BS EN 62262:2002+Al:2021

Degrees of protection provided by enclosures

for electrical equipment against external
mechanical impacts (IK code)

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62262:2002+Al
NORME EUROPEENNE
EUROPÂISCHE NORM October 2021

ICS 29.020

D escriptors: Electrical equ ipm ent, enclosu re for electrical equipm ent, degree o f protection, m echanical im pact, classification, tests,
test conditions, control

English version

Degrees of protection provided by enclosures for electrical

equipment against external mechanical impacts (IK code)

Degres de protection procures par les Schutzarten durch Gehâuse fur elektrische
enveloppes de materiels electriques contre les Betriebsmittel (Ausrüstung) gegen âuBere
impacts mecaniques externes (code IK) mechanische Beanspruchungen (IK-Code)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2002-07-02. CENELEC

members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status o f 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 o f a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the
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and United Kingdom.

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C e n tra l S e c r e ta r ia t: ru e d e S ta ss a rt 35, B -1050 B ru sse ls

© 1995 Copyright reserved to CENELEC members

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F o re w o rd F o re w o rd to a m end m en t A l
This European Standard was prepared by This amendment was prepared by CENELEC
CENELEC BTTF 68-3, Degrees o f protection BTTF 68-3, IK code.
provided by enclosures for electrical equipment
against external mechanical impacts (IK code). This text o f the draft was submitted to the formal
vote and was approved by CENELEC as
The text o f the draft, based on document amendment A l to EN 50102:1995 on 1998-10-01.
BT(FR/NOT)141, was submitted to the formal vote
in June 1994 and was approved by CENELEC as The following dates were fixed:
EN 50102 on 1994-12-06.
The following dates were fixed: — latest date by which the
amendment has to be
implemented at national
— latest date by which the level by publication o f an
EN has to be implemented identical national standard
at national level by or by endorsement (dop) 1999-10-01
publication o f an identical — latest date by which the
national standard or national standards
by endorsement (dop) 1997-04-15 conflicting with the
— latest date by which amendment have to be
national standards withdrawn (dow) 1999-10-01
conflicting with the EN
have to be withdrawn (dow) 1997-04-15 By Technical Board decision D 112/248 the text of
the International Standard IEC 62262:2002, which
is identical with EN 50102:1995 + A l:1998, was
approved by CENELEC as EN 62262 on 2002-07-02.
As a consequence EN 50102:1995 + A l:19 98 are
renumbered as EN 62262:2002.
The following date was fixed:

— latest date by which the

existence o f EN 62262 has
to be announced at national
level (doa) 2002-10-01
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European foreword

The text of document 70/157/FDIS, future IEC 62262/AMD1, prepared by IEC/TC 70 “Degrees of
protection provided by enclosures" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN 62262:2002/A1:2021.

The following dates are fixed:

latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2022-07-08
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024-10-08
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 shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to theusers’ national committee. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.

E n d o r s e m e n t n o tic e

The text of the International Standard IEC 62262:2002/AMD1:2021 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications

with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements 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 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the
relevant EN/HD applies.

NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cenelec.eu.

The Annex ZA of EN 62262:2002 applies with the following changes:

Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

Delete the following reference:
IEC 60050(826) 1982 International electrotechnical vocabulary -
Chapter 826: Electrical installations of
buildings

Replace the following references:

IEC 60068-1 1988 Environmental testing - Part 1: General-
and guidance
IEC 60068-2-75 1997 Environmental testing - Part 2-75: Tests -
Test Eh: Hammer tests

With the following new references:

IEC 60068-1 - Environmental testing - Part 1: GeneralEN 60068-1
and guidance
IEC 60068-2-75 - Environmental testing - Part 2-75: Tests -EN 60068-2-75
Test Eh: Hammer tests
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CONTENTS

FOREW ORD..................................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................... 4
1 Scope.......................................................................................................................................................5
2 Normative re fe re n c e s ..........................................................................................................................5
3 ED Terms and definitions @3...............................................................................................................5
4 D e sig n a tio n s........................................................................................................................................ 6
4.1 Arrangem ent of the IK c o d e ..................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Characteristic group numerals of the IKcode and their m eanings..................................... 6
4.3 Application of the IK co d e ........................................................................................................6
4.4 M arking........................................................................................................................................ 7
5 General requirements for te s ts ...........................................................................................................7
5.1 Atmospheric conditions for te s ts ............................................................................................. 7
5.2 Enclosures under test................................................................................................................ 7
5.3 Specifications to be given in the relevant product s ta n d a rd ................................................ 7
6 Test to verify the protection against mechanical im pacts............................................................. 7
7 Test ap p a ra tu s...................................................................................................................................... 8
ED B ibliograp hy............................................................................................................................................ 9

