EN IEC 60794-2-22:2023

IEC 60794-2-22:2023 is available as IEC 60794-2-22:2023 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.IEC 60794-2-22: 2023 specifies breakout optical cables with multiple simplex optical fibre cables for use in terminated breakout cable assemblies. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2016. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:

a) changed partly the wording in the title and the scope to align with IEC 60794-2-50, IEC 60794-2-23 and IEC 60794-2-24;

b) added IEC 60793-1-40, IEC 60793-1-46 and IEC 60794-1-2 to the normative references;

c) deleted reference to IEC 60794-2-51;

d) added the definition of terminated breakout cable assembly;

e) changed the number of bend cycles from 10 to 3 to harmonise with IEC 60794-2-50;

f) changed test parameters for temperature cycling to harmonise with IEC 60794-2-50;

g) added maximum attenuation requirements after temperature cycling;

h) replaced the text for the fire performance with an improved description.