EN 60793-1-1:2008

Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and guidance

IEC 60793-1-1:2008(E) provides a list, and gives an overview of the documents giving the uniform requirements for measuring and testing optical fibres, thereby assisting in the inspection of fibres and cables for commercial (mostly telecommunications) purposes. The main changes with regard to the previous edition concern: - re-wording of Clause 8: Categories of optical fibres; - removal of Clause 10: Cross-reference of former test designations to current documents and removal of the bibliography.

Lichtwellenleiter - Teil 1-1: Mess- und Prüfverfahren - Allgemeines und Leitfaden

Fibres optiques - Partie 1-1: Méthodes de mesure et procédures d'essai - Généralités et lignes directrices

L'IEC 60793-1-1:2008 donne la liste, et les lignes directrices pour l'utilisation, des documents qui fournissent les exigences uniformes pour les mesures et les essais des fibres optiques, permettant ainsi le contrôle des fibres et des câbles proposés sur le marché (le plus souvent dans le domaine des télécommunications). Les méthodes d'essai et de mesure individuelles sont contenues dans les différentes parties de la série CEI 60793. Elles sont identifiées CEI 60793-1-X, où "X" est le numéro assigné à une sous-partie, indiquant qu'elle appartient à la CEI 60793-1. En général, les méthodes d'essai et de mesure s'appliquent à toutes les fibres multimodales de la classe A et à toutes les fibres unimodales de la classe B couvertes par la série CEI 60793-2, bien qu'il puisse exister des exceptions. L'article 1 de chaque partie de la CEI 60793 contient le domaine d'application pour chaque attribut particulier. Cette troisième édition annule et remplace la deuxième édition parue en 2002. Les principales modifications par rapport à l'édition antérieure sont indiquées ci-dessous: - ré-écriture de l'Article 8: Catégories des fibres optiques; - suppression de l'Article 10: Correspondance entre les anciennes désignations des essais et les documents actuels; suppression de la bibliographie. Mots clés: directrices pour l'utilisation, des documents qui fournissent les exigences uniformes pour les mesures et les essais des fibres optiques

Optična vlakna - 1-1. del: Metode merjenja in preskusni postopki - Splošno in smernice (IEC 60793-1-1:2008)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 28-Aug-2008
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Jun-2011
• 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
• Parallel Committee: IEC/SC 86A - IEC_SC_86A
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 01-Mar-2020
• Completion Date: 01-Mar-2020
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60793-1-1:2008 - Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and guidance

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60793-1-1:2003 - Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and guidance
• Effective Date: 29-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN 60793-1-1:2017 - Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and guidance
• Effective Date: 18-Apr-2017

Standards Content (Sample)

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Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and
guidance (IEC 60793-1-1:2008)
Lichtwellenleiter - Teil 1-1: Mess- und Prüfverfahren - Allgemeines und Leitfaden (IEC
60793-1-1:2008)
Fibres optiques - Partie 1-1: Méthodes de mesure et procédures d'essai - Généralités et
guide (CEI 60793-1-1:2008)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60793-1-1:2008
ICS:
33.180.10 2SWLþQDYODNQDLQNDEOL Fibres and cables
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60793-1-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2008
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 33.180.10 Supersedes EN 60793-1-1:2003

English version
Optical fibres -
Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures -
General and guidance
(IEC 60793-1-1:2008)
Fibres optiques -  Lichtwellenleiter -
Partie 1-1: Méthodes de mesure Teil 1-1: Mess- und Prüfverfahren -
et procédures d'essai - Allgemeines und Leitfaden
Généralités et guide (IEC 60793-1-1:2008)
(CEI 60793-1-1:2008)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2008-07-01. 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 Central Secretariat 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 Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

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Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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© 2008 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60793-1-1:2008 E
Foreword
The text of document 86A/1127/CDV, future edition 3 of IEC 60793-1-1, prepared by SC 86A, Fibres and
cables, of IEC TC 86, Fibre optics, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel Unique Acceptance
Procedure and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60793-1-1 on 2008-07-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 60793-1-1:2003.
The main changes with regard to EN 60793-1-1:2003 concern:
– re-wording of Clause 8: Categories of optical fibres;
– removal of Clause 10: Cross-reference of former test designations to current documents;
– removal of the bibliography.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2009-04-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2011-07-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60793-1-1:2008 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60793 Series Optical fibres EN 60793 Series
(mod)
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-20 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-20 2002
Part 1-20: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Fibre geometry
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-21 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-21 2002
Part 1-21: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Coating geometry
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-22 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-22 2002
Part 1-22: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Length measurement

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-30 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-30 2002
Part 1-30: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Fibre proof test
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-31 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-31 2002
Part 1-31: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Tensile strength
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-32 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-32 2003
(mod) Part 1-32: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Coating strippability

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-33 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-33 2002
Part 1-33: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Stress corrosion susceptibility

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-34 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-34 2006
Part 1-34: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Fibre curl
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-40 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-40 2003
(mod) Part 1-40: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Attenuation
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-41 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-41 2003
Part 1-41: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Bandwidth
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-42 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-42 2007
Part 1-42: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Chromatic dispersion

1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-43 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-43 2002
Part 1-43: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Numerical aperture

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-44 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-44 2002
Part 1-44: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Cut-off wavelength

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-45 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-45 2003
(mod) Part 1-45: Measurement methods and test + corr. April 2004
procedures - Mode field diameter

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-46 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-46 2002
Part 1-46: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Monitoring of changes in optical
transmittance
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-47 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-47 2007
Part 1-47: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Macrobending loss

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-48 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-48 2007
Part 1-48: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Polarization mode dispersion

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-49 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-49 2006
Part 1-49: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Differential mode delay

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-50 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-50 2002
Part 1-50: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Damp heat (steady state)

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-51 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-51 2002
Part 1-51: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Dry heat
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-52 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-52 2002
Part 1-52: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Change of temperature

1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-53 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-53 2002
Part 1-53: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Water immersion
1) 2)
IEC 60793-1-54 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-1-54 2003
Part 1-54: Measurement methods and test
procedures - Gamma irradiation

1) 2)
IEC 60793-2 - Optical fibres - EN 60793-2 2008
Part 2: Product specifications - General

IEC/TR 61931 1998 Fibre optic - Terminology - -

IEC 60793-1-1
Edition 3.0 2008-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Optical fibres –
Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures – General and guidance

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
PRICE CODE
K
ICS 33.180.10 ISBN 2-8318-9678-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
INTRODUCTION.5
1 Scope and object.6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Measurement and test categories .7
5 Standard atmospheric measurement and test conditions .9
6 Calibration guidance.9
7 Reference test methods.10
8 Categories of optical fibres .10
9 Packaging .10

Table 1 – Standard range of atmospheric conditions.9

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OPTICAL FIBRES –
Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures –
General and guidance
FOREWORD
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patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60793-1-1 has been prepared by subcommittee 86A: Fibres and
cables, of IEC technical committee 86: Fibre optics.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2002.
The main changes with regard to the previous edition concern:
– re-wording of Clause 8: Categories of optical fibres;
– removal of Clause 10: Cross-reference of former test designations to current documents
– removal of the bibliography.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
86A/1127/CDV 86A/1156/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts of the IEC 60793 series, published under the general title Optical fibres, can
be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in
the data related to the specific publication. At t
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