SIST EN 61810-2:2011
Electromechanical elementary relays - Part 2: Reliability
Electromechanical elementary relays - Part 2: Reliability
This part of IEC 61810 covers test conditions and provisions for the evaluation of endurance
tests using appropriate statistical methods to obtain reliability characteristics for relays. It
should be used in conjunction with IEC 61649.
This International Standard applies to electromechanical elementary relays considered as
non-repaired items (i.e. items which are not repaired after failure), whenever a random
sample of items is subjected to a test of cycles to failure (CTF).
The lifetime of a relay is usually expressed in number of cycles. Therefore, whenever the
terms “time” or “duration” are used in IEC 61649, this term should be understood to mean
“cycles”. However, with a given frequency of operation, the number of cycles can be
transformed into respective times (e.g. times to failure (TTF)).
The failure criteria and the resulting characteristics of elementary relays describing their
reliability in normal use are specified in this standard. A relay failure occurs when the
specified failure criteria are met.
As the failure rate for elementary relays cannot be considered as constant, particularly due to
wear-out mechanisms, the times to failure of tested items typically show a Weibull
distribution. This standard provides both numerical and graphical methods to calculate
approximate values for the two-parameter Weibull distribution, as well as lower confidence
limits.
Elektromechanische Elementarrelais - Teil 2: Funktionsfähigkeit (Zuverlässigkeit)
Relais électromécaniques élémentaires - Partie 2: Fiabilité
La CEI 61810-2:2011 couvre les conditions d'essai et les dispositions pour l'évaluation des essais d'endurance utilisant les méthodes statistiques appropriées pour obtenir les caractéristiques de fiabilité pour relais. Les principales modifications portant sur cette précédente édition sont énumérées ci-dessous: inclusion de méthodes numériques et graphiques pour l'évaluation de Weibull; établissement d'une cohérence complète avec la deuxième édition de la norme de fiabilité de base CEI 61649.
Cette publication doit être lue conjointement avec la CEI 61649:2008.
Osnovni elektromehanski releji - 2. del: Zanesljivost
Ta del IEC 61810 zajema preskusne pogoje in določbe za vrednotenje preskusov vzdržljivosti z uporabo ustreznih statističnih metod za pridobivanje značilnosti zanesljivosti relejev. Uporabljal naj bi se skupaj z IEC 61649.
Ta mednarodni standard velja za osnovne elektromehanske releje, ki veljajo za nepopravljive predmete (tj. predmete, ki se po okvari ne popravljajo), kadar koli se naključni vzorec predmetov preskuša s številom ciklov do okvare (CTF).
Življenjska doba releja se po navadi izraža v številu ciklov. Kadar se v IEC 61649 uporabljata izraza »čas« in »trajanje«, zato pomenita »cikli«. Z dano frekvenco obratovanja pa se število ciklov lahko pretvori v ustrezen čas (npr. čas do okvare (TTF)).
V tem standardu so določena merila za okvaro in nastale značilnosti osnovnih relejev, ki opisujejo njihovo zanesljivost pri normalni uporabi. Do okvare releja pride, kadar so izpolnjena opredeljena merila za okvaro.
Ker stopnja okvare za osnovne releje ne velja za konstantno, še zlasti zaradi mehanizmov izrabe, so časi do okvare preskušanih predmetov praviloma porazdeljeni po Weibullu. Ta standard podaja številčne in grafične metode za izračun približnih vrednosti dvoparametrične Weibullove porazdelitve in spodnje meje zaupanja.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 61810-2:2011
01-december-2011
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SIST EN 61810-2:2008
Osnovni elektromehanski releji - 2. del: Zanesljivost
Electromechanical elementary relays - Part 2: Reliability
Elektromechanische Elementarrelais - Teil 2: Funktionsfähigkeit (Zuverlässigkeit)
Relais électromécaniques élémentaires - Partie 2: Fiabilité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61810-2:2011
ICS:
29.120.70 Releji Relays
SIST EN 61810-2:2011 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61810-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2011
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.120.70 Supersedes EN 61810-2:2005
English version
Electromechanical elementary relays -
Part 2: Reliability
(IEC 61810-2:2011)
Relais électromécaniques élémentaires - Elektromechanische Elementarrelais -
Partie 2: Fiabilité Teil 2: Funktionsfähigkeit (Zuverlässigkeit)
(CEI 61810-2:2011) (IEC 61810-2:2011)
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Foreword
The text of document 94/316/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61810-2, prepared by IEC TC 94,
All-or-nothing electrical relays, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by
CENELEC as EN 61810-2 on 2011-04-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 61810-2:2005.
