Arc welding equipment - Part 6: Limited duty equipment

This part of IEC 60974 specifies safety and performance requirements applicable to limited
duty arc welding and cutting power sources and auxiliaries designed for use by laymen.
Electrically powered equipment is intended to be connected to the single phase public lowvoltage
supply system. Engine driven power sources cannot exceed output power of 7,5 kVA.
NOTE 1 This equipment is typically used by non-professionals in residential areas.
This part of IEC 60974 is not applicable to arc welding and cutting power sources that require
for operation:
• arc striking and stabilizing devices;
• liquid cooling systems;
• gas consoles;
• three-phase input supply;
and which are intended for industrial and professional use only.
This part of IEC 60974 is not applicable to arc welding and cutting power sources and
ancillary equipment used in:
• mechanically guided applications;
• submerged arc welding process;
• plasma gouging process;
• plasma welding process;
that are covered by other parts of IEC 60974.
NOTE 2 Power sources, wire feeders, torches and electrode holders designed for industrial and professional use
are respectively covered by IEC 60974-1, IEC 60974-5, IEC 60974-7 and IEC 60974-11.
NOTE 3 This part of IEC 60974 does not specify electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements that are given
in IEC 60974-10.

Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 6: Schweißstromquellen mit begrenzter Einschaltdauer

Matériel de soudage à l'arc - Partie 6: Matériel à service limité

L'IEC 60974-6:2015 spécifie les exigences de sécurité et de performance qui s'appliquent aux sources de courant de soudage et de coupage à l'arc à service limité et équipement auxiliaires conçus pour être utilisés par des personnes non professionnelles. Le matériel électrique est prévu pour être connecté à un système d'alimentation public à basse tension et monophasé. Les groupes électrogènes de soudage ne peuvent pas dépasser une puissance de sortie de 7,5 kVA. Cette troisième édition annule et remplace la deuxième édition parue en 2010. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Les modifications techniques majeures par rapport à l'édition précédente sont les suivantes:
- conditions de mesure modifiées (voir 7.3.1);
- valeurs améliorées pour les limites de température conformément à la classe d'isolation (voir Tableau 1);
- limites de températures maximales améliorées (voir Tableau 2);
- suppression de l'essai de surcharge.
Cette publication doit être lue conjointement avec la IEC 60974-1:2012.

Oprema za obločno varjenje - 6. del: Oprema za omejeno uporabo

Ta del standarda IEC 60974 določa zahteve glede varnosti in učinkovitosti, ki se uporabljajo za opremo za omejeno uporabo pri obločnem varjenju in rezanju, ki ga izvajajo neprofesionalni uporabniki.
Električna oprema je namenjena za priključitev na javno enofazno nizkonapetostno omrežje. Vir energije, ki poganja motor, ne sme presegati izhodne moči 7,5 kVA.
OPOMBA 1: Takšno opremo običajno uporabljajo neprofesionalci v stanovanjskih območjih.
Ta del standarda IEC 60974 se ne uporablja za vire energije za obločno varjenje in rezanje, kjer so za delovanje potrebuje:
• naprave za obločne udare in stabilizacijo;
• tekočinske hladilne sisteme;
• plinske konzole;
• trifazne vire energije;
in ki so namenjeni samo za industrijsko in profesionalno uporabo.
Ta del standarda IEC 60974 se ne uporablja za vire energije za obločno varjenje in rezanje ter opremo, ki se uporablja za:
• mehansko vodene aplikacije;
• varjenje pod praškom;
• plazemsko dolbenje;
• plazemsko varjenje;
kar je zajeto v drugih delih standarda IEC 60974.
OPOMBA 2: Viri energije, podajalniki žice, gorilniki in držala elektrod, namenjeni za industrijsko in profesionalno uporabo, so ločeno zajeti v standardih IEC 60974-1, IEC 60974-5, IEC 60974-7 in IEC 60974-11.
OPOMBA 3: Ta del standarda IEC 60974 ne obravnava zahtev za elektromagnetno združljivost (EMC), ki so zajete v standardu IEC 60974-10.

