Electromechanical switches for use in electronic equipment - Part 1: Generic specification (IEC 61020-1:2009)

for use in electrical and electronic appliances. Switches covered by this specification: a) are devices which open, close, or change the connection of a circuit by the mechanical motion of conducting parts (contacts); b) have a maximum rated voltage of 480 V; c) have a maximum rated current of 63 A. This generic specification does not include keyboards and keypads which are intended for use in information-handling systems. Electromechanical key switches may be included under the scope of this generic specification. Switch families shall be described in any detail specifications that will reference this generic specification.

Elektrisch-mechanische Schalter zur Verwendung in Geräten der Elektrotechnik und Elektronik - Teil 1: Fachgrundspezifikation (IEC 61020-1:2009)

Interrupteurs électromécaniques pour équipements électriques et électroniques - Partie 1: Spécification générique (CEI 61020-1:2009)

La CEI 61020-1:2009 est destinée à assurer la cohérence des spécifications particulières applicables aux interrupteurs électromécaniques en spécifiant la terminologie, les symboles, les méthodes d'essai et autres informations nécessaires. Les interrupteurs relevant de la présente spécification:  - sont des composants qui ouvrent, ferment ou commutent un circuit par le mouvement mécanique de leurs parties conductrices (contacts);  - ont une tension assignée maximale de 480 V;  - ont un courant assigné maximal de 63 A.  Cette seconde édition constitue une révision technique et elle inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:  - Les exigences de la série CEI 60512 ont été intégrées.  - En particulier les informations nécessaires par rapport aux connecteurs tels que spécifiés dans la CEI 60512 ont été introduits dans cette norme.  En outre, les points suivants ont été mis à jour par rapport à la première édition:  - des méthodes d'essai pour une description détaillée ont été révisées;  - l'explication pour la méthode d'essai des forces de fonctionnement a été réécrite plus en détails;  - la tension de mesure des rebonds a été révisée;  - la durée de l'endurance électrique 'marche' dans le cycle de service a été harmonisée avec la CEI 61058;  - des exigences par rapport aux risques au feu ont été supprimées;  - des méthodes d'essai des connecteurs montés en surface basées sur des normes industrielles japonaises ont été ajoutées.

Elektromehanska stikala za elektronsko opremo - 1. del: Rodovna specifikacija (IEC 61020-1:2009)

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 61020-1:2009
01-november-2009
Elektromehanska stikala za elektronsko opremo - 1. del: Rodovna specifikacija
(IEC 61020-1:2009)
Electromechanical switches for use in electronic equipment - Part 1: Generic
specification (IEC 61020-1:2009)
Elektrisch-mechanische Schalter zur Verwendung in Geräten der Elektrotechnik und
Elektronik - Teil 1: Fachgrundspezifikation (IEC 61020-1:2009)
Interrupteurs électromécaniques pour équipements électriques et électroniques - Partie
1: Spécification générique (CEI 61020-1:2009)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61020-1:2009
ICS:
31.220.20 Stikala Switches
SIST EN 61020-1:2009 en,fr
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 61020-1:2009

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61020-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2009
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

ICS 31.220.20 Supersedes EN 196000:1992 + A1:2001, EN 196103:1998 and EN 196500:1993 + A1:2001


English version


Electromechanical switches
for use in electrical and electronic equipment -
Part 1: Generic specification
(IEC 61020-1:2009)


Interrupteurs électromécaniques  Elektrisch-mechanische Schalter
pour équipements électriques zur Verwendung in Geräten
et électroniques - der Elektrotechnik und Elektronik -
Partie 1: Spécification générique Teil 1: Fachgrundspezifikation
(CEI 61020-1:2009) (IEC 61020-1:2009)




This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2009-08-01. 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.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
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Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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© 2009 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 61020-1:2009 E

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EN 61020-1:2009 - 2 -
Foreword
The text of document 23J/325/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61020-1, prepared by SC 23J, Switches for
appliances, of IEC TC 23, Electrical accessories, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
was approved by CENELEC as EN 61020-1 on 2009-08-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 196000:1992 + A1:2001, EN 196103:1998 and EN 196500:1993
+ A1:2001.
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) 2010-05-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2012-08-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61020-1:2009 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 60062 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60062:2005 (not modified).
IEC 60065 + A1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60065:2002 (modified) + A1:2006 (modified).
IEC 60068-2-27 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60068-2-27:2009 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-38 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60068-2-38:2009 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-44 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60068-2-44:1995 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-46 NOTE  Harmonized as HD 323.2.46 S1:1988 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-77 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60068-2-77:1999 (not modified).
IEC 60512 NOTE  Harmonized in EN 60512 series (not modified).
IEC 60664-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60664-1:2007 (not modified).
IEC 60695-11-10 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60695-11-10:1999 + A1:2003 (not modified).
+ A1
IEC 60721-3-3 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60721-3-3:1995 + A2:1997 (not modified).
(+ A1) + A2
IEC 61190-1-3 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61190-1-3:2007 (not modified).
ISO/IEC 17050-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO/IEC 17050-1:2004 (not modified).
ISO/IEC 17050-2 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO/IEC 17050-2:2004 (not modified).
ISO 286-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 20286-1:1993 (not modified).
ISO 1101 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 1101:2005 (not modified).
ISO 9001 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 9001:2008 (not modified).
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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 60027 Series Letter symbols to be used in electrical EN 60027 Series
technology


