EN 60068-2-55:2013

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements for the test apparatus
5 Severities
6 Preconditioning
7 Initial measurements and functional performance
   test
8 Testing
9 Recovery
10 Final measurements
11 Information to be given in the relevant
   specification
12 Information to be given in the test report
Annex A (normative) - Guidance
Annex B (informative) - Comparison amongst impact tests
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to
         international publications with their
         corresponding European publications

IEC 60068-2-55:2013 provides a standard procedure for determining the ability of a specimen to withstand specified severities of bounce, e. g. when transported as loose cargo on wheeled vehicles. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition, published in 1987, and constitutes a technical revision. The main changes with respect to the previous edition are listed below: This new edition allows for loose cargo testing in a more general sense. The test is no longer aligned with a special testing machine but allows for use of any suitable equipment such as electrodynamic or servo-hydraulic shaker tables. Moreover, sinusoidal and random vibration can be used. The previous rotation table motions are included in Annex A as historical methods.