SIST EN IEC 62246-1-1:2018

Reed switches - Part 1-1: Generic specification - Blank detail specification

This part of IEC 62246 which is a blank detail specification defines requirements and tests for
reed switches for use in general and industrial applications.
This document is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 62246-1:2015 and specific
products standards applying as switching elements.
This document selects from IEC 62246-1:2015 and from other sources the appropriate test
procedures to be used in detail specifications derived from this specification.
Reed switch types are specified depending on characteristic values including functional
ratings for safety and tests.
NOTE Mercury wetted reed switches are not covered by this document due to their possible environmental impact.

Reedschalter - Teil 1-1: Fachgrundspezifikation - Qualitätsbewertung

Contacts à lames souples - Partie 1-1: Spécification générique - Evaluation de qualité

L'IEC 62246-1-1:2018 est une spécification particulière-cadre qui définit les exigences et les essais des contacts à lames souples utilisables dans les applications générales et industrielles.
Le présent document est destiné à être utilisé conjointement avec l’IEC 62246-1:2015 et des normes de produits spécifiques qui s’appliquent comme des éléments de commutation.
Le présent document sélectionne dans l’IEC 62246-1:2015 et dans d'autres sources les procédures d'essai appropriées à utiliser dans le cadre des spécifications particulières dérivées de la présente spécification.
Les types de contact à lames souples sont spécifiés en fonction des valeurs caractéristiques, y compris les valeurs assignées de fonctionnement pour la sécurité et les essais.
Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 2013. Cette édition constitue une révision technique.
Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport aux éditions précédentes:
a) mise à jour du domaine d’application, des références et des termes et définitions;
b) inclusion de lignes directrices pour l’élaboration des spécifications particulières-cadres et des spécifications particulières;
c) mise à jour des valeurs caractéristiques dont les valeurs assignées de fonctionnement pour la sécurité;
d) mise à jour des procédures de contrôle de conformité de la qualité;
e) mise à jour d’applications types.

Stikala reed - 1-1. del: Rodovna specifikacija - Okvirna podrobna specifikacija

Ta del standarda IEC 62246, ki je okvirna podrobna specifikacija, opredeljuje zahteve in preskuse stikal reed za splošno in industrijsko uporabo.
Ta dokument je namenjen za uporabo skupaj s standardom IEC 62246-1:2015 in določenimi standardi za proizvode, ki se uporabljajo kot stikalni elementi.
Ta dokument izbere iz standarda IEC 62246-1:2015 in drugih virov ustrezne preskusne postopke za uporabo v podrobnih specifikacijah, ki izhajajo iz te specifikacije.
Vrste stikal reed so določene glede na karakteristične vrednosti, ki vključujejo ocene funkcionalnosti za varnost in preskuse.
OPOMBA: Stikala reed z živim srebrom niso obravnavana v tem dokumentu zaradi njihovega možnega vpliva na okolje.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 10-Sep-2018
• ICS: 29.120.40 - Switches
• Technical Committee: ISS EIT.ERE - All-or-nothing electrical relays
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 08-Aug-2018
• Due Date: 13-Oct-2018
• Completion Date: 11-Sep-2018
• Ref Project: EN IEC 62246-1-1:2018 - Reed switches - Part 1-1: Generic specification - Blank detail specification

Relations

• Revised: SIST EN 62246-1-1:2013 - Reed switches - Part 1-1: Generic specification - Quality assessment
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2016
• Replaces: SIST EN 62246-1-1:2013 - Reed switches - Part 1-1: Generic specification - Quality assessment
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2018
• Replaces: SIST EN 62246-1-1:2013 - Reed switches - Part 1-1: Generic specification - Quality assessment
• Effective Date: 07-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 62246-1-1:2018
01-oktober-2018
1DGRPHãþD
SIST EN 62246-1-1:2013
Stikala reed - 1-1. del: Rodovna specifikacija - Okvirna podrobna specifikacija
Reed switches - Part 1-1: Generic specification - Blank detail specification
Reedschalter - Teil 1-1: Fachgrundspezifikation - Qualitätsbewertung
Contacts à lames souples - Partie 1-1: Spécification générique - Evaluation de qualité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62246-1-1:2018
ICS:
29.120.40 Stikala Switches
SIST EN IEC 62246-1-1:2018 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62246-1-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2018
ICS 29.120.70 Supersedes EN 62246-1-1:2013
English Version
Reed switches - Part 1-1: Generic specification - Blank detail
specification
(IEC 62246-1-1:2018)
Contacts à lames souples - Partie 1-1: Spécification Reedschalter - Teil 1-1: Fachgrundspezifikation - Vordruck
générique - Spécification particulière-cadre für Bauartspezifikation
(IEC 62246-1-1:2018) (IEC 62246-1-1:2018)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-03-13. 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
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.



