EN IEC 60974-8:2021

Arc welding equipment - Part 8: Gas consoles for welding and plasma cutting systems

IEC 60974-8:2021 is available as IEC 60974-8:2021 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 60974-8:2021 specifies safety and performance requirements for gas consoles intended to be used with combustible gases or oxygen. These gas consoles are designed to supply gases for use in arc welding, plasma cutting, gouging and allied processes in non-explosive atmospheres. The gas console can be external or internal to the power source enclosure. In the latter case, the power source shall meet the requirements of both IEC 60974-1 and this document. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, published in 2009. This edition constitutes a technical revision. The significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition are the following: - changes induced by the publication of IEC 60974-1:2017; - requirements for the rating plate as in IEC 60974-1:2017, Clause 15; - requirements for the instructions in 13.2. This part of IEC 60974 is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60974-1.

Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 8: Gaskonsolen für Schweiß- und Plasmaschneidsysteme

Matériel de soudage à l'arc - Partie 8: Consoles de gaz pour soudage et systèmes de coupage par plasma

IEC 60974-8:2021 est disponible sous forme de IEC 60974-8:2021 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.L’IEC 60974-8:2021 spécifie les exigences de performance et de sécurité concernant les consoles de gaz destinées à être utilisées avec des gaz combustibles ou de l’oxygène. Ces consoles de gaz sont conçues pour fournir du gaz qui est utilisé pour le soudage à l’arc, le coupage par plasma, le gougeage et les procédés connexes dans des atmosphères non explosives. Cette troisième édition annule et remplace la deuxième édition, parue en 2009. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Les modifications techniques majeures par rapport à l'édition précédente sont les suivantes: - modifications qui résultent de la publication de l’IEC 60974-1:2017; - exigences relatives à la plaque signalétique comme celles spécifiées à l’Article 15 de l’IEC 60974-1:2017; - exigences relatives aux instructions en 13.2. La présente partie de l’IEC 60974 doit être utilisée conjointement avec l’IEC 60974-1.

Oprema za obločno varjenje - 8. del: Plinske konzole za varilne in plazemske rezalne sisteme (IEC 60974-8:2021)

Ta del standarda IEC 60974 določa varnostne in zmogljivostne zahteve za PLINSKE KONZOLE, namenjene za uporabo z vnetljivimi plini ali kisikom. Te PLINSKE KONZOLE so zasnovane za dovajanje plinov, ki se uporabljajo pri obločnem varjenju, plazemskem rezanju, dolbenju in povezanih procesih v neeksplozivnih okoljih. PLINSKA KONZOLA je lahko nameščena v ohišju vira napajanja oziroma zunaj njega. V prvem primeru mora vir napajanja izpolnjevati zahteve standarda IEC 60974-1 in tega dokumenta. OPOMBA: Za shemo mehaniziranega plazemskega sistema glej dodatek A.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 25-Nov-2021
• ICS: 25.160 - Welding, brazing and soldering
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 26 - Electric welding
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 26 - IEC_TC_26
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 26-Nov-2021
• Completion Date: 26-Nov-2021
• 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 IEC 60974-8:2022 - Arc welding equipment - Part 8: Gas consoles for welding and plasma cutting systems (IEC 60974-8:2021)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60974-8:2009 - Arc welding equipment - Part 8: Gas consoles for welding and plasma cutting systems
• Effective Date: 07-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60974-8:2009
Oprema za obločno varjenje - 8. del: Plinske konzole za varilne in plazemske
rezalne sisteme (IEC 60974-8:2021)
Arc welding equipment - Part 8: Gas consoles for welding and plasma cutting systems
(IEC 60974-8:2021)
Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 8: Gaskonsolen für Schweiß- und
Plasmaschneidsysteme (IEC 60974-8:2021)
Matériel de soudage à l'arc - Partie 8: Consoles de gaz pour soudage et systèmes de
coupage plasma (IEC 60974-8:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60974-8:2021
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 60974-8