Table 1 - Relation between IK code and impact energy @0............................................................... 6

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION

DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES

FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AGAINST EXTERNAL
MECHANICAL IMPACTS (IK CODE)

FOREWORD
1) T h e IE C (In te r n a tio n a l E le c tr o te c h n ic a l C o m m is s io n ) is a w o rld w id e o rg a n iz a tio n fo r s ta n d a rd iz a tio n c o m p ris in g
a ll n a tio n a l e le c tro te c h n ic a l c o m m itte e s ( IE C N a tio n a l C o m m itte e s ). T h e o b je c t o f th e IE C is to p ro m o te
in te rn a tio n a l c o -o p e r a tio n on all q u e s tio n s c o n c e rn in g s ta n d a rd iz a tio n in th e e le c tric a l a n d e le c tro n ic fie ld s . T o
th is e n d a n d in a d d itio n to o th e r a c tiv itie s , th e IE C p u b lis h e s In te rn a tio n a l S ta n d a r d s . T h e ir p r e p a ra tio n is
e n tr u s te d to te c h n ic a l c o m m itte e s ; a n y IE C N a tio n a l C o m m itte e in te r e s te d in th e s u b je c t d e a lt w ith m a y
p a r tic ip a te in th is p r e p a ra to r y w o rk . In te r n a tio n a l, g o v e r n m e n ta l a n d n o n -g o v e r n m e n ta l o rg a n iz a tio n s lia is in g
w ith th e IE C a ls o p a r tic ip a te in th is p r e p a ra tio n . T h e IE C c o lla b o r a te s c lo s e ly w ith th e In te r n a tio n a l O r g a n iz a tio n
fo r S ta n d a r d iz a tio n ( IS O ) in a c c o rd a n c e w ith c o n d itio n s d e te rm in e d b y a g r e e m e n t b e tw e e n th e tw o
o r g a n iz a tio n s .

2) T h e fo rm a l d e c is io n s o r a g r e e m e n ts o f th e IE C on te c h n ic a l m a tte rs e x p re s s , a s n e a rly a s p o s s ib le , a n
in te rn a tio n a l c o n s e n s u s o f o p in io n o n th e re le v a n t s u b je c ts s in c e e a c h te c h n ic a l c o m m itte e h a s r e p re s e n ta tio n
fro m a ll in te r e s te d N a tio n a l C o m m itte e s .

3) T h e d o c u m e n ts p ro d u c e d h a v e th e form o f r e c o m m e n d a tio n s fo r in te rn a tio n a l u s e a n d a re p u b lis h e d in th e form

o f s ta n d a rd s , te c h n ic a l s p e c ific a tio n s , te c h n ic a l re p o rts o r g u id e s a n d th e y a re a c c e p te d by th e N a tio n a l
C o m m itte e s in th a t s e n s e .

4) In o rd e r to p ro m o te in te rn a tio n a l u n ific a tio n , IE C N a tio n a l C o m m itte e s u n d e rta k e to a p p ly IE C In te rn a tio n a l

S ta n d a r d s tra n s p a r e n tly to th e m a x im u m e x te n t p o s s ib le in th e ir n a tio n a l a n d re g io n a l s ta n d a rd s . A ny
d iv e r g e n c e b e tw e e n th e IE C S ta n d a r d a n d th e c o rre s p o n d in g n a tio n a l o r re g io n a l s ta n d a rd s h a ll b e c le a rly
in d ic a te d in th e la tte r.

5) T h e IE C p ro v id e s n o m a rk in g p ro c e d u re to in d ic a te its a p p r o v a l a n d c a n n o t b e re n d e re d re s p o n s ib le fo r a n y
e q u ip m e n t d e c la r e d to b e in c o n fo rm ity w ith o n e o f its s ta n d a rd s .

6) A tte n tio n is d ra w n to th e p o s s ib ility th a t s o m e o f th e e le m e n ts o f th is In te r n a tio n a l S ta n d a r d m a y be th e s u b je c t

o f p a te n t rig h ts. T h e IE C s h a ll n o t b e h e ld re s p o n s ib le fo r id e n tify in g a n y o r all s u c h p a te n t rig h ts.

International Standard IEC 62262 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 70: Degrees
of protection provided by enclosures.

