EN IEC 60793-1-1:2022

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

IEC 60793-1-1:2022 is available as IEC 60793-1-1:2022 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition. IEC 60793-1-1:2022 lists and gives guidance on the use of documents giving uniform requirements for measuring and testing optical fibres, thereby assisting in the inspection of fibres and cables for commercial (mostly telecommunications) purposes. The individual measurement and test methods are contained in the different parts of the IEC 60793 series. They are identified as IEC 60793-1-X, where "X" is an assigned sub-part number, indicating its affiliation to the IEC 60793-1 series. In general, measurements and tests methods apply to all class A multimode fibres and class B and class C single-mode optical fibres covered by the IEC 60793-2 series relating to product specifications, although there can be exceptions. Clause 1 of each part of the IEC 60793 series contains the scope for each particular attribute. This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition published in 2017. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: - changes in normative references; - renamed Clause 10 and added documentation-related requirements in a new subclause 10.2.

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

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

IEC 60793-1-1:2022 est disponible sous forme de IEC 60793-1-1:2022 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.

Optična vlakna - 1-1. del: Merilne metode in postopki preskušanja - Splošno in navodila (IEC 60793-1-1:2022)

Ta del standarda IEC 60793 navaja dokumente, ki podajajo enotne zahteve za merjenje in preskušanje optičnih vlaken, ter podaja navodila o njihovi uporabi, s čimer je v pomoč pri pregledovanju vlaken in kablov za komercialne (večinoma telekomunikacijske) namene.
Posamezne merilne in preskusne metode so navedene v različnih delih skupine standardov IEC 60793. Ti so označeni kot IEC 60793-1-X, pri čemer je »X« dodeljena številka poddela, ki označuje njegovo zvezo s skupino standardov IEC 60793-1.
Na splošno se merilne in preskusne metode uporabljajo za vsa večrodna vlakna razreda A ter enorodna optična vlakna razreda B in C, ki so zajeta v skupini standardov IEC 60793-2 v zvezi s specifikacijami izdelkov, čeprav lahko obstajajo izjeme. Točka 1 vsakega dela skupine standardov IEC 60793 vsebuje področje uporabe za posamezen atribut.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 11-Aug-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: 12-Aug-2022
• Completion Date: 12-Aug-2022
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 60793-1-1:2022 - Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and guidance (IEC 60793-1-1:2022)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60793-1-1:2017 - Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and guidance
• Effective Date: 11-May-2021

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60793-1-1:2017
Optična vlakna - 1-1. del: Merilne metode in postopki preskušanja - Splošno in
navodila (IEC 60793-1-1:2022)
Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures - General and
guidance (IEC 60793-1-1:2022)
Lichtwellenleiter - Teil 1-1: Messmethoden und Prüfverfahren - Allgemeines und
Leitfaden (IEC 60793-1-1:2022)
Fibres optiques - Partie 1-1: Méthodes de mesure et procédures d'essai - Généralités et
recommandations (IEC 60793-1-1:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60793-1-1:2022
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 60793-1-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM August 2022
ICS 33.180.10 Supersedes EN 60793-1-1:2017
English Version
Optical fibres - Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test
procedures - General and guidance
(IEC 60793-1-1:2022)
Fibres optiques - Partie 1-1: Méthodes de mesure et Lichtwellenleiter - Teil 1-1: Messmethoden und
procédures d'essai - Généralités et recommandations Prüfverfahren - Allgemeines und Leitfaden
(IEC 60793-1-1:2022) (IEC 60793-1-1:2022)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2022-07-25. 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
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© 2022 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 60793-1-1:2022 E