IEC 60050-581 2008 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - - -
Part 581: Electromechanical components for
electronic equipment


1)
IEC 60068-1 1988 Environmental testing - EN 60068-1 1994
A1 1992 Part 1: General and guidance


IEC 60068-2-1 2007 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-1 2007
Part 2-1: Tests - Test A: Cold


IEC 60068-2-2 2007 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-2 2007
Part 2-2: Tests - Test B: Dry heat


IEC 60068-2-6 2007 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-6 2008
Part 2-6: Tests - Test Fc: Vibration
(sinusoidal)


IEC 60068-2-10 2005 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-10 2005
Part 2-10: Tests - Test J and guidance: Mould
growth


IEC 60068-2-13 1983 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-13 1999
Part 2: Tests - Test M: Low air pressure


IEC 60068-2-14 2009 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-14 2009
Part 2-14: Tests - Test N: Change of
temperature


IEC 60068-2-17 1994 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-17 1994
Part 2: Tests - Test Q: Sealing


IEC 60068-2-20 2008 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-20 2008
Part 2-20: Tests - Test T: Test methods for
solderability and resistance to soldering heat
of devices with leads


IEC 60068-2-21 2006 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-21 2006
Part 2-21: Tests - Test U: Robustness of
terminations and integral mounting devices


IEC 60068-2-30 2005 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-30 2005
Part 2-30: Tests - Test Db: Damp heat, cyclic
(12 h + 12 h cycle)


IEC 60068-2-42 2003 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-42 2003
Part 2-42: Tests - Test Kc: Sulphur dioxide
test for contacts and connections



1)
EN 60068-1 includes corr. October 1988 and A1:1992 to IEC 60068-1.

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EN 61020-1:2009 - 4 -
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 60068-2-43 2003 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-43 2003
Part 2-43: Tests - Test Kd: Hydrogen sulphide
test for contacts and connections


IEC 60068-2-45 1980 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-45 1992
A1 1993 Part 2: Tests - Test Xa and guidance: A1 1993
Immersion in cleaning solvents


IEC 60068-2-49 1983 Environmental testing - - -
Part 2: Tests - Guidance to Test Kc: Sulphur
dioxide test for contacts and connections


2)
IEC 60068-2-58 1999 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-58 1999
Part 2-58: Tests - Test Td: Test methods for
solderability, resistance to dissolution of
metallization and to soldering heat of surface
mounting devices (SMD)


IEC 60068-2-61 1991 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-61 1993
Part 2: Test methods - Test Z/ABDM: Climatic
sequence


IEC 60068-2-68 1994 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-68 1996
Part 2: Tests - Test L: Dust and sand


IEC 60068-2-78 2001 Environmental testing - EN 60068-2-78 2001
Part 2-78: Tests - Test Cab: Damp heat,
steady state


IEC 60529 1989 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures EN 60529 1991
 (IP Code) + corr. May 1993
A1 1999 A1 2000


IEC 60617 data- Graphical symbols for diagrams - -
base


IEC 61058-1 (mod) 2000 Switches for appliances -
+ A1 2001 Part 1: General requirements EN 61058-1 2002

A2 2007 A2 2008


ISO 1000 1992 SI units and recommendations for the use of - -
their multiples and of certain other units



2)
EN 60068-2-58 is superseded by EN 60068-2-58:2004, which is based on IEC 60068-2-58:2004.

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Electromechanical switches for use in electrical and electronic equipment –
Part 1: Generic specification

Interrupteurs électromécaniques pour équipements électriques et
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.5
INTRODUCTION.7
1 Scope and object.8
1.1 Scope.8
1.2 Object .8
2 General .8
2.1 Normative references .8
2.2 Units and symbols .10
2.3 Terms and definitions .10
2.4 Preferred values.12
2.4.1 Clearance and creepage distances .12
2.5 Marking .12
3 Quality assessment procedures.12
4 Test and measurement procedures.12
4.1 General .12
4.1.1 Tolerances .13
4.1.2 Preconditioning.13
4.1.3 Mounting .13
4.2 Standard atmospheric conditions.13
4.3 General examination .13
4.3.1 Visual examination .13
4.3.2 Dimensions .14
4.3.3 Dimensions, gauging .14
4.3.4 Mass .15
4.3.5 Functional operation .15
4.3.6 Operating characteristics .16
4.3.7 Contact bounce .18
4.4 Resistance measurements .19
4.4.1 Contact resistance – Millivolt level.19
4.4.2 Contact resistance – Specified current .21
4.4.3 Resistance from actuator to mounting bushing (surface).22
4.4.4 Insulation resistance.23
4.5 Dielectric strength .23
4.5.1 Dielectric strength at standard atmospheric conditions .23
4.5.2 Dielectric strength at low air pressure.24
4.6 Heating .25
4.6.1 Object .25
4.6.2 Method .25
4.6.3 Requirement.26
4.6.4 Details to be specified .26
4.7 Dynamic stress.26
4.7.1 Shock .26
4.7.2 Vibration.27
4.7.3 Contact disturbance.28
4.8 Mechanical strength .28
4.8.1 Robustness of actuator.28

