Fire hazard testing - Part 2-12: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire flammability index (GWFI) test method for materials (IEC 60695-2-12:2021)

This part of IEC 60695 specifies the details of the glow-wire test to be applied to test
specimens of solid electrical insulating materials or other solid materials for flammability
testing to determine the glow-wire flammability index (GWFI).
GWFI is the highest temperature, determined during this standardized procedure, at which the
tested material does not ignite or, if it does, extinguishes within 30 s after removal of the
glow-wire and is not totally consumed; and molten drips, if they occur, do not ignite the
wrapping tissue.
This test method is a materials test carried out on a series of standard test specimens. The
data obtained, along with data from the glow-wire ignition temperature (GWIT) test method for
materials, IEC 60695-2-13, can then be used in a preselection process in accordance with
IEC 60695-1-30 [4] to judge the ability of materials to meet the requirements of
IEC 60695-2-11.
NOTE As an outcome of conducting a fire hazard assessment, an appropriate series of preselection flammability
and ignition tests can allow a reduction of end product testing.
This basic safety publication focusing on safety test method(s) is primarily intended for use by
technical committees in the preparation of safety publications in accordance with the
principles laid down in IEC Guide 104 and ISO/IEC Guide 51.
One of the responsibilities of a technical committee is, wherever applicable, to make use of
basic safety publications in the preparation of its publications.

Prüfungen zur Beurteilung der Brandgefahr - Teil 2-12: Prüfverfahren mit dem Glühdraht - Prüfung mit dem Glühdraht zur Entflammbarkeit (GWFI) von Werkstoffen (IEC 60695-2-12:2021)

Essais relatifs aux risques du feu - Partie 2-12: Essais au fil incandescent/chauffant - Méthode d'essai d'indice d'inflammabilité au fil incandescent (GWFI) pour matériaux (IEC 60695-2-12:2021)

IEC 60695-2-12:2021 est disponible sous forme de IEC 60695-2-12:2021 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.

IEC 60695-2-12:2021 décrit les informations détaillées de l’essai au fil incandescent destiné à être appliqué à des éprouvettes d’essai de matériaux isolants électriques solides ou autres matériaux solides pour les essais d’inflammabilité dans le but de déterminer l’indice d’inflammabilité au fil incandescent (GWFI, glow-wire flammability index). Le GWFI est la température la plus élevée, déterminée durant cette procédure normalisée, à laquelle le matériau en essai ne s’enflamme pas ou s’il s’enflamme, s’éteint dans les 30 s qui suivent le retrait du fil incandescent et n’est pas entièrement consumé; et des gouttes en fusion, s’il y a lieu, n’enflamment pas le papier mousseline. Cette méthode d’essai est un essai de matériaux exécuté sur une série d’éprouvettes d'essai normalisées. Les données obtenues, ainsi que les données issues de la méthode d’essai de température d’allumabilité au fil incandescent (GWIT, glow-wire ignition temperature) pour matériaux, IEC 60695-2-13, peuvent alors être utilisées dans un processus de présélection conformément à l’IEC 60695 1 30 [4] pour estimer l'aptitude des matériaux à satisfaire aux exigences de l’IEC 60695 2 11. La présente publication fondamentale de sécurité, fondée sur la ou les méthodes d'essai de sécurité, est essentiellement destinée à être utilisée par les comités d’études dans le cadre de l’élaboration de publications de sécurité conformément aux principes établis dans le Guide IEC 104 et le Guide ISO/IEC 51. L’une des responsabilités d’un comité d’études consiste, le cas échéant, à utiliser les publications fondamentales de sécurité dans le cadre de l’élaboration de ses publications. Cette norme doit être utilisée conjointement avec l’IEC 60695-2-10. Cette troisième édition annule et remplace la deuxième édition parue en 2010 et l'Amendement 1:2014. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:
a) ajout à l’Article 3 de nouveaux termes et définitions, ayant rapport aux moments et durées, applicables à la méthode d'essai.