European foreword
The text of document 86A/2166/CDV, future edition 5 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 vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60793-1-1:2022.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2023-04-25
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2025-07-25
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60793-1-1:2017 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.
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 60793-1-1:2022 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 60793-2 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 60793-2 (series)
ISO 80000-1:2009 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 80000-1:2013 (not modified)
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 60793-1-20 - Optical fibres - Part 1-20: Measurement EN 60793-1-20 -
methods and test procedures - Fibre
geometry
IEC 60793-1-21 - Optical fibres - Part 1-21: Measurement EN 60793-1-21 -
methods and test procedures - Coating
geometry
IEC 60793-1-22 - Optical fibres - Part 1-22: Measurement EN 60793-1-22 -
methods and test procedures - Length
measurement
IEC 60793-1-30 - Optical fibres - Part 1-30: Measurement EN 60793-1-30 -
methods and test procedures - Fibre proof
test
IEC 60793-1-31 - Optical fibres - Part 1-31: Measurement EN IEC 60793-1-31 -
methods and test procedures - Tensile
strength
IEC 60793-1-32 - Optical fibres - Part 1-32: Measurement EN IEC 60793-1-32 -
methods and test procedures - Coating
strippability
IEC 60793-1-33 - Optical fibres - Part 1-33: Measurement EN 60793-1-33 -
methods and test procedures - Stress
corrosion susceptibility
IEC 60793-1-34 - Optical fibres - Part 1-34: Measurement EN IEC 60793-1-34 -
methods and test procedures - Fibre curl
IEC 60793-1-40 - Optical fibres - Part 1-40: Attenuation EN IEC 60793-1-40 -
measurement methods
IEC 60793-1-41 - Optical fibres - Part 1-41: Measurement EN 60793-1-41 -
methods and test procedures - Bandwidth
IEC 60793-1-42 - Optical fibres - Part 1-42: Measurement EN 60793-1-42 -
methods and test procedures - Chromatic
dispersion
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60793-1-43 - Optical fibres - Part 1-43: Measurement EN 60793-1-43 -
methods and test procedures - Numerical
aperture measurement
IEC 60793-1-44 - Optical fibres - Part 1-44: Measurement EN 60793-1-44 -
methods and test procedures - Cut-off
wavelength
IEC 60793-1-45 - Optical fibres - Part 1-45: Measurement EN IEC 60793-1-45 -
methods and test procedures - Mode field
diameter
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 60793-1-47 - Optical fibres - Part 1-47: Measurement EN IEC 60793-1-47 -
methods and test procedures -
Macrobending loss
IEC 60793-1-48 - Optical fibres - Part 1-48: Measurement EN 60793-1-48 -
methods and test procedures - Polarization
mode dispersion
IEC 60793-1-49 - Optical fibres - Part 1-49: Measurement EN IEC 60793-1-49 -
methods and test procedures - Differential
mode delay
IEC 60793-1-50 - Optical fibres - Part 1-50: Measurement EN 60793-1-50 -
methods and test procedures - Damp heat
(steady state) tests
IEC 60793-1-51 - Optical fibres - Part 1-51: Measurement EN 60793-1-51 -
methods and test procedures - Dry heat
(steady state) tests
IEC 60793-1-52 - Optical fibres - Part 1-52: Measurement EN 60793-1-52 -
methods and test procedures - Change of
temperature tests
IEC 60793-1-53 - Optical fibres - Part 1-53: Measurement EN 60793-1-53 -
methods and test procedures - Water
immersion tests
IEC 60793-1-54 - Optical fibres - Part 1-54: Measurement EN IEC 60793-1-54 -
methods and test procedures - Gamma
irradiation
IEC 60793-1-60 - Optical fibres - Part 1-60: Measurement EN 60793-1-60 -
methods and test procedures - Beat length
IEC 60793-1-61 - Optical fibres - Part 1-61: Measurement EN 60793-1-61 -
methods and test procedures - Polarization
crosstalk
IEC 60793-2 - Optical fibres - Part 2: Product EN IEC 60793-2 -
specifications - General
IEC 60793-1-1 ®
Edition 5.0 2022-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Optical fibres –
Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures – General and guidance

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.180.10 ISBN 978-2-8322-3890-5

– 2 – IEC 60793-1-1:2022 © IEC 2022
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Rounding rules . 8
5 Measurement and test categories . 8
6 Standard atmospheric measurement and test conditions . 9
7 Calibration guidance . 10
8 Reference test methods . 10
9 Categories of optical fibres . 10
10 Packaging and documentation . 10
10.1 Packaging . 10
10.2 Documentation . 10
Bibliography . 11

Table 1 – Standard range of atmospheric conditions . 9

IEC 60793-1-1:2022 © IEC 2022 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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OPTICAL FIBRES –
Part 1-1: Measurement methods and test procedures –
General and guidance
FOREWORD
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