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BS EN 60974-7:2013

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Arc welding equipment Torches

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

16-02-2022

Superseded by

BS EN IEC 60974-7:2019

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-05-2013

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Committee
WEE/6
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS EN 50078. (11/2000) Together with BS EN 60974-7, it supersedes BS EN 50192. (10/2003) Supersedes 89/78623 DC and 02/710752 DC. (01/2006) Supersedes 10/30215734 DC. (05/2013)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
34
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

This part of IEC 60974 specifies safety and construction requirements for torches for arc welding and allied processes. This part of IEC 60974 is applicable to manual, mechanically guided, air-cooled, liquid-cooled, motorized, spool-on and fume extraction torches.

In this part of IEC 60974, a torch consists of the torch body, the cable-hose assembly and other components.

This part of IEC 60974 is also applicable to a cable-hose assembly connected between a power source and ancillary equipment.

This part of IEC 60974 is not applicable to electrode holders for manual metal arc welding or air-arc cutting/gouging.

NOTE 1 Typical allied processes are electric arc cutting and arc spraying.

NOTE 2 Other components are listed in Table A.1.

NOTE 3 In this part of IEC 60974, the terms \'torch\' and \'gun\' are interchangeable. For convenience \'torch\' has been used in the following text.

Standards Relationship
NF EN 60974-7 : 2013 Identical
UNE-EN 60974-7:2006 Identical
I.S. EN 60974-7:2013 Identical
IEC 60974-7:2013 Identical
NBN EN 60974-7 : 2013 Identical
SN EN 60974-7 : 2005 Identical
DIN EN 60974-7 : 2013 Identical
EN 60974-7:2013 Identical

IEC 60974-2:2013 Arc welding equipment - Part 2: Liquid cooling systems
IEC 60974-1:2017 Arc welding equipment - Part 1: Welding power sources
IEC 60529:1989+AMD1:1999+AMD2:2013 CSV Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
IEC 60695-11-10:2013 Fire hazard testing - Part 11-10: Test flames - 50 W horizontal and vertical flame test methods
EN 60664-1:2007 Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage systems - Part 1: Principles, requirements and tests
EN 60529:1991/AC:2016-12 DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES (IP CODE) (IEC 60529 EDITION 2.2 CORRIGENDUM 2:2015)
IEC 60664-1:2007 Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage systems - Part 1: Principles, requirements and tests
EN 60974-1:2012 Arc welding equipment - Part 1: Welding power sources

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