SIST EN 60684-2:2011
Flexible insulating sleeving - Part 2: Methods of test
Flexible insulating sleeving - Part 2: Methods of test
This part of IEC 60684 gives methods of test for flexible insulating sleeving, including heatshrinkable
sleeving, intended primarily for insulating electrical conductors and connections of
electrical apparatus, although they may 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 part
will need to be supplemented by appropriate impregnation or compatibility tests to suit the
individual circumstances.
Isolierschläuche - Teil 2: Prüfverfahren
Gaines isolantes souples - Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai
La CEI 60684-2:2011 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 pour d'autres usages. 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, il sera nécessaire de compléter les méthodes d'essai spécifiées dans cette partie par des essais appropriés d'imprégnation ou de compatibilité en fonction des cas particuliers. Les principales modifications par rapport à l'édition précédente sont les suivantes: trois méthodes supplémentaires pour l'allongement circonférentiel, l'essai en tension et le choc thermique ainsi qu'un alignement avec les méthodes nord-américaines.
Gibke izolacijske cevi - 2. del: Preskusne metode
Ta del IEC 60684 podaja preskusne metode za gibke izolacijske cevi, vključno s toplotno skrčljivimi cevmi, ki se uporabljajo predvsem za izolacijo električnih prevodnikov in priključkov električnih aparatov, čeprav se lahko uporabljajo tudi za druge namene.
Opredeljeni preskusi so namenjeni nadzoru kakovosti cevi, vendar se priznava, da ne ugotavljajo v celoti primernosti cevi za impregnacijo in enkapsulacijo ali za druge posebne uporabe. Po potrebi se preskusne metode iz tega dela dopolnijo s primernimi preskusi impregnacije ali združljivosti, ki ustrezajo posameznim okoliščinam.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 60684-2:2011
01-december-2011
Gibke izolacijske cevi - 2. del: Preskusne metode
Flexible insulating sleeving - Part 2: Methods of test
Isolierschläuche - Teil 2: Prüfverfahren
Gaines isolantes souples - Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60684-2:2011
ICS:
29.035.20 3ODVWLþQLLQJXPHQLL]RODFLMVNL Plastics and rubber insulating
PDWHULDOL materials
SIST EN 60684-2:2011 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60684-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2011
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 17.220.99 Supersedes EN 60684-2:1997 + A1:2003 + A2:2005
English version
Flexible insulating sleeving -
Part 2: Methods of test
(IEC 60684-2:2011)
Gaines isolantes souples - Isolierschläuche – Teil 2: Prüfverfahren
Partie 2: Méthodes d'essai (IEC 60684-2:2011)
(CEI 60684-2:2011)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2011-09-14. 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
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Foreword
The text of document 15/634/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 60684-2, prepared by IEC TC 15, Solid
electrical insulating materials, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 60684-2:2011.
This document supersedes EN 60684-2:1997 + A1:2003 + A2:2005.
The main changes from EN 60684-2:1997 + A1:2003 + A2:2005 are as follows: three additional methods
for circumferential extension, voltage proof and thermal shock and alignment with North American
methods.
The following dates are fixed:
– latest date by which the document has to be implemented at (dop) 2012-06-14
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2014-09-14
document have to be withdrawn
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.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60684-2:2011 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:
NOTE Harmonized in EN 60068-2 series (not modified).
[2] IEC 60068-2 series
NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-10:2005 (not modified).
[3] IEC 60068-2-10:2005
NOTE Harmonized as EN 60216-2:2005 (not modified).
[4] IEC 60216-2:2005
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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 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
1)
IEC 60093 1980 Methods of test for volume resistivity and HD 429 S1 1983
surface resistivity of solid electrical insulating
materials
IEC 60212 2010 Standard conditions for use prior to and EN 60212 2011
during the testing of solid electrical insulating
materials
IEC 60216 Series Electrical insulating materials - Thermal EN 60216 Series
endurance properties
IEC 60216-4-1 2006 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal EN 60216-4-1 2006
endurance properties -
Part 4-1: Ageing ovens - Single-chamber
ovens
IEC 60216-4-2 2000 Electrical insulating materials - Thermal EN 60216-4-2 2000
endurance properties -
Part 4-2: Ageing ovens - Precision ovens for
use up to 300 °C
IEC 60243-1 1998 Electrical strength of insulating materials - EN 60243-1 1998
Test methods -
Part 1: Tests at power frequencies
2)
IEC 60250 1969 Recommended methods for the determination - -
of the permittivity and dielectric dissipation
factor of electrical insulating materials at
power, audio and radio frequencies including
metre wavelengths
IEC 60426 2007 Electrical insulating materials - Determination EN 60426 2007
of electrolytic corrosion caused by insulating
materials - Test methods
IEC 60587 2007 Electrical insulating materials used under EN 60587 2007
severe ambient conditions - Test methods for
evaluating resistance to tracking and erosion
IEC 60589 1977 Methods of test for the determination of ionic HD 381 S1 1979
impurities in electrical insulating materials by
extraction with liquids
1)
HD 429 S1 is superseded by EN 62631-1:2011, which is based on IEC 62631-1:2011.
