International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standards
Service
Product Code Number: ES820
Application
Publications issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) are
used by exporters and importers in both government and industry involved in
engineering, designing, production and construction. IEC Standards are also
frequently referenced in national standardization and metrication programs and in
the comparison of standards, products and systems.
Types of Data
The IEC Standards Service contains English translations of all current IEC
Standards, Recommended Standards and publications of the International Special
Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR).
The complete service is subdivided into the five sections outlined below which
may be ordered separately or in any combination.
Terminology
Product No. ES821
Includes documents concerning documentation and graphical symbols; equipment
for electrical energy measurement and load control; measuring equipment for
basic electrical quantities; quantities and units, and their letter symbols; standard
voltages, current ratings and frequencies; terminal markings and other
identifications; and terminology.
Microelectronics/Components/Switchgear
Product No. ES82B
Includes documents concerning bare aluminum conductors; cables, wires,
waveguides, R.F. connectors, and accessories for communication and signalling
such as coaxial cable, wire and symmetric cables, connectors for R.F. cables,
waveguides and their accessories; capacitors and resistors for electronic
equipment; degrees of protection by enclosures; electric cables and their
characteristics; electrical installations for outdoor sites under heavy conditions,
including open-cast mines and quarries; electrical and electronic test and
measuring instruments, systems and accessories; electrical relays;
electromechanical components for electronic equipment such as connectors,
switches, and mechanical structures for electronic equipment; electronic tubes;
fibre optics for interconnecting devices and passive components, fibre optic
systems specifications, and fibres and cables; high-voltage, low-voltage, and
miniature fuses; high-voltage testing techniques; instrument transformers;
interference from overhead power lines, high voltage equipment, and electric
traction systems; magnetic alloys and steels; magnetic components and ferrite
materials; piezo electric devices for frequency control and selection; power
capacitors; printed circuits; recommendations for overhead lines; secondary cells
and batteries including those with alkaline; semiconductor devices and integrated
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circuits; and switchgear and controlgear.
Insulation
Product No. ES823
Includes documents covering fluids for electrotechnical applications; insulating
materials (short-time tests, endurance tests, and specifications); insulation
systems; insulation coordination for low voltage equipment; insulators for
insulated bushings, overhead lines, and substations; and surge arresters (lowvoltage surge protective devices).
Applications/Machines and Motors/Turbines, Generators
Product No. ES82C
Includes topics such as classification of environmental conditions; electric road
vehicles and electric industrial trucks; electric traction equipment; electrical
installations of ships and of mobile and fixed offshore units (cables and cable
installations); electrical installations of buildings; electrical equipment of
industrial machines; electrical apparatus of explosive atmospheres (flameproof
enclosures, sand-filled apparatus, increased safety apparatus, pressurization and
associated techniques, intrinsically safe apparatus for use in the presence of
ignitable dust, encapsulation, electrical apparatus for the detection of flammable
gases, and classification of hazardous areas and installation requirements);
environmental testing (shock and vibration tests, and climatic tests); fire hazard
testing; hydraulic turbines; industrial process measurement and control (system
considerations, elements of systems, digital data communications for
measurement and control systems); interference relating to motor vehicles and
internal combustion engines; navigational instruments; nuclear instrumentation;
power electronics (semiconductor convertors, and electronic power convertors for
rolling stock, stabilized power supplies, convertors for high-voltage D.C. power
transmission, and semiconductor power convertors for adjustable speed electric
drive systems); power transformers (on-load tap changers, small power
transformers and reactors, and special transformers and reactors); reliability and
maintainability; rotating machinery (turbine-type generators, mounting
dimensions and output series; test methods and procedures; degrees of protection,
methods of cooling and mounting arrangements; and classification of insulation
systems for rotating machinery); solar photovoltaic energy systems; steam
turbines; and winding wires.
Appliances (Electrical and Electronic)
Product No. ES829
Covers information on items such as alarm systems; automatic controls for
household use; electric welding; electric fans for household and similar purposes;
electrical accessories (conduits for electrical purposes; plugs, socket-outlets, and
switches; circuit-breakers and similar equipment for household use; connecting
devices; appliance couplers, industrial plugs and socket-outlets; worldwide plug
and socket-outlet systems; and switches for appliances); electrical equipment in
medical practice (common aspects of electrical equipment used in medical
practice; x-ray equipment up to 400 KV and accessories; high-energy radiation
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equipment and equipment for nuclear medicine; and electromedical equipment);
electroacoustics; electromagnetic compatibility between electrical equipment
including networks (equipment for connection to the public low-voltage supply
system, industrial, and other nonpublic networks, and equipment connected
thereto); equipment and systems in the field of audio, video, and audiovisual
engineering; industrial electroheating equipment; interference characteristics of
radio receivers and information technology equipment; interference from motors,
household appliances, lighting apparatus, and the like; interference from
industrial, scientific, and medical radio frequency apparatus; lamps and related
equipment (lamp caps and holders, auxiliaries for discharge lamps, and
luminaries); laser equipment; lightening protection; performance of household
electrical appliances (electric dishwashers; cooking ranges, working tables,
ovens, and similar appliances; heating appliances; home laundry appliances;
ironing and pressing appliances; microwave appliances; hand-held electric tools;
floor treatment appliances; and small kitchen appliances); primary cells and
batteries; radio interference measurements and statistical methods;
radiocommunications (receiving and transmitting equipment, safety, radio relay
and fixed satellite communications systems, equipment used in the mobile
services, and cabled distribution systems); sound and video recording; safety of
information technology equipment including electrical business and
telecommunications equipment; safety of household microwave ovens, appliances
for refrigeration, air-conditioning, electrical commercial catering equipment,
hand-held motor-operated electric tools, electrically operated farm appliances,
and electrical motor-operated cleaning appliances for industrial use; short-circuit
currents; telecontrol, teleprotection and associated telecommunications for
electric power systems; and tools.
Indexing
If you subscribe to IEC, you also receive access to a comprehensive bibliographic
index containing over 325,000 standards records from 450 organizations. The
index allows electronic searching of the entire standards listing for the societies,
document numbers, or subjects you specify.
Organization
Complete IEC documents are scanned cover-to-cover.
Updating
Every 60 days CD-ROM
Every 7 days Internet
Format
CD-ROM (as part of the Worldwide Standards Service Plus)
Internet (as part of Specs & Standards)
Intranet
Extranet
Related Services
Auto Engineering Society (AES)
Electronic Industries Association (EIA)
European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA)
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
International Commission of Illumination (CIE)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
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Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL)
U.S. Industry Standards
U.S. Military/Federal Standardization Services
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