SIST EN IEC 60684-2:2025
(Main)Flexible insulating sleeving - Part 2: Methods of test (IEC 60684-2:2025)
Flexible insulating sleeving - Part 2: Methods of test (IEC 60684-2:2025)
IEC 60684-2:2025 gives methods of test for flexible insulating sleeving, including heat-shrinkable sleeving, intended primarily for insulating electrical conductors and connections of electrical apparatus, although they can be used for other purposes. The tests specified are designed to control the quality of the sleeving but it is recognized that they do not completely establish the suitability of sleeving for impregnation or encapsulation processes or for other specialized applications. Where necessary, the test methods in this document will be supplemented by appropriate impregnation or compatibility tests to suit the individual circumstances. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2011.This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) major update of normative references;
b) revision of Clause 5, with amendment of methods for measurements of bore and wall thickness;
c) revision of Clause 11, to clarify that the longitudinal change test is done on expanded sleeving;
d) revision of Clause 28, additional method D for flame propagation testing;
e) revision of Clause 56, additional method for preparation of samples for adhesive peel test;
f) addition of Clause 63, abrasion test method;
g) addition of Clause 64, volume resistivity for semi-conducting materials;
h) addition of Clause 65, outgassing;
i) addition of Clause 66, resistance to weathering.
Isolierschläuche - Teil 2: Prüfverfahren (IEC 60684-2:2025)
Gaines isolantes souples - Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai (IEC 60684-2:2025)
L'IEC 60684-2:2025 donne les méthodes d'essai pour les gaines isolantes souples, y compris les gaines thermorétractables, initialement conçues pour isoler les conducteurs électriques et les connexions des appareils électriques, même si elles peuvent être utilisées à d'autres fins. Les essais spécifiés sont conçus pour contrôler la qualité des gaines, mais il reste entendu qu'ils ne permettent pas d'établir entièrement l'aptitude de celles-ci à l'imprégnation ou à l'enrobage, pas plus que leur aptitude à être utilisées pour d'autres applications spécialisées. S'il y a lieu, les méthodes d'essai spécifiées dans le présent document sont complétées par des essais appropriés d'imprégnation ou de compatibilité en fonction des cas particuliers.
Cette quatrième édition annule et remplace la troisième édition parue en 2011. Cette édition constitue une révision technique.
Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:
a) mise à jour majeure des références normatives;
b) révision de l'Article 5, avec modification des méthodes de mesurage du diamètre intérieur et de l'épaisseur de paroi;
c) révision de l'Article 11, pour préciser que l'essai de variation longitudinale est effectué sur une gaine expansée;
d) révision de l'Article 28, méthode D supplémentaire pour les essais de propagation de la flamme;
e) révision de l'Article 56, méthode supplémentaire pour la préparation des échantillons d'essai d'arrachement adhésif;
f) ajout de l'Article 63, méthode d'essai d'abrasion;
g) ajout de l'Article 64, résistivité transversale pour les matériaux semiconducteurs;
h) ajout de l'Article 65, dégazage;
i) ajout de l'Article 66, résistance aux intempéries.
Gibke izolacijske cevi - 2. del: Preskusne metode (IEC 60684-2:2025)
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2025
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60684-2:2011
Gibke izolacijske cevi - 2. del: Preskusne metode (IEC 60684-2:2025)
Flexible insulating sleeving - Part 2: Methods of test (IEC 60684-2:2025)
Isolierschläuche - Teil 2: Prüfverfahren (IEC 60684-2:2025)
Gaines isolantes souples - Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai (IEC 60684-2:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60684-2:2025
ICS:
29.035.20 Plastični in gumeni izolacijski Plastics and rubber insulating
materiali materials
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60684-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM June 2025
ICS 17.220.99 Supersedes EN 60684-2:2011
English Version
Flexible insulating sleeving - Part 2: Methods of test
(IEC 60684-2:2025)
Gaines isolantes souples - Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai Isolierschläuche - Teil 2: Prüfverfahren
(IEC 60684-2:2025) (IEC 60684-2:2025)
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European foreword
The text of document 15/1046/FDIS, future edition 4 of IEC 60684-2, prepared by TC 15 "Solid
electrical insulating materials" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN IEC 60684-2:2025.