2)
IEC 60250 is superseded by IEC 62631-1:2011.
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Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60684-3 Series Flexible insulating sleeving - EN 60684-3 Series
Part 3: Specification for individual types of
sleeving
IEC 60695-6-30 1996 Fire hazard testing - - -
Part 6: Guidance and test methods on the
assessment of obscuration hazard of vision
caused by smoke opacity from
electrotechnical products involved in fires -
Section 30: Small-scale static method -
Determination of smoke opacity - Description
of the apparatus
IEC/TS 60695-11-21 - Fire hazard testing - - -
Part 11-21: Test flames - 500 W vertical flame
test method for tubular polymeric materials
IEC 60754-1 1994 Test on gases evolved during combustion of - -
materials from cables -
Part 1: Determination of the amount of
halogen acid gas
3)
IEC 60754-2 (mod) 1991 Test on gases evolved during combustion of HD 602 S1 1992
electric cables -
Part 2: Determination of degree of acidity of
gases evolved during the combustion of
materials taken from electric cables by
measuring pH and conductivity
ISO 5-1 2009 Photography and graphic technology - Density - -
measurements -
Part 1: Geometry and functional notation
ISO 5-2 2009 Photography and graphic technology - Density - -
measurements -
Part 2: Geometric conditions for transmittance
density
ISO 5-3 2009 Photography and graphic technology - Density - -
measurements -
Part 3: Spectral conditions
ISO 5-4 2009 Photography and graphic technology - Density - -
measurements -
Part 4: Geometric conditions for reflection
density
ISO 37 2005 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - - -
Determination of tensile stress-strain
properties
ISO 62 2008 Plastics - Determination of water absorption EN ISO 62 2008
ISO 105-A02 - Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - - -
Part A02: Grey scale for assessing change in
colour
ISO 105-B01 - Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - EN ISO 105-B01 -
Part B01: Colour fastness to light: Daylight
3)
HD 602 S1 is superseded by EN 50267-1:1998 and EN 50267-2-3:1998.
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Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
ISO 182-1 1990 Plastics - Determination of the tendency of - -
compounds and products based on vinyl
homopolymers and copolymers to evolve
hydrogen chloride and any other acidic
products at elevated temperature -
Part 1: Congo red method
ISO 182-2 1990 Plastics - Determination of the tendency of EN ISO 182-2 1999
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
ISO 974 2000 Plastics - Determination of the brittleness - -
temperature by impact
ISO 1431-1 2004 Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - - -
Resistance to ozone cracking -
Part 1: Static and dynamic strain testing
ISO 4589-2 1996 Plastics - Determination of burning behaviour EN ISO 4589-2 1999
by oxygen index -
Part 2: Ambient-temperature test
ISO 4589-3 1996 Plastics - Determination of burning behaviour EN ISO 4589-3 1996
by oxygen index -
Part 3: Elevated-temperature test
ISO 13943 2008 Fire safety - Vocabulary EN ISO 13943 2010
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 General . 8
2 Test conditions . 10
3 Measurements of bore, wall thickness and concentricity . 10
4 Density . 12
5 Resistance to splitting after heating . 13
6 Heat shock (resistance to heat) . 13
7 Resistance to soldering heat . 14
8 Loss in mass on heating of uncoated textile glass sleeving . 14
9 Longitudinal change . 15
10 Deformation under load (resistance to pressure at elevated temperature) . 16
11 Thermal stability of PVC sleeving . 18
12 Volatile content of silicone sleeving . 19
13 Bending after heating . 19
14 Bending at low temperature . 20
15 Brittleness temperature . 20
16 Dimensional stability on storage (applicable to heat-shrinkable sleeving only) . 21
17 Hydrolysis of coating . 21
18 Flexibility (extruded sleeving only) . 22
19 Tensile strength, tensile stress at 100 % elongation, elongation at break and secant
modulus at 2 % elongation . 22
20 Fraying resistance test . 26
21 Breakdown voltage . 27
22 Insulation resistance . 29
23 Volume resistivity . 30
24 Permittivity and dissipation factor . 31
25 Resistance to tracking . 32
26 Flame propagation tests. 32
27 Oxygen index . 35
28 Transparency . 35
29 Ionic impurities test . 35
30 Silver staining test . 36
31 Electrolytic corrosion resistance . 36
32 Corrosion resistance (tensile and elongation) . 37
33 Copper corrosion (presence of corrosive volatiles) . 37
34 Colour fastness to light . 38
35 Resistance to ozone . 39
36 Resistance to selected fluids . 39
37 Thermal endurance . 40
38 Mass per unit length . 40
39 Heat ageing . 41
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40 Water absorption . 42