Preskušanje požarne ogroženosti - 2-12. del: Preskusne metode z žarilno žico - Preskusna metoda za materiale: indeks vnetljivosti z žarilno žico (GWFI) (IEC 60695-2-12:2021)

Ta del standarda IEC 60695 podrobno določa preskus z žarilno žico, ki se uporablja za preskušance trdnih električnih izolacijskih materialov ali drugih trdnih materialov za preskus vnetljivosti, s katerim se določi indeks vnetljivosti z žarilno žico (GWFI). Indeks vnetljivosti z žarilno žico je najvišja temperatura, določena med tem standardiziranim postopkom, pri kateri se preskušeni material ne vname, oziroma če se vname, plamen ugasne v 30 sekundah po odstranitvi žarilne žice in material ne izgori v celoti, staljene kapljice, če se pojavijo, pa ne zanetijo ovojnega tkiva. Ta preskusna metoda vključuje preskus materialov, ki se izvede na več standardnih preskušancih. Pridobljene podatke je mogoče nato skupaj s podatki iz preskusne metode za materiale z indeksom vnetljivosti z žarilno žico (IEC 60695-2-13) uporabiti v predizbirnem postopku v skladu s standardom IEC 60695-1-30 [4], da se oceni zmožnost materialov za izpolnjevanje zahtev standarda IEC 60695-2-11. OPOMBA: Kot rezultat ocenjevanja požarne ogroženosti je mogoče z ustreznim naborom predizbirnih preskusov vnetljivosti in vžiga zmanjšati število preskusov končnega izdelka. Ta osnovna varnostna publikacija, ki se osredotoča na varnostne preskusne metode, je namenjena predvsem tehničnim odborom za pripravo varnostnih publikacij v skladu z načeli vodil IEC 104 in ISO/IEC 51. Ena od dolžnosti tehničnega odbora je, da med pripravo publikacij uporablja osnovne varnostne publikacije, kadar je to primerno.

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Publication Date
02-Dec-2021
Technical Committee
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
29-Nov-2021
Due Date
03-Feb-2022
Completion Date
03-Dec-2021

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 60695-2-12:2022
01-januar-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60695-2-12:2011
SIST EN 60695-2-12:2011/A1:2015
Preskušanje požarne ogroženosti - 2-12. del: Preskusne metode z žarilno žico -
Preskusna metoda za materiale: indeks vnetljivosti z žarilno žico (GWFI) (IEC
60695-2-12:2021)
Fire hazard testing - Part 2-12: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods - Glow-wire
flammability index (GWFI) test method for materials (IEC 60695-2-12:2021)
Prüfungen zur Beurteilung der Brandgefahr - Teil 2-12: Prüfverfahren mit dem Glühdraht
- Prüfung mit dem Glühdraht zur Entflammbarkeit (GWFI) von Werkstoffen (IEC 60695-2
-12:2021)
Essais relatifs aux risques du feu - Partie 2-12: Essais au fil incandescent/chauffant -
Méthode d'essai d'indice d'inflammabilité au fil incandescent (GWFI) pour matériaux (IEC
60695-2-12:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60695-2-12:2021
ICS:
13.220.40 Sposobnost vžiga in Ignitability and burning
obnašanje materialov in behaviour of materials and
proizvodov pri gorenju products
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
SIST EN IEC 60695-2-12:2022 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60695-2-12