It is based on the CENELEC publication EN 50102.

The text of this standard is based on the following documents:

F D IS R e p o rt o n v o tin g

7 0 /9 9 /F D IS 7 0 /1 0 0 /R V D

Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.

This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 3.

The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
2008. At this date, the publication will be

reconfirmed;
withdrawn;
replaced by a revised edition, or
amended.

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INTRODUCTION

This standard describes a system for classifying the degrees o f protection provided by
enclosures for electrical equipment against external mechanical impacts. W hilst this system is
suitable for use with most types of electrical equipment, it should not be assumed that all the
listed degrees of protection are applicable to a particular type of equipment. The manufacturer
of the equipm ent should be consulted to determine the degrees of protection available and
the parts of equipment to which the stated degree of protection applies.

The adoption of this classification system, wherever possible, should promote uniform ity in
the methods of describing the protection provided by the enclosure and in the tests to prove
the various degrees of protection. It should also reduce the number of types of test devices
necessary to test a wide range of products.

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DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES

FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AGAINST EXTERNAL
MECHANICAL IMPACTS (IK CODE)

1 Scope

ED This document refers to the classification of the degrees of protection provided by

enclosures against external m echanical impacts when the rated voltage of the protected
equipm ent is not greater than 72,5 kV.

The object of this document is to give

a) the definitions for the degrees of protection provided by enclosures of electrical equipment
as regards protection of the equipm ent inside the enclosure against harmful effects of
mechanical impacts;
b) the designations for the degrees of protection;
c) the requirements for each designation;
d) the tests to be performed to verify that the enclosure meets the requirements of this
document.

It will remain the responsibility of individual technical committees to decide on the extent and
manner in which the classification is used in their standards and to define the "enclosure'' as it
applies to their equipment and to ensure that for a given classification, the tests do not differ
from those specified in this document. If necessary, complem entary requirements can be
included in the relevant product standard.

For a particular type of equipment, a product committee can specify different requirements
provided that at least the same level of safety is ensured.

This document deals only with enclosures that are in all other respects suitable for their
intended use as specified in the relevant product standard and which, from the point of view
of materials and workmanship, ensure that the claimed degrees of protection are maintained
under the normal conditions of use. ® ]

2 N o rm a tiv e r e fe re n c e s

E> The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of
their content constitutes requirem ents 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 60068-1, Environm ental testing - Part 1: General and guidance

IEC 60068-2-75, Environm ental testing - Part 2: Tests - Test Eh: Hammer tests

3 T e rm s and d efin itio n s

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply:

ISO and IEC maintain term inological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:

• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/

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3.1
enclosure
part providing protection of equipment against certain external influences and, in any
direction, protection against direct contact

N o te 1 to e n try : T h is d e fin itio n n e e d s th e fo llo w in g e x p la n a tio n s u n d e r th e s c o p e o f th is d o c u m e n t:

a) E n c lo s u re s p ro v id e p ro te c tio n o f e q u ip m e n t a g a in s t h a rm fu l e ffe c ts o f m e c h a n ic a l im p a c ts ;

b) B a r r ie r s , s h a p e s o f o p e n in g s o r a n y o th e r m e a n s - w h e th e r a tta c h e d to th e e n c lo s u r e o r fo rm e d b y th e
e n c lo s e d e q u ip m e n t - s u ita b le to p r e v e n t o r lim it th e p e n e tr a tio n o f th e s p e c ifie d te s t p ro b e s a r e c o n s id e r e d as
a p a rt o f th e e n c lo s u r e , e x c e p t w h e n th e y c a n b e re m o v e d w ith o u t th e u s e o f a k e y o r to o l.

[SOURCE: IEC 60529:1989, 3.1, modified - Reference to IEV 826-03-12 has been
deleted and the note has been replaced with a new Note 1 to entry.] O

3.2
degree of protection against mechanical impacts
the extent (level) of protection of the equipment provided by an enclosure against harmful
mechanical impacts and verified by standardised test methods

3.3
IK code
coding system to indicate the degree of protection provided by an enclosure against harmful
external mechanical impacts

4 D e s ig n a tio n s

ED Text deleted O
4.1 Arrangement of the IK code

ED The degree of protection provided by an enclosure against mechanical impacts is indicated

by the IK code in the following way: ^3
IK 05

Codes letters (international mechanical protection)

Characteristic group numeral ED (00 to 11) <5]

4.2 Characteristic group numerals of the IK code and their meanings

Each characteristic group numeral represents an impact energy value as shown in table 1.

