EN IEC 60034-5:2020

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60034-5:2002
SIST EN 60034-5:2002/A1:2007
Električni rotacijski stroji - 5. del: Stopnja zaščite, ki jo zagotavlja celovita zasnova
električnih rotacijskih strojev (koda IP) - Razvrščanje (IEC 60034-5:2020)
Rotating electrical machines - Part 5: Degrees of protection provided by the integral
design of rotating electrical machines (IP code) - Classification (IEC 60034-5:2020)
Drehende elektrische Maschinen - Teil 5: Schutzarten aufgrund der Gesamtkonstruktion
von drehenden elektrischen Maschinen (IP-Code) - Einteilung (IEC 60034-5:2020)
Machines électriques tournantes - Partie 5: Degrés de protection procurés par la
conception intégrale des machines électriques tournantes (code IP) - Classification (IEC
60034-5:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60034-5:2020
ICS:
29.160.01 Rotacijski stroji na splošno Rotating machinery in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60034-5

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2020
ICS 29.160.01 Supersedes EN 60034-5:2001 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Rotating electrical machines - Part 5: Degrees of protection
provided by the integral design of rotating electrical machines (IP
code) - Classification
(IEC 60034-5:2020)
Machines électriques tournantes - Partie 5: Degrés de Drehende elektrische Maschinen - Teil 5: Schutzarten
protection procurés par la conception intégrale des aufgrund der Gesamtkonstruktion von drehenden
machines électriques tournantes (code IP) - Classification elektrischen Maschinen (IP-Code) - Einteilung
(IEC 60034-5:2020) (IEC 60034-5:2020)
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European foreword
The text of document 2/1960/CDV, future edition 5 of IEC 60034-5, prepared by IEC/TC 2 "Rotating
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The text of the International Standard IEC 60034-5:2020 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.

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.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60034-6 -  Rotating electrical machines - Part 6: EN 60034-6 -
Methods of cooling (IC Code)
IEC 60034-5 ®
Edition 5.0 2020-04
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Rotating electrical machines –

Part 5: Degrees of protection provided by the integral design of rotating

electrical machines (IP code) – Classification

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 29.160.01 ISBN 978-2-8322-8025-6

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Designation . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.2 Single characteristic numeral . 7
4.3 Supplementary letters . 7
4.4 Example of designation . 7
5 Degrees of protection – First characteristic numeral . 7
5.1 Indication of degree of protection . 7
5.2 Compliance to indicated degree of protection . 8
5.3 External fans. 8
5.4 Drain holes . 8
6 Degrees of protection – Second characteristic numeral . 9
6.1 Indication of the degree of protection . 9
6.2 Compliance with lower degrees of protection . 10
7 Marking . 10
8 General requirements for tests . 11
8.1 General . 11
8.2 Adequate clearance . 11
8.2.1 General . 11
8.2.2 Low-voltage machines (rated voltages not exceeding 1 000 V a.c. and
1 500 V d.c.) . 11
8.2.3 High-voltage machines (rated voltages exceeding 1 000 V a.c. and
1 500 V d.c.) . 11
9 Tests for first characteristic numeral . 11
10 Tests for second characteristic numeral . 15
10.1 Test conditions . 15
10.2 Acceptance conditions . 23
10.2.1 General . 23
10.2.2 Ingress of water . 24
10.2.3 Withstand voltage test . 24
11 Requirements and tests for open weather-protected machines . 24

Figure 1 – Standard test finger . 14
Figure 2 – Equipment to prove protection against dust . 15
Figure 3 – Equipment to prove protection against dripping water . 18
Figure 4 – Equipment to prove protection against spraying and splashing water (shown
with spraying holes in the case of second characteristic numeral 3) . 19
Figure 5 – Hand-held equipment to prove protection against spraying and splashing
water . 20
Figure 6 – Standard nozzle for hose test . 20
Figure 7 – Geometry of fan jet nozzle . 21
Figure 8 – Measurement of the impact force . 22

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Figure 9 – Test set-up for determining the protection against high-pressure/steam-jet
cleaning – degree of protection against ingress of water IP X9 for small enclosures . 23

Table 1 – Test requirements for guards . 8
Table 2 – Degrees of protection indicated by the first characteristic numeral . 9
Table 3 – Degrees of protection indicated by the second characteristic numeral . 10
Table 4 – Test and acceptance conditions for first characteristic numeral . 12
Table 5 – Test conditions for second characteristic numeral . 16

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINES –

Part 5: Degrees of protection provided by the integral design
of rotating electrical machines (IP code) – Classification

FOREWORD
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rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60034-5 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 2: Rotating
machinery.
This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition, published in 2000, and its
Amendment 1:2006. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
The main technical changes with respect to the previous edition are:
• the inclusion of an additional second numeral 9 including its test method,
• an additional note for clarification in Table 3,
• a clarification on the term open drain hole,
• a clarification on the ingress of dust in Table 4,
• pressure values given now in Pa only,
• a clarification in the scope on the applicability of this standard for (Ex) motors,
• a new Clause 3 with definitions,

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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
CDV Report on voting
2/1960/CDV 2/1972A/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts in the IEC 60034 series, published under the general title Rotating electrical
machines, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
IMPORTANT – The 'colour inside' logo on the cover page of this publication indicates
that it contains colours which are considered to be useful for the correct understanding
of its contents. Users should therefore print this document using a colour printer.