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2021
ICS 13.220.40; 29.020 Supersedes EN 60695-2-12:2010 and all of its
amendments and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Fire hazard testing - Part 2-12: Glowing/hot-wire based test
methods - Glow-wire flammability index (GWFI) test method for
materials
(IEC 60695-2-12:2021)
Essais relatifs aux risques du feu - Partie 2-12: Essais au fil Prüfungen zur Beurteilung der Brandgefahr - Teil 2-12:
incandescent/chauffant - Méthode d'essai d'indice Prüfverfahren mit dem Glühdraht - Prüfung mit dem
d'inflammabilité au fil incandescent (GWFI) pour matériaux Glühdraht zur Entflammbarkeit (GWFI) von Werkstoffen
(IEC 60695-2-12:2021) (IEC 60695-2-12:2021)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2021-11-12. 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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, 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
© 2021 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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EN IEC 60695-2-12:2021 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 89/1537/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 60695-2-12, prepared by IEC/TC 89 “Fire
hazard testing” was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
EN IEC 60695-2-12:2021.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2022–08–12
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024–11–12
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60695-2-12:2010 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
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.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60695-2-12:2021 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 60695-1-10 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60695-1-10
IEC 60695-1-11 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60695-1-11
IEC 60695-2-11 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60695-2-11
IEC 60695-1-30 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60695-1-30
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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 60695-2-10 - Fire hazard testing - Part 2–10: EN 60695-2-10 -
Glowing/hot-wire based test methods -
Glow-wire apparatus and common test
procedure
IEC 60695-2-13 - Fire hazard testing - Part 2–13: EN IEC 60695-2-13 -
Glowing/hot-wire based test methods -
Glow-wire ignition temperature (GWIT) test
method for materials
IEC 60695-4 2021 Fire hazard testing - Part 4: Terminology EN IEC 60695-4 2021
concerning fire tests for electrotechnical
products
ISO 291 2008 Plastics - Standard atmospheres for EN ISO 291 2008
conditioning and testing
ISO 293 - Plastics - Compression moulding of test EN ISO 293 -
specimens of thermoplastic materials
ISO 294 series Plastics - Injection moulding of test EN ISO 294 series
specimens of thermoplastic materials
ISO 295 - Plastics - Compression moulding of test EN ISO 295 -
specimens of thermosetting materials
ISO 13943 2017 Fire safety - Vocabulary EN ISO 13943 2017


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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Test specimens . 8
4.1 Test specimen preparation . 8
4.2 Test specimen dimensions . 8
4.3 Testing ranges in formulations . 9
4.3.1 General . 9
4.3.2 Density, melt flows and filler/reinforcement . 9
4.3.3 Colour . 9
5 Apparatus . 9
6 Temperature measuring system verification . 9
7 Conditioning and test conditions . 9
7.1 Conditioning of test specimens . 9
7.2 Conditioning of the wrapping tissue and the wooden board . 10
7.3 Testing conditions . 10
8 Test procedure . 10
8.1 General . 10
8.2 Initial test temperatures . 10
8.3 Test temperatures . 10
9 Observations and measurements . 11
9.1 Initial observations . 11
9.2 Test observations . 11
10 Evaluation of test results . 11
10.1 Test criteria . 11
10.2 Glow-wire flammability index . 12
11 Test report . 12
Bibliography . 13

Table 1 – Initial test temperatures . 10

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FIRE HAZARD TESTING –

Part 2-12: Glowing/hot-wire based test methods –
Glow-wire flammability index (GWFI) test method for materials

FOREWORD
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IEC 60695-2-12 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 89: Fire hazard testing. It is
an International Standard.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 2010 and
Amendment 1:2014. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) New terms and definitions with regards to times and durations have been added to
Clause 3, with an effect on the application of the test method.

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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
89/1537/FDIS 89/1545/RVD

Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
the above table.
The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.
This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in
accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement,
available at www.iec.ch/members_experts/refdocs. The main document types developed by
IEC are described in greater detail at www.iec.ch/standardsdev/publications.
It has the status of a basic safety publication in accordance with IEC Guide 104.
This standard is to be used in conjunction with IEC 60695-2-10.
A list of all the parts in the IEC 60695 series, under the general title Fire hazard testing, can
be found on the IEC web site.
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.

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INTRODUCTION
In the design of any electrotechnical product, the risk of fire and the potential hazards
associated with fire need to be considered. In this respect the objective of component, circuit,
and product design, as well as the choice of materials, is to reduce to acceptable levels the
potential risks of fire during normal operating conditions, reasonable foreseeable abnormal
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use, malfunction a
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