
IEC 62631-3-1 -
Dielectric and resistive properties of solid insulating materials - Part 3-1 Determination of resistive properties (DC methods) - Volume resistance and volume resistivity, general method EN 62631-3-1 -
ISO 1957 -
Machine-made textile floor coverings_- Selection and cutting of specimens for physical tests - -
IEC 61340-4-5 Edition 2.0 2018-01 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD NORME INTERNATIONALE Electrostatics – Part 4-5: Standard test methods for specific applications – Methods for characterizing the electrostatic protection of footwear and flooring in combination with a person
Électrostatique –
Partie 4-5: Méthodes d'essai normalisées pour des applications spécifiques – Méthodes de caractérisation de la protection électrostatique des chaussures et des revêtements de sol par rapport à une personne
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION COMMISSION ELECTROTECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE
ICS 17.220.99; 29.020; 61.060
ISBN 978-2-8322-5181-2
– 2 – IEC 61340-4-5:2018 © IEC 2018 CONTENTS FOREWORD . 3 1 Scope . 5 2 Normative references . 5 3 Terms and definitions . 5 4 Principle . 5 5 Atmosphere for conditioning and testing . 6 6 Test methods for footwear and flooring in combination with a person . 6 6.1 Floor covering sampling and specimen preparation for laboratory tests . 6 6.2 Cleaning of footwear for laboratory evaluations and for test on installed floor coverings . 7 6.2.1 General . 7 6.2.2 Cleaning materials . 7 6.2.3 Cleaning procedure . 7 6.3 Measurement of electrical resistance . 7 6.3.1 Apparatus . 7 6.3.2 Test procedure . 8 6.4 Measurement of chargeability . 11 6.4.1 Apparatus . 11 6.4.2 Test procedure . 11 6.4.3 Calculation and expression of results. 12 7 Test report . 14 Annex A (normative)
Method of verification of body voltage measuring system . 16 A.1 Static verification . 16 A.2 Dynamic verification . 16 A.2.1 General . 16 A.2.2 Signal generator method . 16 A.2.3 Manual switching method. 16 Annex B (informative)
Alternative walking pattern . 17 B.1 Measurement of chargeability . 17 B.2 Walking . 17 Bibliography . 18
Figure 1 – Set-ups for measuring electrical resistance
of footwear and flooring in combination with a person . 10 Figure 2 – Examples of body voltage recordings showing points used in calculating mean values . 14 Figure B.1 – Description of walking pattern . 17
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1 Scope This part of IEC 61340 specifies test methods for evaluating electrostatic protection provided by a system of footwear and flooring in combination with a person. Test results are valid only for the specific footwear and flooring combination tested. The test methods are not intended for individual product qualification purposes. 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 62631-3-1, Dielectric and resistive properties of solid insulating materials – Part 3-1: Determination of resistive properties (DC methods) – Volume resistance and volume resistivity – General method IEC 61340-4-1, Electrostatics – Part 4-1: Standard test methods for specific applications – Electrical resistance of floor coverings and installed floors ISO 1957, Machine-made textile floor coverings – Selection and cutting of specimens for physical tests 3 Terms and definitions No terms and definitions are listed in this document. ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses: • IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/ • ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp 4 Principle The characterization of a system is achieved by measuring electrical resistance and chargeability of the footwear and flooring in combination with a person. Chargeability is determined using a walking test. WARNING – Test procedures described in this document can expose personnel to potentially hazardous electrical conditions. Appropriate electrical hazard reduction practices should be SIST EN IEC 61340-4-5:2018

– 6 – IEC 61340-4-5:2018 © IEC 2018 exercised, and proper earthing instructions for the equipment used should be followed when performing tests. 5 Atmosphere for conditioning and testing The following requirements supersede any other specification for the atmosphere for conditioning and testing that may be given in one or more of the documents referred to in this document. Unless otherwise agreed, the atmosphere for conditioning and testing for laboratory evaluations shall be (23 ± 2) °C and (12 ± 3) % relative humidity. The conditioning time prior to testing shall be at least 48 h. Textile floor coverings are preferably pre-conditioned for at least 24 h at (20 ± 2) °C and (65 ± 3) % relative humidity prior to conditioning and testing. During pre-conditioning and conditioning, specimens shall be placed on a rack or other suitable support that allows free circulation of air around them. Whenever tests are made in uncontrolled conditions, for example tests on installed floors, the ambient temperature and relative humidity at the time of measurement shall be recorded. 6 Test methods for footwear and flooring in combination with a person 6.1 Floor covering sampling and specimen preparation for laboratory tests Sampling and selection of specimens for laboratory tests shall be carried out according to the principles specified in ISO 1957. For the purposes of this document, the general principles of ISO 1957 apply to all types of floor covering. From each sampl
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