General Information

Status
Published
Publication Date
21-Mar-2016
Technical Committee
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
27-Jan-2016
Due Date
02-Apr-2016
Completion Date
22-Mar-2016

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EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 60974-6
January 2016 ICS 25.160.30
Supersedes
EN 60974-6:2011
English Version
Arc welding equipment - Part 6: Limited duty equipment (IEC 60974-6:2015)
Matériel de soudage à l'arc - Partie 6: Matériel à service limité (IEC 60974-6:2015)
Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 6: Schweißstromquellen mit begrenzter Einschaltdauer (IEC 60974-6:2015) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2015-10-27. 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, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
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B-1000 Brussels © 2016 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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EN 60974-6:2016 2 European foreword The text of document 26/572/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 60974-6, prepared by IEC/TC 26 "Electric welding" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60974-6:2016. The following dates are fixed: • latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2016-07-27 • latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the document have to be withdrawn (dow) 2018-10-27
This document supersedes EN 60974-6:2011. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This standard covers the Principle Elements of the Safety Objectives for Electrical Equipment Designed for Use within Certain Voltage Limits (LVD - 2006/95/EC). This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 60974-6:2015 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 60085 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60085. IEC 60127-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60127-1. IEC 60269-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60269-1. IEC 60974 NOTE Harmonized in EN 60974 series. IEC 61558-1:2005 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61558-1:2005 (not modified). SIST EN 60974-6:2016



EN 60974-6:2016 3 Annex ZA (normative)
Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. NOTE 1 When 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 60529 -
Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code) EN 60529 -
IEC 60974-1 2012
Arc welding equipment - Part 1: Welding power sources EN 60974-1 2012
IEC 60974-5 2013
Arc welding equipment - Part 5: Wire feeders EN 60974-5 2013
IEC 60974-7 2013
Arc welding equipment - Part 7:Torches EN 60974-7 2013
IEC 60974-10 -
Arc welding equipment - Part 10: Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements EN 60974-10 -
IEC 60974-11 -
Arc welding equipment - Part 11: Electrode holders EN 60974-11 -
IEC 61032 1997
Protection of persons and equipment by enclosures - Probes for verification EN 61032 1998
ISO 2503 -
Gas welding equipment - Pressure regulators and pressure regulators with flow-metering devices for gas cylinders used in welding, cutting and allied processes up to 300 bar (30 MPa) EN ISO 2503 -
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IEC 60974-6 Edition 3.0 2015-09 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD NORME INTERNATIONALE Arc welding equipment –
Part 6: Limited duty equipment
Matériel de soudage à l’arc –
Partie 6: Matériel à service limité
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– 2 – IEC 60974-6:2015 © IEC 2015 CONTENTS FOREWORD . 6 1 Scope . 8 2 Normative references . 8 3 Terms and definitions . 9 4 Environmental conditions . 10 5 Tests . 10 5.1 Test conditions . 10 5.2 Measuring instruments . 10 5.3 Conformity of components . 10 5.4 Type tests . 10 5.5 Routine tests. 11 6 Protection against electric shock . 11 6.1 Insulation . 11 6.1.1 General . 11 6.1.2 Clearances . 11 6.1.3 Creepage distances . 11 6.1.4 Insulation resistance . 12 6.1.5 Dielectric strength . 12 6.2 Protection against electric shock in normal service (direct contact) . 12 6.2.1 Protection provided by the enclosure . 12 6.2.2 Capacitors . 12 6.2.3 Automatic discharge of supply circuit capacitors . 13 6.3 Protection against electric shock in case of a fault condition (indirect contact) . 13 6.3.1 Protective provisions . 13 6.3.2 Isolation between windings of the supply circuit and the welding circuit . 13 6.3.3 Internal conductors and connections . 13 6.3.4 Additional requirements for plasma cutting systems . 13 6.3.5 Movable coils and cores . 13 6.3.6 Touch current in fault condition . 13 7 Thermal requirements . 15 7.1 Devices for thermal protection and thermal control . 15 7.2 Heating test . 15 7.2.1 Test conditions . 15 7.2.2 Tolerances of the test parameters . 15 7.2.3 Rated maximum welding current . 15 7.2.4 Calculation . 16 7.3 Temperature measurement . 16 7.3.1 Measurement condition . 16 7.3.2 Surface temperature sensor . 16 7.3.3 Resistance . 16 7.3.4 Embedded temperature sensor . 16 7.3.5 Determination of the ambient air temperature . 16 7.3.6 Recording of temperatures . 17 7.4 Limits of temperature . 17 7.4.1 Windings, commutators and slip-rings . 17 SIST EN 60974-6:2016