European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
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Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2018 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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European foreword
The text of document 94/426/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 62246-1-1, prepared by IEC/TC 94 "All-or-
nothing electrical relays" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN IEC 62246-1-1:2018.

The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be (dop) 2018-12-13
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2021-03-13
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 62246-1-1:2013.

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.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62246-1-1:2018 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 60068-1:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-1:2014 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-1:2007 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-1:2007 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-2:2007 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-2:2007 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-7:1983 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-7:1993 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-11:1981 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-11:1999 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-13:1983 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-13:1999 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-27:2008 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-27:2009 (not modified).
IEC 60068-2-30:2005 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-30:2005 (not modified).
IEC 60947-5-1:2017 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60947-5-1:2017 (not modified).
IEC 60947-5-2:2007 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60947-5-2:2007 (not modified).
IEC 60947-5-3:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60947-5-3:2013 (not modified).
IEC 61508-4:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508-4:2010 (not modified).
IEC 61810-1:2015 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61810-1:2015 (not modified).
IEC 61811-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61811-1.
ISO 14119:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14119:2013 (not modified).
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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 60068-2-6 2007 Environmental testing -- Part 2-6: Tests - EN 60068-2-6 2008
Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal)
IEC 60068-2-11 1981 Basic environmental testing procedures - EN 60068-2-11 1999
Part 2-11: Tests - Test Ka: Salt mist
IEC 60068-2-14 2009 Environmental testing -- Part 2-14: Tests - EN 60068-2-14 2009
Test N: Change of temperature
IEC 60068-2-17 1994 Basic environmental testing procedures - EN 60068-2-17 1994
Part 2-17: Tests - Test Q: Sealing
IEC 60068-2-20 2008 Environmental testing -- Part 2-20: Tests - EN 60068-2-20 2008
Test T: Test methods for solderability and
resistance to soldering heat of devices with
leads
IEC 60068-2-21 2006 Environmental testing -- Part 2-21: Tests - EN 60068-2-21 2006
Test U: Robustness of terminations and
integral mounting devices
IEC 60068-2-78 2012 Environmental testing -- Part 2-78: Tests - EN 60068-2-78 2013
Test Cab: Damp heat, steady state
IEC 60127-2 2014 Miniature fuses - Part 2: Cartridge fuse- EN 60127-2 2014
links
IEC 61373 2010 Railway applications - Rolling stock EN 61373 2010
equipment - Shock and vibration tests
IEC 61810-2 2017 Electromechanical elementary relays - Part EN 61810-2 2017
2: Reliability
IEC 61810-2-1 2017 Electromechanical elementary relays - Part EN 61810-2-1 2017
2-1: Reliability - Procedure for the
verification of B10 values
IEC 62246-1 2015 Reed switches -- Part 1: Generic EN 62246-1 2015
specification
ISO 2859-1 1999 Sampling procedures for inspection by - -
attributes -- Part 1: Sampling schemes
indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL)
for lot-by-lot inspection