ED Table 1 - Relation between IK code and impact energy

IK c o d e IK1
IKOO IK 01 IK 0 2 IK 0 3 IK 0 4 IK 0 5 IK 0 6 IK 0 7 IK 0 8 IK 0 9 IK 10
1

Im p a c t
a 0 ,1 4 0 ,2 0 ,3 5 0 ,5 0 ,7 1 2 5 10 20 50
e n e rg y , J

a N o t p ro te c te d a c c o rd in g to th is d o c u m e n t.

NOTE IK 11 c a n b e s p e c ifie d on s p e c ia l e n c lo s u r e s o r p ro te c tio n g rid s fo r e x tr e m e ly h a rs h o u td o o r a p p lic a tio n s .

It d o e s n o t s u b s titu te th e s a n d b a g te s t w h e n s p e c ifie d in th e r e le v a n t p ro d u c t s ta n d a rd . O

4.3 Application of the IK code

In general, the degree of protection applies to the complete enclosure. If parts of the
enclosure have differing degrees of protection, the latter shall be indicated separately.
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4.4 Marking

In cases where the relevant product committee decides that the marking of the IK-code shall
be required, the marking requirements shall be detailed in the relevant product standard.

Where appropriate, such a standard should also specify the method of marking which is to be
used when

- one part of an enclosure has a different degree of protection to that of another part of the
same enclosure,
- the mounting position has an influence on the degree of protection.

5 G e n e ra l re q u ire m e n ts fo r tests

5.1 Atm ospheric conditions for tests

Unless otherwise specified in the relevant product standard, the test shall be carried out
under the standard atm ospheric conditions for tests described in IEC 60068-1:

- tem perature range: 15 °C to 35 °C,

- air pressure: 86 kPa to 106 kPa (860 mbar to 1 060 mbar).

When the altitude at which the test is performed is higher than 2 000 m, the height of fall shall
be adjusted where necessary to result in the specified impact energy.

5.2 Enclosures under test

Each enclosure under test shall be in a clean and new condition, complete with all its parts in
place unless otherwise specified in the relevant product standard.

5.3 Specifications to be given in the relevant product standard

The relevant product standard shall specify

- the definition of "enclosure" as it applies to the particular type of equipment;

- the test equipment (e.g. pendulum hammer, spring hammer or vertical hammer, see
clause 7);
- the number of samples to be tested;
- the conditions for mounting, assembling and positioning the samples, e.g. by the use of an
artificial surface (ceiling, floor or wall), in order to simulate intended service conditions as
far as possible;
- the pre-conditioning, if any, which is to be used;
- whether to be tested energised;
- w hether to be tested with any moving parts in motion;
- the number of impacts and their points of application (see 6.4).

In the absence of such specifications in the relevant product standard, the conditions of this
standard shall apply.

6 T e s t to ve rify the p ro tectio n a g a in s t m e c h a n ic a l im p acts

6.1 The test specified in this standard is a type test.

6.2 In order to verify the protection against mechanical impacts, blows shall beapplied to
the enclosure to be tested. The devices to be used for this test are described inclause 7.

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6.3 During the test the enclosure shall be mounted on a rigid support, according to the
m anufacturer’s instructions for use. A support is considered to be sufficiently rigid if its
displacem ent is less than or equal to 0,1 mm under the effect o f an impact directly applied
and whose energy corresponds to the degree of protection. Alternative mounting and support,
suitable for the product, may be specified in the relevant product standard.

6.4 The number of impacts shall be five on each exposed face unless otherwise specified in
the relevant product standard. The impacts shall be evenly distributed on the faces of the
enclosure(s) under test. In no case shall more than three impacts be applied in the
surroundings of the same point of the enclosure. The relevant product standard shall specify
the points of application of impacts.

6.5 Test evaluation

The relevant product standard shall specify the criteria upon which the acceptance or
rejection of the enclosure is to be based, particularly

- admissible damages,
- verification criteria relative to the continuity of the safety and reliability of the equipment.

E> In the absence of these criteria, at least the following acceptance criterion shall apply:
- No damage is accepted that impairs the specified IP code.

7 T e s t a p p a ra tu s

The test shall be done by using one of the test apparatus described in IEC 60068-2-75.

The relevant product standard shall specify which types of test apparatus are appropriate.

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E> B ib lio g rap h y

IEC 60050-826, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) - Part 826: Electrical

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IEC 60529:1989, Degrees o f protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)

IEC 60529:1989/AM D1:1999
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