IEC 60721-3-2 Ed. 3.0 b:2018

IEC 60721-3-2:2018 classifies the groups of environmental parameters and their severities to which a product is subjected while being transported and handled. The most commonly used methods of transportation and handling have been taken into account, including the following:

– road transport: cars, trucks;

– rail transport: trains, trams;

– water transport, inland and maritime: ships;

– air transport: aircraft, jet, propeller, helicopter;

– handling equipment: cranes, transport lifts, cableways, persons;

– conveyors;

– hand trollies.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, published in 1997, and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:

a. Clause 1: reworded and added handling.

b. Clause 2: updated normative references.

c. Clause 3: updated definitions.

d. Clause 4: reworded and simplified.

e. Clause 5: revised and updated. Several classes have been replaced by completely new classes based on the use of new information obtained from referenced Technical Reports.

f. Table 1 through Table 5: updated.

g. Table 6 added.

h. Old annexes A to C removed except Clause A.3 that is incorporated in Clause 5.

i. New Annex A.