IEC 60974-6:2015 © IEC 2015 – 3 – 7.4.2 External surfaces . 17 7.4.3 Other components . 17 7.5 Loading test . 17 7.6 Commutators and slip-rings . 18 8 Thermal control device . 18 8.1 Construction . 18 8.2 Location . 18 8.3 Operation . 18 8.4 Resetting . 18 8.5 Operating capacity . 19 8.6 Indication . 19 9 Thermal protection. 19 9.1 Construction . 19 9.2 Location . 19 9.3 Operation . 19 10 Abnormal operation . 20 10.1 General requirements . 20 10.2 Stalled fan test . 20 10.3 Short circuit test . 20 11 Connection to the input supply network . 21 11.1 Input supply . 21 11.1.1 Supply voltage . 21 11.1.2 Supply current . 21 11.1.3 Engine driven welding power source . 21 11.2 Multi supply voltage . 21 11.3 Means of connection to the supply circuit . 21 11.4 Supply circuit terminals . 21 11.5 Cable anchorage . 22 11.6 Inlet openings . 22 11.7 Supply circuit on/off switching device . 22 11.8 Supply cables . 22 11.9 Supply coupling device (attachment plug) . 22 12 Output . 22 12.1 Rated no-load voltage . 22 12.1.1 Rated no-load voltage for arc welding power source . 22 12.1.2 Rated no-load voltage for plasma cutting power source . 23 12.1.3 Additional requirements . 23 12.1.4 Measuring circuit . 24 12.2 Type test values of the conventional load voltage . 25 12.2.1 Manual metal arc welding with covered electrodes . 25 12.2.2 Tungsten inert gas arc welding . 25 12.2.3 Metal inert/active gas and flux cored arc welding . 25 12.2.4 Plasma cutting . 25 12.2.5 Additional requirements . 25 12.3 Mechanical switching devices used to adjust output . 26 12.4 Welding circuit connections . 26 12.4.1 Protection against unintentional contact . 26 12.4.2 Location of coupling devices . 26 SIST EN 60974-6:2016



– 4 – IEC 60974-6:2015 © IEC 2015 12.4.3 Outlet openings . 26 12.4.4 Marking . 26 12.4.5 Connections for plasma cutting torches . 26 12.5 Power supply to external devices . 26 12.6 Auxiliary power output . 26 12.7 Welding cables . 26 13 Control circuits . 26 14 Hazard reducing device . 26 15 Mechanical provisions . 27 15.1 General requirements . 27 15.2 Enclosure . 27 15.2.1 Enclosure materials . 27 15.2.2 Enclosure strength . 27 15.3 Handling means . 27 15.4 Drop withstand . 27 15.5 Tilting stability . 27 16 Auxiliaries . 27 16.1 General . 27 16.2 Wire feeder . 27 16.2.1 General . 27 16.2.2 Test conditions . 27 16.2.3 Thermal requirements . 28 16.2.4 Protection against unintentional contact . 28 16.3 Torch . 28 16.3.1 General . 28 16.3.2 Test conditions . 28 16.3.3 Thermal requirements . 28 16.4 Electrode holder. 28 16.5 Pressure regulator . 28 17 Rating plate . 28 17.1 General requirements . 28 17.2 Description . 28 17.3 Contents . 29 17.4 Tolerances . 31 18 Adjustment of the output . 32 19 Instructions and markings . 32 19.1 Instructions . 32 19.1.1 General . 32 19.1.2 Instruction manual . 32 19.1.3 Safety instructions . 32 19.2 Markings . 33 Annex A (informative)
Test probes . 35 Annex B (informative)
Examples of rating plates . 36 Annex C (informative)
Symbols-only precautionary label . 37 Bibliography . 38
Figure 1 – Measurement of touch current in fault condition . 14 SIST EN 60974-6:2016



IEC 60974-6:2015 © IEC 2015 – 5 – Figure 2 – Measuring network for weighted touch current . 14 Figure 3 – Measurement of r.m.s values . 24 Figure 4 – Measurement of peak values . 25 Figure 5 – Principle of the rating plate . 29 Figure A.1 – Test probe 12 of IEC 61032 . 35 Figure A.2 – Test probe 13 of IEC 61032 . 35 Figure B.1 – Rating plate . 36 Figure C.1 – Example of precautionary label for engine driven manual metal arc welding power source . 37
Table 1 – Temperature limits according to the class of insulation . 17 Table 2 – Maximum temperature limits . 20 Table 3 – Summary of rated no-load voltages . 24 Table 4 – Hazard reducing device requirements
for plasma cutting power source . 27
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ARC WELDING EQUIPMENT –
Part 6: Limited duty equipment
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IEC 60974-6:2015 © IEC 2015 – 7 – The text of this standard is based on the following documents: FDIS Report on voting 26/572/FDIS 26/581/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. This standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60974-1:2012. In this standard, the following print types are used: – conformity statements: in italic type. A list of all the parts in the IEC 60974 series, published under the general title Arc welding equipment, can be found on the IEC website. 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
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