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IP Rating and Technical Guidance
(Ingress Protection to BS EN IEC 60529)
1st digit – protection against solid objects
0 No protection
1 Protected against objects greater than 50mm
2 Protected against objects greater than 12mm
3 Protected against objects greater than 2.5mm
4 Protected against objects greater than 1.0mm
5 Ingress of dust is not totally prevented but dust
does not enter in harmful quantities
6 No ingress of dust
2nd digit – protection against water
0 No protection
1 Protected against falling drops
2 Protected against drops falling at 15°
3 Low pressure spray – similar to shower head at
up to 60° from vertical
4 Low pressure spray – similar to shower head –
from any angle for 5 minutes
5 Medium pressure jet – similar to garden hose –
from any angle for 3 minutes
6 High pressure jet – similar to fire hose – from
any angle for 3 minutes
7 Submersion at 1 metre for 30 minutes
8 Higher water pressure eg: 2 bar for 2 hours.
Conduits are tested in-house at up to 10 bar.
(equivalent to 100m underwater)
9 Steam clean, high pressure high temp jet wash
Application advice
Flexicon can offer impartial advice on which of our wide range of conduit systems
is most suited to your application. Factors which may be important include:-
Standards, performance and approvals
Flexicon conduits and fittings are manufactured by Flexicon to comply with the IEC
and European conduit standard BS EN IEC 61386 - see classification table below.
Certain tests are carried out internally by Flexicon, other testing is carried out
externally by accredited test laboratories. Specific test reports are available upon
request.
Vibration and shock testing to EN61373 Cat 2.
Certain conduit systems have been tested and approved to the relevant parts of
the Australian Standard AS2053.
Where product performance data over and above the requirements of
BS EN IEC 61386 is provided e.g: Low Fire Hazard testing and EMC screening,
other appropriate standards have been used.
Cable glands are manufactured to EN 50262.
Further information regarding standards and approvals can be found on page 104.
Technical Data Sheets are available giving additional information.
Please call +44 (0)1675 466900 for technical information and
application advice.
• Compression strength
• Tensile strength
• Impact strength
• Temperature range
• Flexibility
• Fatigue life
• Electrical insulation or continuity
• IP rating
• Chemical resistance
• Corrosion resistance
• Abrasion resistance
• UV resistance
• Anti vibration
• Fire performance
• EMC screening
• Dimensions
• Weight
• Colours
• Ease of installation
• Anti tamper
• Hazardous Areas
IP40 IP40
IP40 IP40
IP tests are type tests of short duration and do not guarantee long
term performance. EN 60529 states that equipment conforming to
to IP67 or IP68 cannot be assumed to meet IP66 and that the
manufacturer shall declare the pressure and duration of the test,
for example, FPAX 2 bar for 2 hours.
3D CAD models can be downloaded
from our website
12th digitSuspendedLoad N/48hr
STANDARD
EMC
SCREEN
ENHANCED
EMC
SCREEN
SUPER
EMC
SCREEN
STANDARD
EMC
SCREEN
ENHANCED
EMC
SCREEN
SUPER
EMC
SCREEN
STANDARD
EMC
SCREEN
NHANCED
EMC
SCREEN
SUPER
EMC
SCREEN
Flexicon has classified EMC screening of our products as follows;
Standard 50dB @ IMHz Enhanced 60dB @ IMHz Super 70dB @ IMHz
0 None declared 0 None declared None declared
1 V. Light (125) V. Light (0.5) 5 60 Rigid Continuous 1 Low in & out V. Light (100) Non Flame Propagating V. Light (20)
2 Light (320) Light (1) -5 90 Pliable Insulating 2 Medium in & out Light (250) Flame Propagating Light (30)
3 Medium (750) Medium (2) -15 105 Pliable self recoving Continuous + Insulating 3 3 Medium in & high out Medium (500) Medium (150)
4 Heavy (1250) Heavy (6) -25 120 Flexible 4 4 High in & out Heavy (1000) Heavy (450)
5 V. Heavy (4000) V. Heavy (20) -45 150 5 5 V. Heavy (2500) V. Heavy (850)
6 250 6 6
7 400 7
Level 1st digitCompressionStrengthN/50mm2nd digitImpact StrengthJoules atmin temp3rd digitMinimumTemp deg C4th digitMaximumTemp deg C5th digitConduitType 6th digitElectricalProperties7th digitIP RatingSolids 8th digitIP RatingWater 9th digitCorrosionResistance(water) 10th digitTensileStrength N 11th digitFlamePropagation
Classification of conduit systems to BS EN IEC 61386
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