IEC TR 62131-5:2015

Environmental conditions - Vibration and shock of electotechnical equipment - Part 5: Equipment during storage and handling

IEC TR 62131-5:2015(E) reviews the available dynamic data relating to the handling of electrotechnical equipment. The intention is that from all the available data an environmental description will be generated and compared to that set out in the IEC 60721 series.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 04-Aug-2015
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 19.040 - Environmental testing
• Technical Committee: TC 104 - Environmental conditions, classification and methods of test
• Drafting Committee: WG 15 - TC 104/WG 15
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 30-Jun-2015
• Completion Date: 05-Aug-2015

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IEC TR 62131-5 ®
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Environmental conditions – Vibration and shock of electrotechnical equipment –
Part 5: Equipment during storage and handling

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IEC TR 62131-5 ®
Edition 1.0 2015-08
TECHNICAL
REPORT
colour
inside
Environmental conditions – Vibration and shock of electrotechnical equipment –

Part 5: Equipment during storage and handling

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ICS 19.040 ISBN 978-2-8322-2815-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Data source and quality. 8
3.1 Container handling measurements by Hoppe and Gerock . 8
3.2 Intermodal container handling by Association of American Railroads . 9
3.3 Intermodal container handling at Swedish container terminal . 9
3.4 Handling of air cargo pallet at Stockholm and New York airports . 10
3.5 Forklift handling . 11
3.6 Movement of unsuspended trolleys . 11
3.7 Supplementary data . 12
4 Intra data source comparison . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.2 Container handling measurements by Hoppe and Gerock . 13
4.3 Intermodal container handling by Association of American Railroads . 13
4.4 Intermodal container handling at Swedish container terminal . 14
4.5 Handling of air cargo pallet at Stockholm and New York airports . 14
4.6 Forklift handling . 15
4.7 Movement of unsuspended trolleys . 16
5 Inter data source comparison . 16
6 Environmental description . 19
7 Comparison with IEC 60721 . 20
8 Recommendations . 21
Bibliography . 56

Figure 1 – Vibrations loading and unloading of container on to US rail car using
overhead crane [2] . 25
Figure 2 – Vibrations loading and unloading of container on to US rail car using side
loader [2] . 25
Figure 3 – Vibrations from handling an ISO container at a port – Axial [3] . 27
Figure 4 – Vibrations from handling an ISO container at a port – Transverse [3] . 27
Figure 5 – Vibrations from handling an ISO container at a port – Vertical [3] . 28
Figure 6 – Amplitude probability density from handling an ISO container at a port –
Vertical [3] . 28
Figure 7 – Amplitude probability density from handling an ISO container at a port –
Transverse [3] . 29
Figure 8 – Amplitude probability density from handling an ISO container at a port –
Axial [3] . 29
Figure 9 – Shocks from handling an ISO container at a port – Axial [3] . 30
Figure 10 – Shocks from handling an ISO container at a port – Transverse [3] . 30
Figure 11 – Shocks from handling an ISO container at a port – Vertical [3]. 31
Figure 12 – Air pallet vibration severities due to aircraft movement – Vertical [4] . 32
Figure 13 – Air pallet vibration severities due to aircraft movements – Axial/transverse
[4] . 33
Figure 14 – Bandpass vibration amplitudes from four forklift trucks – Vertical [5] . 33