41 Restricted shrinkage (applicable to heat-shrinkable sleeving only) . 42
42 Colour stability to heat . 43
43 Smoke index . 43
44 Toxicity index . 48
45 Halogen content. 53
46 Acid gas generation . 55
47 Hot elongation and hot set . 55
48 Tension set (applicable to elastomeric sleeving only) . 56
49 Tear propagation (applicable to elastomeric sleeving only) . 56
50 Long term heat ageing (3 000 h) . 57
51 Dynamic shear at ambient temperature . 57
52 Dynamic shear at elevated temperature . 58
53 Dynamic shear after heat shock and heat ageing . 58
54 Rolling drum peel to aluminium . 59
55 Aluminium rod dynamic shear . 59
56 Sealing . 60
57 Adhesive T peel strength of two bonded heat-shrinkable substrates . 61
58 Circumferential extension . 62
59 Voltage proof . 63
60 Thermal shock . 63
Bibliography . 82
Figure 1 – Specimen for test resistance to soldering heat . 64
Figure 2 – Examples of sleeving after being subjected to test for resistance to soldering
heat . 65
Figure 3 – Arrangement for the test for resistance to pressure at elevated temperature
(Method A) . 65
Figure 4 – Arrangement for deformation under load (Method B) . 66
Figure 5 – Dumb-bell specimen for tensile strength test (ISO 37 Type2) . 67
Figure 6 – Dumb-bell specimen for tensile strength test (ISO 37 Type 1) . 67
Figure 7 – Sketch of fray test arrangement . 68
Figure 8 – Specimen for insulation resistance test . 69
Figure 9 – Standard propane burner for flame propagation test (sectional view) . 70
Figure 10 – Flame propagation test – Method A . 71
Figure 11 – Flame propagation test – Method B . 72
Figure 12 – Flame propagation test – Method C . 73
Figure 13 – Mandrel for restricted shrinkage test . 74
Figure 14 – Schematic details of burner for smoke index test. 75
Figure 15 – Schematic front view of smoke test sample holder, showing vertically
mounted sleeving samples . 76
Figure 16 – Assembly and fixture for dynamic shear at ambient temperature. 77
Figure 17 – Assembly for heat shock and heat ageing . 78
Figure 18 – Schematic arrangement of rolling drum peel. 78
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Figure 19 – Assembly preparation for aluminium rod dynamic shear . 79
Figure 20 – Test specimen for aluminium rod dynamic shear . 79
Figure 21 – Assembly for sealing test . 80
Figure 22 – Mandrel assembly . 80
Figure 23 – Slab specimen . 81
Figure 24 – T peel strength specimen . 81
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FLEXIBLE INSULATING SLEEVING –
Part 2: Methods of test
FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 60684-2 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 15: Solid
electrical insulating materials.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition published in 1997, and constitutes a
minor revision and technical updating. The main changes from the previous edition are as
follows: three additional methods for circumferential extension, voltage proof and thermal
shock and alignment with North American methods.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
15/634/FDIS 15/644/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
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A list of all the parts in the IEC 60684 series, under the general title Flexible insulating
sleeving, can be found on the IEC website.
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INTRODUCTION
This International Standard is one of a series which deals with flexible insulating sleeving. The
series consists of three parts:
Part 1: Definitions and general requirements (IEC 60684-1)
Part 2: Methods of test (IEC 60684-2)
Part 3: Specifications for individual types of sleeving (IEC 60684-3)
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FLEXIBLE INSULATING SLEEVING –
Part 2: Methods of test
1 General
1.1 Scope
This part of IEC 60684 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 may 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 part
will need to be supplemented by appropriate impregnation or compatibility tests to suit the
individual circumstances.
1.2 Normative references
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.
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 60093:1980, Methods of test for volume resistivity and surface resistivity of solid electrical
insulating materials
IEC 60212:2010, Standard conditions for use prior to and during the testing of solid electrical
insulating materials
IEC 60216 (all parts), Electrical insulating materials – Thermal endurance properties
IEC 60216-4-1:2006, Electrical insulating materials – Thermal endurance properties – Part 4-1:
Ageing ovens – Single-chamber ovens
IEC 60216-4-2:2000, Electrical insulating materials – Thermal endurance properties – Part 4-2:
Ageing ovens – P
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