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Title of TC 26: Electric welding
A Background To prepare standards for electrical safety, EMC and EMF matters related to the construction, installation and use of equipment for electric welding and allied processes in both normal and adverse welding environments, taking into account all safety aspects for protection against electrical and mechanical hazards for professional and non-professional use and all aspects to protect the environment. All electric welding processes are covered except electromagnetic processing. There are 13 participating countries. B Business Environment B.1 General a) Strong competition between the manufacturers worldwide. b) The input of the experts from ISO and IEC will result in standards that will be accepted by both organisations and will normally become harmonised European Standards as basis for CEmarking. The development of the IEC 60974 series in the field of arc welding and IEC 62135 series in the field of resistance welding equipment has been achieved by involvement of representatives from: ANSI; AWS; NEMA; UL; CSA and JWES. The interest of Canada, Japan, Mexico, China, Australia and USA to use international standards has been accomplished. Other countries worldwide are encouraged to adopt this IEC 60974 series. c) Co-operation between IEC TC 26, and CISPR/B and experts from CENELEC/TC26A and 26B and TC 210 lead to consideration of existing problems and results e.g. in 60974-10, 62135-2 and CISPR 11. d) The new EC Directive on electromagnetic fields was published in June 2013 and will come into force in July 2016. Hence, new exposure limits will be valid in the European Economic Area. By parallel voting with CENELEC, new standards are being prepared in order to respond to changed requirements and to provide welding technology to European users in compliance with EC regulations. B.2 Market demand Members: manufacturers of equipment, users and authorities, e.g. shipyards, nuclear plants, car and other industries, they are represented on national basis through national delegates. Authorities should be more represented. Wide use, increasing; competing standards decreasing, e.g. in US, CA, CN, JP, AU. Need for development, see projects. Because of the principle of arc and resistance welding there is a need for specific requirements, e.g. EMC and EMF standards. The Japanese Industrial Standards Committee and Canada support the adoption of standards prepared by TC 26. B.3 Trends in technology Process controlled equipment to optimize the weld quality and efficiency of welding power sources. B.4 Market trends Less costly but reliable equipment. Preprogrammed or program-selection desired. More automation applied. 6/7
SMB/5433/R
B.5 Ecological environment
Increasing use of computer controlled equipment will improve the welding process. The hereby achieved improved procedures will result in high quality and less waste output. Fumes and spatter will be reduced to a minimum. A reduction in energy consumption achieved by the use of inverters will not reduce work efficiency. Work safety and health conditions will be highly improved. C System approach aspects TC 26 is to seek cooperation and contact with TC where it is customer for better application of its products and standards.
System committees
Other committees
ISO/TC44/SC6
Resistance welding and allied mechanical joining
ISO/TC44/SC9
Health and safety
IEC TC 1
Terminology
CISPR B
Interference relating to industrial, scientific and medical
radio-frequency apparatus, to other (heavy) industrial equipment, to overhead power lines, to high voltage equipment and to electric traction
SC 77A
EMC - Low frequency phenomena
D Objectives and strategies (3 to 5 years)
TC26 is to improve those sections of its standards which deal with - safety of laymen - energy efficiency - better handling - standardized interfaces - EMF matters This can be done by forming WGs and delegate the task to them. E Action plan To group new teams to fulfill action as listed under D To agree on a time schedule and to check it at official meetings. F Useful links to IEC web site TC 26 dashboard giving access to Membership, TC/SC Officers, Scope, Liaisons, WG/MT/PT structure, Publications issued along with their Stability Dates, Work Programme and similar information. Name or signature of the secretary Ren Stieper
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