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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
3.1 reed switch types . 8
3.2 tests . 8
3.3 inspection . 9
3.4 safety and failure modes . 9
4 Test schedules . 10
4.1 General . 10
4.2 Order of tests . 10
4.3 Test groups and subgroups . 10
4.4 Type test . 10
4.5 Quality conformance inspection . 10
4.6 Formation of inspection lots . 10
4.7 Periodic test . 11
4.8 Periodic test intervals between tests . 11
4.9 Standard conditions for testing . 11
4.10 Mounting of test specimens during the test . 11
4.11 General conditions for testing . 11
5 Characteristic values of the reed switches . 37
5.1 Contact data . 37
5.1.1 Failure criteria . 37
5.1.2 Static contact-circuit resistance . 41
5.1.3 Mechanical endurance . 42
5.1.4 Final dielectric test . 42
5.2 Environmental data . 42
5.3 Reliability – Failure rate data . 42
6 Marking and documentation . 42
6.1 General . 42
6.2 Marking of the reed switch . 43
6.3 Marking of the packaging . 43
6.4 Coded date of manufacturer . 43
7 Preparation of blank detail and detail specification . 43
Annex A (normative) Mounting in a standard coil . 45
Annex B (normative) Variants . 46
Annex C (informative) Typical applications . 47
Annex D (informative) Examples of blank detail and detail specifications . 48
D.1 Key to front page . 48
D.2 Examples of blank detail specifications . 49
D.2.1 Blank detail specification (1) . 49
D.2.2 Blank detail specification (2) . 50
D.2.3 Blank detail specification (3) . 51
D.2.4 Blank detail specification (4) . 52

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D.2.5 Blank detail specification (5) . 53
D.2.6 Blank detail specification (6) . 54
D.2.7 Blank detail specification (7) . 55
D.2.8 Blank detail specification (8) . 56
D.2.9 Blank detail specification (9) . 57
D.2.10 Blank detail specification (10) . 58
D.2.11 Blank detail specification (11) . 59
D.2.12 Blank detail specification (12) . 60
Bibliography . 61

Figure A.1 – Switch direction and position in a standard coil . 45

Table 1 – Test procedure of quality assessment . 12
Table 2 – Sampling and test schedule of type test (1 of 5) . 14
Table 3 – Sampling and test schedule of type test (grouping) . 27
Table 4 – Quality conformance inspection (1 of 7). 29
Table 5 – Variant A of reed switches (1 of 2). 37
Table 6 – Variant A of heavy-duty reed switches (1 of 2). 39
Table 7 – Variant B of heavy-duty reed switches . 41
Table 8 – Environmental data for reed switches . 42
Table 9 – Reliability data for reed switches . 42

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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REED SWITCHES –

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FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
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8) Attention is drawn to the Normative references cited in this publication. Use of the referenced publications is
indispensable for the correct application of this publication.
9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 62246-1-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 94: All-
or-nothing electrical relays.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2013. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
editions:
a) update of the scope, references and terms and definitions;
b) inclusion of guidelines for the preparation of blank detail and detail specifications;
c) update of characteristics values including functional ratings for safety;
d) update of the quality conformance inspection procedures;
e) update of typical applications.

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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
94/426/FDIS 94/427/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
This document is to be used in conjunction with IEC 62246-1:2015.
A list of all parts in the IEC 62246 series, published under the general title Reed switches, can
be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

IMPORTANT – The 'colour inside' logo on the cover page of this publication indicates
that it contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct
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INTRODUCTION
Reed switches which are in mass production and which are widely used, in practice could be
classified by the following characteristics:
a) Size:
• Normal or standard reed switches with a tube more than 50 mm in length and more
than 5 mm in diameter;
• Sub-miniature reed switches with a tube more than 20 mm and up to 50 mm in length
and up to 5 mm in diameter;
• Miniature reed switches with a tube more than 10 mm and up to 20 mm in length and
more than 2 mm and up to 5 mm in diameter;
• Micro-miniature reed switches with a tube up to 10 mm in length and up to 2 mm in
diameter.
b) Type of switching of electric circuit:
• Closing or normally open – A type or NO;
• Opening or normally closed – B type or NC;
• Changeover – C type or CO.
c) Withstand voltage level:
• Low-voltage (up to 1 000 V);
• High-voltage (more than 1 000 V).
d) Switches power:
• Low-power (up to 60 W or 60 VA);
• Power (100 W to 1 000 W or 100 VA to 1 000 VA);
• High-power (more than 1 000 W or 1 000 VA).
e) Types of electric contacts:
• The tube is filled with dry air, gas mixture, vacuumized, or high pressurized.
Based on the general provisions of IEC 62246-1:2015, this document selects and specifies
blank detail and detail specifications including safety contact ratings and test procedures for
reed switches where enhanced requirements for the verification of quality assessment
specification apply.
This document describes sampling and test schedules for qualification approval procedures,
quality conformance inspection, formation of inspection lots and intervals between tests.
NOTE All type of reed switches exclude mercury reed switches.