The main changes with respect to EN 61810-2:2005 are listed below:
— inclusion of both numerical and graphical methods for Weibull evaluation;
— establishment of full coherence with the second edition of the basic reliability standard EN 61649;
— deletion of previous Annex A and Annex D since both annexes are contained in EN 61810-1.
This standard is to be used in conjunction with EN 61649:2008.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN and CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
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) 2012-01-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2014-04-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61810-2:2011 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 60050-191 1990 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Chapter 191: Dependability and quality of
service
IEC 60050-444 2002 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - - -
Part 444: Elementary relays
IEC 60300-3-5 2001 Dependability management - - -
Part 3-5: Application guide - Reliability test
conditions and statistical test principles
IEC 61649 2008 Weibull analysis EN 61649 2008
IEC 61810-1 2008 Electromechanical elementary relays - EN 61810-1 2008
Part 1: General requirements
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 General considerations . 9
5 Test conditions . 10
5.1 Test items . 10
5.2 Environmental conditions . 10
5.3 Operating conditions . 10
5.4 Test equipment . 11
6 Failure criteria . 11
7 Output data . 11
8 Analysis of output data . 11
9 Presentation of reliability measures . 12
Annex A (normative) Data analysis . 13
Annex B (informative) Example of numerical and graphical Weibull analysis . 22
Annex C (informative) Example of cumulative hazard plot . 26
Annex D (informative) Gamma function . 32
Bibliography . 33
Figure A.1 – An example of Weibull probability paper . 16
Figure A.2 – An example of cumulative hazard plotting paper . 18
Figure A.3 – Plotting of data points and drawing of a straight line . 18
Figure A.4 – Estimation of distribution parameters . 19
Figure B.1 – Weibull probability chart for the example. 24
Figure C.1 – Estimation of distribution parameters . 28
Figure C.2 – Cumulative hazard plots . 30
Table B.1 – Ranked failure data . 23
Table C.1 – Work sheet for cumulative hazard analysis . 26
Table C.2 – Example work sheet . 29
Table D.1 – Values of the gamma function . 32
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ELECTROMECHANICAL ELEMENTARY RELAYS –
Part 2: Reliability
FOREWORD
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patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 61810-2 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 94: All-or-
nothing electrical relays.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2005. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
The main changes with respect to the previous editions are listed below:
• inclusion of both numerical and graphical methods for Weibull evaluation;
• establishment of full coherence with the second edition of the basic reliability standard
IEC 61649;
• deletion of previous Annex A and Annex D since both annexes are contained in
IEC 61810-1.
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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
94/316/FDIS 94/325/RVD
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 61810 series can be found, under the general title
Electromechanical elementary relays, on the IEC website.
This International Standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 61649:2008.
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data
related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION
Within the IEC 61810 series of basic standards covering elementary electromechanical relays,
IEC 61810-2 is intended to give requirements and tests permitting the assessment of relay
reliability. All information concerning endurance tests for type testing have been included in
IEC 61810-1.
NOTE According to IEC 61810-1, a specified value for the electrical endurance under specific conditions (e.g.
contact load) is verified by testing 3 relays. None is allowed to fail. Within this IEC 61810-2, a prediction of the
reliability of a relay is performed using statistical evaluation of the measured cycles to failure of a larger number of
relays (generally 10 or more relays).
Recently the technical committee responsible for dependability (TC 56) has developed a new
edition of IEC 61649 dealing with Weibull distributed test data. This second edition contains
both numerical and graphical methods for the evaluation of Weibull-distributed data.
On the basis of this basic reliability standard, IEC 61810-2 was developed. It comprises test
conditions and an evaluation method to obtain relevant reliability measures for
electromechanical elementary relays. The life of relays as non-repairable items is primarily
determined by the number of operations. For this reason, the reliability is expressed in terms
of mean cycles to failure (MCTF).
Commonly, equipment reliability is calculated from mean time to failure (MTTF) figures. With
the knowledge of the frequency of operation (cycling rate) of the relay within an equipment, it
is possible to calculate an effective MTTF value for the relay in that application.
Such calculated MTTF values for relays can be used to calculate respective reliability,
probability of failure, and availability (e.g. MTBF (mean time between failures)) values for
equipment into which these relays are incorporated.
Generally it is not appropriate to state that a specific MCTF value is “high” or “low”. The
MCTF figures are used to make comparative evaluations between relays with different styles
of design or construction, and as an indication of product reliability under specific conditions.
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ELECTROMECHANICAL ELEMENTARY RELAYS –
Part 2: Reliability
1 Scope
This part of IEC 61810 covers test conditions and provisions for the evaluation of endurance
tests using appropriate statistical methods to obtain reliability characteristics for relays. It
should be used in conjunction with IEC 61649.