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2021
ICS 25.160 Supersedes EN 60974-8:2009 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Arc welding equipment - Part 8: Gas consoles for welding and
plasma cutting systems
(IEC 60974-8:2021)
Matériel de soudage à l'arc - Partie 8: Consoles de gaz Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 8: Gaskonsolen für
pour soudage et systèmes de coupage par plasma Schweiß- und Plasmaschneidsysteme
(IEC 60974-8:2021) (IEC 60974-8:2021)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2021-09-15. 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
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Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Ref. No. EN IEC 60974-8:2021 E

European foreword
The text of document 26/719/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 60974-8, 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) 2022-06-15
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024-09-15
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60974-8:2009 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.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CENELEC by the
European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential
requirements of EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZZ, which is an
integral part of this document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60974-8:2021 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 60204-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60204-1
IEC 60974-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60974-2
IEC 60974-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60974-3
IEC 60974-7 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60974-7
IEC 61010-1:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61010-1:2010 (not modified)
ISO 3821 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 3821
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 60050-151 2001 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
– Part 151: Electrical and magnetic
devices (available at:
http://www.electropedia.org)
IEC 60529 - Degrees of protection provided by EN 60529 1991
enclosures (IP Code)
+ corrigendum May 1993
+ A1 2000
+ A2 2013
+ AC 2016
+ A2:2013/AC 2019
IEC60974-1 2017 Arc welding equipment – Part 1: Welding EN60974-1 2018
power source
IEC60974-1 2019 Arc welding equipment – Part 1: Welding EN IEC60974-1 2019
AMD1 power source A1
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 standardisation request relating to
harmonised 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 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
[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 Directive
Remarks / Notes
2014/35/EU
of this EN
(1)(a) Clauses 12, 13.1, 13.2
(1)(b) Clause 9, 13.1
(1)(c) Clauses 1, 3, 4
(2)(a) Clauses 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.5,
6.2.6, 6.3, 11
(2)(b) Clauses 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7, 9.3.3, 11 Hazards arising from electric,
magnetic, and electromagnetic
fields, other ionizing and non-
ionizing radiation are covered
in separate standards
(2)(c) Clauses 9, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10
(2)(d) Clause 6.1
(3)(a) Clauses 4, 6.2.1, 9, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3,
9.3.3.2, 10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 13.1
b)
(3)(b) Clauses 4, 6.2.1, 9, 10
(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 60974-8 ®
Edition 3.0 2021-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Arc welding equipment –
Part 8: Gas consoles for welding and plasma cutting systems

Matériel de soudage à l’arc –
Partie 8: Consoles de gaz pour soudage et systèmes de coupage par plasma

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 25.160.30 ISBN 978-2-8322-9705-6

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Environmental conditions . 9
5 Tests . 9
5.1 Test conditions . 9
5.2 Measuring instruments . 9
5.3 Conformity of components . 9
5.4 Type tests . 9
5.5 Routine tests. 9
5.5.1 EXTERNAL GAS CONSOLE . 9
5.5.2 INTERNAL GAS CONSOLE . 9
6 Protection against electric shock . 9
6.1 Insulation . 9
6.1.1 General . 9
6.1.2 Clearances . 10
6.1.3 Creepage distances . 10
6.1.4 Insulation resistance . 10
6.1.5 Dielectric strength . 10
6.2 Protection against electric shock in normal service (direct contact) . 10
6.2.1 Protection provided by the enclosure . 10
6.2.2 Capacitors . 10
6.2.3 Automatic discharge of supply circuit capacitors . 10
6.2.4 Isolation of the welding circuit . 10
6.2.5 Welding circuit touch current . 10
6.2.6 Touch current in normal condition . 10
6.3 Protection against electric shock in case of a fault condition (indirect
contact) . 10
7 Thermal requirements . 11
7.1 Heating test . 11
7.2 Temperature measurement . 11
7.3 Limits of temperature rise . 11
8 Connections for plasma cutting torches . 11
9 Mechanical provisions . 11
9.1 General . 11
9.2 Protection against fire or explosion . 11
9.3 Gas line purging. 12
9.4 Enclosure . 12
9.4.1 Design requirements . 12
9.4.2 Enclosure purging . 12
9.4.3 Safe design of GAS CONSOL
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