Figure 15 – Bandpass vibration amplitudes from four forklift trucks – Lateral [5] . 34
Figure 16 – Bandpass vibration amplitudes from four forklift trucks – Axial [5] . 34
Figure 17 – Shock response spectra from 1 000 Kg forklift truck [5] . 35
Figure 18 – Shock response spectra from 1 500 Kg forklift truck [5] . 35
Figure 19 – Shock Response Spectra from 2 000 Kg Forklift Truck [5] . 36
Figure 20 – Shock response spectra from 3 500 Kg forklift truck [5] . 36
Figure 21 – Vibration at wheels of small trolley – Vertical [6] . 37
Figure 22 – Vibration at wheels of small trolley – Lateral [6] . 37
Figure 23 – Vibration at wheels of small trolley – Axial [6] . 38
Figure 24 – Vibration at wheels of medium trolley – Vertical [6] . 38
Figure 25 – Vibration at wheels of medium trolley – Lateral [6] . 39
Figure 26 – Vibration at wheels of medium trolley – Axial [6] . 39
Figure 27 – Vibration at wheels of large trolley – Vertical [6] . 40
Figure 28 – Vibration at wheels of large trolley – Lateral [6] . 40
Figure 29 – Vibration at wheels of large trolley – Axial [6] . 41
Figure 30 – Amplitude distribution at wheels of small trolley – Vertical [6] . 43
Figure 31 – Amplitude distribution at wheels of small trolley – Lateral [6] . 43
Figure 32 – Amplitude distribution at wheels of small trolley – Axial [6] . 44
Figure 33 – Shock response spectra at wheels of small trolley – Vertical [6] . 44
Figure 34 – Shock response spectra at wheels of small trolley – Lateral [6] . 45
Figure 35 – Shock response spectra at wheels of small trolley – Axial [6] . 45
Figure 36 – Comparison of acceleration and derived velocity for largest impacts [1] . 46
Figure 37 – Comparison of acceleration and derived drop height for largest impacts [1] . 46
Figure 38 – IEC 60721-3-2– Stationary vibration random severities . 47
Figure 39 – IEC 60721-4-2– Stationary vibration random severities . 47
Figure 40 – IEC 60721-3-2– Shock severities . 48
Figure 41 – IEC 60721-4-2– Shock severities for IEC 60068-2-29 test procedure . 48
Figure 42 – IEC 60721-4-2 – Shock severities for IEC 60068-2-29 test procedure . 49
Figure 43 – Comparison of Hoppe & Gerock [1] derived shocks with IEC 60721-3-2 . 49
Figure 44 – Comparison of unsuspended trolley [6] shocks with IEC 60721-3-2 . 50
Figure 45 – Comparison of US forklift [5] shocks with IEC 60721-3-2 . 50
Figure 46 – Comparison of Swedish port [3] shocks (dockside crane) with
IEC 60721-3-2 . 51
Figure 47 – Comparison of Swedish port [3] shocks (mobile crane) with IEC 60721-3-2 . 51
Figure 48 – Comparison of Swedish port [3] shocks (straddle carrier) with
IEC 60721-3-2 . 52
Figure 49 – Comparison of Swedish port [3] shocks (transport tug) with IEC 60721-3-2 . 52
Figure 50 – Comparison of Swedish air transport [4] vibrations with IEC 60721-3-2 . 53
Figure 51 – Comparison of unsuspended trolley [6] vibrations with IEC 60721-3-2. 53
Figure 52 – Comparison of Swedish port [3] vibrations (transport tug) with
IEC 60721-3-2 . 54
Figure 53 – Comparison of Swedish port [3] vibrations (dockside crane) with
IEC 60721-3-2 . 54
Figure 54 – Comparison of Swedish PORT [3] vibrations (mobile crane) with
IEC 60721-3-2 . 55

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Figure 55 – Comparison of Swedish port [3] Vibrations (straddle carrier) with
IEC 60721-3-2 . 55

Table 1 – Maximum vibration accelerations and displacements occurring during
handling of ISO containers at container terminal [1] . 22
Table 2 – Largest shocks occurring during handling of ISO containers by straddle
carrier [1] . 23
Table 3 – Largest shocks occurring during transfer of ISO containers on to rail cars [1] . 23
Table 4 – Largest shocks occurring during transfer of ISO containers on to ships [1]. 24
Table 5 – Largest shocks occurring during transfer of ISO containers on to US rail cars
[2] .
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