MV design guide - Schneider Electric
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Design rules<br />
Protection Index<br />
IK code<br />
Introduction<br />
c Certain countries felt the need also to code the protection provided by<br />
enclosures against mechanical impact.<br />
To do this they added a third characteristic figure to the IP code (the case<br />
in Belgium, Spain, France and Portugal). But since the adoption of<br />
IEC 60 529 as the European standard, no European country can have<br />
a different IP code.<br />
c Since the IEC has up to now refused to add this third figure to the<br />
IP code, the only solution to maintain a classification in this field was to<br />
create a different code. This is a subject of a draft European standard<br />
EN 50102: code IK.<br />
c Since the third figure in various countries could have different<br />
meanings and we had to introduce additional levels to cover the main<br />
requirements of product standards, the IK indices have a different<br />
meaning to those of the previous third figures (cf. table below).<br />
Previous 3 rd figures of the<br />
IK code<br />
IP code in NF C 20-010 (1986)<br />
IP XX1 IK 02<br />
IP XX3 IK 04<br />
IP XX5 IK 07<br />
IP XX7 IK 08<br />
IP XX9 IK 10<br />
NB: to limit confusion, each new index is given by a two figure number.<br />
Definitions<br />
c The protection indices correspond to impact energy levels expressed<br />
in joules<br />
v hammer blow applied directly to the equipment<br />
v impact transmitted by the supports, expressed in terms of vibrations<br />
therefore in terms of frequency and acceleration<br />
c The protection indices against mechanical impact can be checked by<br />
different types of hammer: pendulum hammer, spring-loaded hammer or<br />
vertical free-fall hammer (diagram below).<br />
striker<br />
latching mechanism<br />
relief cone<br />
pedulum pivot<br />
arming button<br />
support<br />
fall height<br />
attaching<br />
support<br />
specimen<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong><br />
Merlin Gerin <strong>MV</strong> <strong>design</strong> <strong>guide</strong><br />
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