This International Standard applies to electromechanical elementary relays considered as
non-repaired items (i.e. items which are not repaired after failure), whenever a random
sample of items is subjected to a test of cycles to failure (CTF).
The lifetime of a relay is usually expressed in number of cycles. Therefore, whenever the
terms “time” or “duration” are used in IEC 61649, this term should be understood to mean
“cycles”. However, with a given frequency of operation, the number of cycles can be
transformed into respective times (e.g. times to failure (TTF)).
The failure criteria and the resulting characteristics of elementary relays describing their
reliability in normal use are specified in this standard. A relay failure occurs when the
specified failure criteria are met.
As the failure rate for elementary relays cannot be considered as constant, particularly due to
wear-out mechanisms, the times to failure of tested items typically show a Weibull
distribution. This standard provides both numerical and graphical methods to calculate
approximate values for the two-parameter Weibull distribution, as well as lower confidence
limits.
2 Normative references
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.
IEC 60050-191:1990, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) – Chapter 191:
Dependability and quality of service
IEC 60050-444:2002, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) – Part 444: Elementary
relays
IEC 60300-3-5:2001, Dependability management – Part 3-5: Application guide – Reliability
test conditions and statistical test principles
IEC 61649:2008, Weibull analysis
IEC 61810-1:2008, Electromechanical elementary relays – Part 1: General requirements
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3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 60050-191 and
IEC 60050-444, some of which are reproduced below, as well as the following, apply.
3.1
item
any component that can be individually considered
[IEC 60050-191:1990, 191-01-01, modified]
NOTE For the purpose of this standard, items are elementary relays.
3.2
non-repaired item
item which is not repaired after a failure
[IEC 60050-191:1990, 191-01-03, modified]
3.3
cycle
operation and subsequent release/reset
[IEC 60050-444:2002, 444-02-11]
3.4
frequency of operation
number of cycles per unit of time
[IEC 60050-444:2002, 444-02-12]
3.5
reliability
ability of an item to perform a required function under given conditions for a given number of
cycles or time interval
[IEC 60050-191:1990, 191-02-06, modified]
NOTE 1 It is generally assumed that the item is in a state to perform this required function at the beginning of the
time interval.
NOTE 2 The term “reliability” is also used as a measure of reliability performance (see IEC 60050-191:1990,
191-12-01).
3.6
reliability test
experiment carried out in order to measure, quantify or classify a reliability measure or
property of an item
[IEC 60300-3-5:2001, 3.1.27]
3.7
life test
test with the purpose of estimating, verifying or comparing the lifetime of the class of items
being tested
[IEC 60300-3-5:2001, 3.1.17, modified]
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3.8
cycles to failure
CTF
total number of cycles of an item, from the instant it is first put in an operating state until
failure
3.9
mean cycles to failure
MCTF
expectation of the number of cycles to failure
3.10
time to failure
TTF
total time duration of operating time of an item, from the instant it is first put in an operating
state until failure
[IEC 60050-191:1990, 191-10-02, modified]
3.11
mean time to failure
MTTF
expectation of the time to failure
[IEC 60050-191:1990, 191-12-07]
3.12
useful life
number of cycles or time duration until a certain percentage of items have failed
NOTE In this standard, this percentage is defined as 10 %.
3.13
failure
termination of the ability of an item to perform a required function
[IEC 60050-191:1990, 191-04-01, modified]
3.14
malfunction
single event when an item does not perform a required function
3.15
contact failure
occurrence of break and/or make malfunctions of a contact under test, exceeding a specified
number
3.16
failure criteria
set of rules used to decide whether an observed event constitutes a failure
[IEC 60300-3-5:2001, 3.1.10]
3.17
contact load category
classification of relay contacts dependent on wear-out mechanisms
NOTE Various contact load categories are defined in IEC 61810-1.
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4 General considerations
The provisions of this part of IEC 61810 are based on the relevant publications on
dependability. In particular, the following documents have been taken into account:
IEC 60050-191, IEC 60300-3-5 and IEC 61649.
The aim of reliability testing as given in this standard is to obtain objective and reproducible
data on reliability performance of elementary relays representative of standard production
quality. The tests described and the related statistical tools to gain reliability measures based
on the test results can be used for the estimation of such reliability measures, as well as for
the verification of stated measures.
NOTE 1 Examples for the application of reliability measurements are:
• establishment of reliability measures for a new relay type;
• comparison of relays with similar characteristics, but produced by different manufacturers;
• evaluation of the influence, on a relay, of different materials or different manufacturing solutions;
• comparison of a new relay with a relay which has already worked for a specific period of time;
• calculation of the reliability of an equipment or system incorporating one or more relays.