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document have to be withdrawn
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60684-2:2025 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 standard indicated:
IEC 60068-2 (series) NOTE Approved as EN IEC 60068-2 (series)
IEC 60068-2-10:2005 NOTE Approved as EN 60068-2-10:2005 (not modified)
IEC 60068-2-20:2021 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 60068-2-20:2021 (not modified)
IEC 60216-2:2005 NOTE Approved as EN 60216-2:2005 (not modified)
IEC 60304:1982 NOTE Approved as HD 402 S2:1984 (not modified)
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.cencenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60212 - Standard conditions for use prior to and EN 60212 -
during the testing of solid electrical insulating
materials
IEC 60216 series Electrical insulating materials - Thermal EN 60216 series
endurance properties
IEC 60216-4-1 - Electrical insulating materials - Thermal EN 60216-4-1 -
endurance properties - Part 4-1: Ageing
ovens - Single-chamber ovens
IEC 60216-4-2 - Electrical insulating materials - Thermal EN 60216-4-2 -
endurance properties - Part 4-2: Ageing
ovens - Precision ovens for use up to 300 °C
IEC 60243-1 - Electric strength of insulating materials - EN 60243-1 -
Test methods - Part 1: Tests at power
frequencies
IEC 60426 - Electrical insulating materials – EN 60426 -
Determination of electrolytic corrosion
caused by insulating materials – Test
methods
IEC 60587 - Electrical insulating materials used under EN IEC 60587 -
severe ambient conditions - Test methods
for evaluating resistance to tracking and
erosion
IEC 60589 - Methods of test for the determination of ionic HD 381 S1 -
impurities in electrical insulating materials by
extraction with liquids
IEC 60684-3 series Specification for flexible insulating sleeving - EN 60684-3 series
- Part 3: Specification requirements for
individual types of sleeving
IEC 60695-6-1 - Fire hazard testing - Part 6-1: Smoke EN IEC 60695-6-1 -
obscuration - General guidance
IEC/TS 60695-11-21 - Fire hazard testing – Part 11-21: Test flames - -
– 500 W vertical flame test method for
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
tubular polymeric materials
IEC 60754-1 - Test on gases evolved during combustion of EN 60754-1 -
materials from cables - Part 1: Determination
of the halogen acid gas content
IEC 60754-2 - Test on gases evolved during combustion of EN 60754-2 -
materials from cables - Part 2: Determination
of acidity (by pH measurement) and
conductivity
IEC 62631-2-1 - Dielectric and resistive properties of solid EN IEC 62631-2-1 -
insulating materials – Part 2-1: Relative
permittivity and dissipation factor –
Technical Frequencies (0,1 Hz – 10 MHz) –
AC Methods
IEC 62631-3-1 - Dielectric and resistive properties of solid EN IEC 62631-3-1 -
insulating materials - Part 3-1: Determination
of resistive properties (DC methods) -
Volume resistance and volume resistivity -
General method
ISO 5-1 - Photography and graphic technology -- - -
Density measurements -- Part 1: Geometry
and functional notation
ISO 5-2 - Photography and graphic technology - - -
Density measurements – Part 2: Geometric
conditions for transmittance density
ISO 5-3 - Photography and graphic technology - - -
Density measurements – Part 3: Spectral
conditions
ISO 5-4 - Photography and graphic technology -- - -
Density measurements -- Part 4: Geometric
conditions for reflection density
ISO 37 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - - -
Determination of tensile stress-strain
properties
ISO 62 - Plastics- Determination of water absorption EN ISO 62 -
ISO 105-A02 - Textiles - Tests for colour fastness -- Part EN 20105-A02 -
A02: Grey scale for assessing change in
colour
ISO 105-B01 - Textiles – Tests for colour fastness – Part EN ISO 105-B01 -
B01: Colour fastness to light: Daylight
ISO 182-1 - Plastics; determination of the tendency of - -
compounds and products based on vinyl
chloride homopolymers and copolymers to
evolve hydrogen chloride and any other
acidic products at elevated temperatures;
part 1: Congo red method
ISO 182-2 - Plastics - Determination of the tendency of EN ISO 182-2 -
compounds and products based on vinyl
chloride homopolymers and copolymers to
evolve hydrogen chloride and any other
acidic products at elevated temperature --
Part 2: pH method
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
ISO 974 - Plastics - Determination of the brittleness - -
temperature by impact
ISO 1431-1 - Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - - -
Resistance to ozone cracking - Part 1: Static
and dynamic strain testing
ISO 13943 - Fire safety – Vocabulary EN ISO 13943 -
ISO 4589-2 - Plastics – Determination of burning EN ISO 4589-2 -
behaviour by oxygen index – Part 2:
Ambient-temperature test
ISO 4589-3 - Plastics – Determination of burning EN ISO 4589-3 -
behaviour by oxygen index – Part 3:
Elevated-temperature test
ISO 4892-3 - Plastics – Methods of exposure to laboratory EN ISO 4892-3 -
light sources – Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps
ASTM E 595-15 2021 Standard Test Method for Total Mass Loss - -
and Collected Volatile Condensable
Materials from Outgassing in a Vacuum
Environment
IEC 60684-2 ®
Edition 4.0 2025-05
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Flexible insulating sleeving –
Part 2: Methods of test
Gaines isolantes souples –
Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai
ICS 17.220.99 ISBN 978-2-8327-0378-6
IEC 60684-2:2025-05(en-fr)
– 2 – IEC 60684-2:2025 © IEC 2025
CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 12
INTRODUCTION . 14
1 Scope . 15
2 Normative references . 15
3 Terms and definitions . 17
4 Test conditions . 17
4.1 Standard test conditions . 17
4.2 Elevated temperature test conditions . 17
4.3 Low temperature test conditions. 17
5 Measurements of bore, wall thickness and concentricity . 18
5.1 General . 18
5.2 Bore . 18
5.2.1 Number of test specimens . 18
5.2.2 General method . 18
5.2.3 Relaxed bore of expandable braided sleeving . 18
5.2.4 Expanded bore of expandable braided sleeving . 19
5.2.5 Result . 19
5.3 Wall thickness for textile sleeving . 19
5.3.1 Number of test specimens . 19
5.3.2 Procedure . 19
5.3.3 Result . 19
5.4 Minimum/maximum wall thickness and concentricity for extruded sleeving . 19
5.4.1 Number of test specimens . 19
5.4.2 Wall thickness . 19
5.4.3 Concentricity . 20
5.4.4 Result . 20
6 Density . 20
6.1 Number of test specimens . 20
6.2 Procedure . 20
6.3 Result . 21
7 Resistance to splitting after heating . 21
7.1 Number of test specimens . 21
7.2 Form of test specimen. 21
7.3 Procedure . 21
7.4 Result . 21
8 Heat shock (resistance to heat) .
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