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1 Scope
This part of IEC 62246 which is a blank detail specification defines requirements and tests for
reed switches for use in general and industrial applications.
This document is intended to be used in conjunction with IEC 62246-1:2015 and specific
products standards applying as switching elements.
This document selects from IEC 62246-1:2015 and from other sources the appropriate test
procedures to be used in detail specifications derived from this specification.
Reed switch types are specified depending on characteristic values including functional
ratings for safety and tests.
NOTE Mercury wetted reed switches are not covered by this document due to their possible environmental impact.
2 Normative references
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.
IEC 60068-2-6:2007, Environmental testing – Part 2-6: Tests – Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal)
IEC 60068-2-11:1981, Basic environmental testing procedures – Part 2-11: Tests – Test Ka:
Salt mist
IEC 60068-2-14:2009, Environmental testing – Part 2-14: Tests – Test N: Change of
temperature
IEC 60068-2-17:1994, Environmental testing – Part 2-17: Tests – Test Q: Sealing
IEC 60068-2-20:2008, Environmental testing – 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 – Part 2-21: Tests – Test U: Robustness of
terminations and integral mounting devices
IEC 60068-2-78:2012, Environmental testing – Part 2-78: Tests – Test Cab: Damp heat,
steady state
IEC 60127-2:2014, Miniature fuses – Part 2: Cartridge fuse-links
IEC 61373:2010, Railway applications – Rolling stock equipment – Shock and vibration tests
IEC 61810-2:2017, Electromechanical elementary relays – Part 2: Reliability

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IEC 61810-2-1:2017, Electromechanical elementary relays – Part 2-1: Reliability – Procedure
for the verification of B values
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IEC 62246-1:2015, Reed switches – Part 1: Generic specification
ISO 2859-1:1999, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes – Part 1: Sampling
schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection
3 Terms and definitions
The terms and definitions given in IEC 62246-1:2015 and the following, apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1 reed switch types
3.1.1
type
products having similar design features and nominal dimensions manufactured by the same
techniques and falling within a range of ratings specified by the manufacturer
Note 1 to entry: Mounting accessories are ignored, provided they have no significant effect on the test results.
3.1.2
variant
variation within a type having specific characteristics
3.1.3
reed switch
assembly containing contact blades, partly or completely made of magnetic material,
hermetically sealed in an envelope and controlled by means of an externally generated
magnetic field (e.g. an energizing quantity applied to a coil)
3.1.4
high voltage vacuum reed switch
reed switch, in which ability to switch high voltages is achieved by a high vacuum within the
hermetically sealed envelope
3.1.5
heavy-duty reed switch
reed switch, in which greater switching capacity is achieved
Note 1 to entry: Blades having additional contact tips or a contact tip and spring which separate the magnetic
path and electric path are typical examples of techniques to increase switching capacity.
3.2 tests
3.2.1
type test
test of one or more reed switches made to a certain design to show that the design meets
certain specifications
3.2.2
routine test
conformity test made on each reed switch during or after manufacture

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3.2.3
lot-by-lot test
test carried out periodically on a sample of reed switches drawn from running production at
least once a month
3.2.4
periodic test
test carried out periodically on a sample of reed switches drawn from running production at
least once a year and every two years
Note 1 to entry: The results from periodic tests are used to verify that the level of technical performance is
maintained.
Note 2 to entry: Sub-groups intervals between tests A0, A4 and B1, C1 and C4 are specified in 4.8.
3.3 inspection
3.3.1
inspection
process of measuring, examining, testing, or otherwise comparing the unit of product with the
specified requirements
3.3.2
IL
inspection level
specification of lower limits for lot-by-lot test
Note 1 to entry: See ISO 2859-1:1999, Clause 9.
3.3.3
AQL
acceptance quality limit
maximum percent of defects that can be tolerance as a risk, stated for purposes of sampling
inspection
Note 1 to entry: Sample inspection with associated risk tolerance is employed only where all units of product
within an inspection lot is expected to completely comply with specification requirements.
3.4 safety and failure modes
3.4.1
B value
10
, the time (in number of cycles) by which 10 % of the population will have
point estimate of B
10
failed
Note 1 to entry: When B values are specified in the detail specifications, the electrical endurance test should
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measure all failures according to IEC 61810-2.
No
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