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4.8.2 Robustness of mounting bushing .31
4.8.3 Robustness of screw mounting .31
4.8.4 Robustness of terminations .31
4.9 Mechanical endurance.32
4.9.1 Mechanical endurance – Standard atmospheric conditions .32
4.9.2 Mechanical endurance – Category temperature range .33
4.10 Electrical endurance.33
4.10.1 Electrical endurance – Standard atmospheric conditions .33
4.10.2 Electrical endurance – Upper category temperature.35
4.10.3 Electrical endurance – Category temperature range .36
4.10.4 Electrical endurance – Low air pressure .36
4.10.5 Logic loads (TTL) .37
4.10.6 Low level endurance test .38
4.11 Overload .39
4.11.2 Electrical overload .39
4.11.3 Capacitive load switching .40
4.12 Environmental testing.41
4.12.1 Climatic sequence .41
4.12.2 Damp heat, steady state.43
4.12.3 Rapid change of temperature.44
4.12.4 Mould growth (resistance) .44
4.12.5 Corrosion, industrial atmosphere .45
4.12.6 Dust and sand .46
4.12.7 Contact resistance stability.48
4.13 Soldering.49
4.13.1 Solderability, wetting, solder bath method.49
4.13.2 Solderability, wetting, soldering iron method.50
4.13.3 Solderability, de-wetting .51
4.13.4 Resistance to soldering heat, solder bath method.51
4.13.5 Resistance to soldering heat, soldering iron method .52
4.14 Panel seal .53
4.14.1 Drip – Proof .53
4.14.2 Splash – Proof.53
4.14.3 Immersion .53
4.14.4 Submersion .54
4.15 Enclosure seal.55
4.15.1 Watertight immersion.55
4.15.2 Resilient or hermetic seal .55
4.16 Fluid resistance.56
4.16.1 Immersion in cleaning solvents (marking) .56
4.17 Fire hazard.56
4.18 Capacitance .56
4.18.1 Object .56
4.18.2 Method .56
4.18.3 Requirement.57
4.18.4 Details to be specified .57
4.19 Illumination.57
4.19.1 Chromaticity .57
4.19.2 Transmittancy.57

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4.19.3 Temperature of illuminated surface.58
4.20 Soldering for surface mounting switches .58
4.20.1 Solderability, solder bath method (surface mounting switches) .58
4.20.2 Solderability, reflow method (surface mounting switches) .59
4.20.3 Solderability, soldering iron method (surface mounting switches) .60
4.20.4 Resistance to soldering heat , solder bath method (surface mounting
switches) .60
4.20.5 Resistance to soldering heat, reflow method (surface mounting
switches) .61
4.20.6 Resistance to soldering heat, soldering iron method (surface
mounting switches).62
4.21 Mechanical strength (surface mounting switches).62
4.21.1 Substrate bending (surface mounting switches) .62
4.21.2 Pull-off and push-off (surface mounting switches).63
4.21.3 Shear (surface mounting switches) .64
4.21.4 Body strength (surface mounting switches).64
Annex A (informative) Quality assurance procedures .66
Bibliography.67

Figure 1 – Contact bounce test circuit.18
Figure 2 – Typical trace of contact bounce.19
Figure 3 – Application of forces and torques for test 4.81.30
Figure 4 – Submersion seal enclosure .55

Table 1 – Minimum wire length .25
Table 2 – Torque values for mounting screws .31
Table 3 – Methods proposed for corrosion tests.46
Table 4 – Solderability, Bath method: Test severities (duration and temperature) .50

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHES
FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT –

Part 1: Generic specification


FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61020-1 has been prepared by subcommittee 23J: Switches for
appliances, of IEC technical committee 23: Electrical accessories.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1991. This second
edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition.
a) The requirements of the IEC 60512 series of standards have been integrated in this
second edition of IEC 61020-1. In particular the test methods, terminology, symbols and
other necessary information concerning switches as specified in IEC 60512 have been
implemented in this standard.
b) Additionally, the following items have been updated with respect to the first edition:
– test methods were reviewed for detailed description;

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– the explanation for the test method of the operating force was rewritten in more detail;
– the test voltage for measurement for contact bounce was reviewed;
– the electrical endurance “ON” duration in the duty cycle was harmonized with
IEC 61058;
– the requirements for fire hazards have been deleted;
– testing methods of surface mounting switches based on the Japanese industrial
standard were added.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
23J/325/FDIS 23J/328/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.
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 this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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