According to Clauses 8 and 9 of IEC 60300-3-5, for non-repaired items showing a non-
constant failure rate the Weibull model is the most appropriate statistical tool for evaluation of
reliability measures. This analysis procedure is described in IEC 61649.
Elementary relays within the scope of this standard are considered as non-repaired items.
They generally do not exhibit a constant failure rate but a failure rate increasing with time,
being tested until wear-out mechanisms become predominant. The cycles to failure of a
random sample of tested items typically show the Weibull distribution.
NOTE 2 In cases where no wear-out mechanisms prevail, random failures with constant failure rate can be
assumed. Then the shape parameter β of the Weibull distribution equals 1 and the reliability function becomes the
well-known exponential law. For relay tests where only very few failures (or even no failures at all) occur, the
WeiBayes approach of IEC 61649 might be appropriate. Another option may be the application of the sudden death
method described in Clause 13 of IEC 61649.
The statistical procedures of this standard are valid only when at least 10 relevant failures are
recorded.
Upon special agreement between manufacturer and user, the test may be performed with
even less than 10 relays, provided the uncertainty of the estimated Weibull parameters is
acceptable to them. In such a case the minimum number of tested relays shall be specified;
this number then replaces the minimum number of 10 relays wherever prescribed in this
standard. However, it shall be noted that this reduction of relay specimens is only acceptable
where the graphical methods of A.5.1 are applied. For the numerical method of A.5.2 at least
10 failures are required, since the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is a computational
method for larger sample sizes, i.e. when at least 10 relevant failures are recorded (see 9.3 of
IEC 61649).
The first step in the analysis of the recorded cycles to failure (CTF) of the tested relays is the
determination of the two distribution parameters of the Weibull distribution. In a second step,
the mean cycles to failure (MCTF) is calculated as a point estimate. In a third step, the useful
life is determined as the lower confidence limit of the number of cycles by which 10 % of the
relay population will have failed (B ).
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With a given frequency of operation these reliability measures expressed in number of cycles
(MCTF) can be transformed into respective times (MTTF), see Annex B for an example.
The statistical procedures require some appropriate computing facility. Software for
evaluation of Weibull distributed data is commercially available on the market. Such software
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may be used for the purpose of this standard provided it shows equivalent results when the
data given in Annex B are used.
Since the number of cycles to failure highly depends on the specific set of test conditions
(particularly the electrical loading of the relay contacts), values for MCTF and useful life
derived from test data apply only to this set of test conditions, which have to be stated by the
manufacturer together with the reliability measures.
5 Test conditions
5.1 Test items
As a minimum of 10 failures need to be recorded to perform the analysis described in this
standard, 10 or more items (relays) should be submitted to the test. This allows the test to be
truncated when at least 10 relays have failed. When the test is truncated at a specific number
of cycles, all relays that have not yet failed may be considered to fail at that number of cycles
(worst case assumption). However, at least 70 % of the tested relays shall fail physically. This
allows the test to be carried out with 10 relays only, even when the test is truncated before all
relays have physically failed (with a minimum of 7 physical failures recorded).
The items shall be selected at random from the same production lot and shall be of identical
type and construction. No action is allowed on the test items from the time of sampling until
the test starts.
Where any particular burn-in procedure or reliability stress screening is employed by the
manufacturer prior to sampling, this shall apply to all production. The manufacturer shall
describe and declare such procedures, together with the test results.
Unless otherwise specified by the manufacturer, all contacts of each relay under test shall be
loaded as stated and monitored continuously during the test.
The test starts with all items and is stopped at some number of cycles. At that instant a
certain number of items (minimum: 10 items) have failed. The number of cycles to failure of
each of the failed items is recorded.
Items failed during the test are not replaced once they fail.
5.2 Environmental conditions
The testing environment shall be the same for all items.
– The items shall be mounted in the manner intended for normal service; in particular, relays
for mounting onto printed circuit-boards are tested in the horizontal position, unless
otherwise specified.
– The ambient temperature shall be as specified by the manufacturer.
– All other influence quantities shall comply with the values and tolerance ranges given in
Table 1 of IEC 61810-1, unless otherwise specified.
5.3 Operating conditions
The set of operating conditions
– rated coil voltage(s);
– coil suppression (if any);
– frequency of operation;
– duty factor;
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– contact load(s)
shall be as specified by the manufacturer.
Recommended values should be chosen from those given in Clause 5 of IEC 61810-1.
The test is performed on each contact load and each contact material as specified by the
manufacturer.
All specified devices (for example, protective
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