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ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINES –

Part 5: Degrees of protection provided by the integral design
of rotating electrical machines (IP code) – Classification

1 Scope
This part of IEC 60034 applies to the classification of degrees of protection provided by
enclosures for rotating electrical machines. It defines the requirements for protective enclosures
that are in all other respects suitable for their intended use and which, from the point of view of
materials and workmanship, ensure that the properties dealt with in this document are
maintained under normal conditions of use.
This document does not specify degrees of protection against mechanical damage of the
machine, or conditions such as moisture (produced for example by condensation), corrosive
dust and vapour, fungus or vermin.
This document is also applicable to explosion proof machines, but it does not specifiy the types
of protection for use in a potentially explosive (dust, gas) environment. Those are defined in the
IEC 60079 series of standards.
In certain applications (such as agricultural or domestic appliances), more extensive
precautions against accidental or deliberate contact may be specified.
This document gives definitions for standard degrees of protection provided by enclosures
applicable to rotating electrical machines as regards the:
a) protection of persons against contacts with or approach to live parts and against contact
with moving parts (other than smooth rotating shafts and the like) inside the enclosure and
protection of the machine against ingress of solid foreign objects;
b) protection of machines against the harmful effects due to ingress of water;
c) protection of machines against the harmful effects due to ingress of dust.
It gives designations for these protective degrees and tests to be performed to check that the
machines meet the requirements of this document.
2 Normative references
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.
IEC 60034-6, Rotating electrical machines – Part 6: Methods of cooling (IC code)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp

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3.1
closed machine
machine where no medium from the surrounding medium, for the purpose of cooling, passes
through the machine
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-411:1996, 411-44-17]
3.2
open machine
machine with an open cooling circuit in which the coolant is drawn directly from the surrounding
medium passing through the machine and then returning directly to the surrounding medium
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-411:1996, 411-44-16]
4 Designation
4.1 General
The designation used for the degree of protection consists of the letters IP followed by two
characteristic numerals signifying conformity with the conditions indicated in the tables of
Clauses 5 and 6 respectively.
4.2 Single characteristic numeral
When it is required to indicate a degree of protection by only one characteristic numeral, the
omitted numeral shall be replaced by the letter X, for example IPX5 or IP2X.
4.3 Supplementary letters
4.3.1 Additional information may be indicated by a supplementary letter following the second
characteristic numeral. If more than one letter is used, the alphabetic sequence shall apply.
4.3.2 In special applications (such as machines with open circuit cooling for ship deck
installation with air inlet and outlet openings closed during standstill), numerals may be followed
by a letter indicating whether the protection against harmful effects due to ingress of water was
verified or tested for the machine not running (letter S) or the machine running (letter M). In this
case, the degree of protection in either state of the machine shall be indicated, for example
IP55S/IP20M.
The absence of the letters S and M shall imply that the intended degree of protection will be
provided under all normal conditions of use.
4.3.3 For air-cooled open machines suitable for specific weather conditions and provided
with additional protective features or processes (as specified in Clause 11), the letter W may
be used.
4.4 Example of designation
IP 4 4
Characteristic letters
First characteristic numeral (see Table 2)
Second characteristic numeral (see Table 3)
5 Degrees of protection – First characteristic numeral
5.1 Indication of degree of protection
The first characteristic numeral indicates the degree of protection provided by the enclosure to
persons and to the parts of the machine inside the enclosure.
Table 2 gives, in the third column, brief details of objects which will be ‘excluded’ from the
enclosure for each of the degrees of protection represented by the first characteristic numeral.
The term ‘excluded’ implies that a part of the body, a tool or a wire held by a person, either will
not enter the machine or, if it enters, that adequate clearance will be maintained between it and

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the live parts or dangerous moving parts (smooth rotating shafts and the like are not considered
dangerous).
The third column of Table 2 also indicates the minimum size of solid foreign objects which will
be excluded.
5.2 Compliance to indicated degree of protection
Compliance of an enclosure with an indicated degree of protection implies that the enclosure
will also comply with all lower degrees of protection in Table 2. In consequence, the tests
establishing these lower degrees of protection are not required, except in case of doubt.
5.3 External fans
The blades and spokes of fans external to the enclosure shall be protected against contact by
means of guards complying with Table 1.
Table 1 – Test requirements for guards
Protection of machine Test
IP1X 50 mm sphere test
IP2X to IP6X Finger test
For the test, the rotor shall be slowly rotated, for example by hand when possible.
Smooth rotating shafts and similar parts are not considered dangerous.
5.4 Drain holes
If the machine is provided with drain holes, the following shall apply:
• drain holes intended normally to be open on site shall be kept open during testing;
• drain holes are considered as open as long as no breather(s) or plug(s), etc., are mounted
in a drain;
• if machines with protection IP3X or IP4X are intended to be run with open drain holes, the
drain holes may comply with protection IP2X;
• if machines with protection IP5X are intended to be run with open drain holes, the drain
holes shall comply with protection IP4X.

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Table 2 – Degrees of protection indicated by the first characteristic numeral
Degree of protection
First
Test
characteristic
Brief description
conditions
Definition
numeral
(NOTE 1)
0 Non-protected machine No special protection No test
1 Machine protected against solid Accidental or inadvertent contact with or Table 4
(NOTE 2) objects greater than 50 mm approach to live and moving parts inside the
enclosure by a large surface of the human body,
such as a hand (but no protection against
deliberate access)
Ingress of solid objects exceeding 50 mm in
diameter
2 Machine protected against solid Contact with or approach to live or moving parts
(NOTE 2) objects greater than 12 mm inside the enclosure by fingers or similar objects
not exceeding 80 mm in length
Ingress of solid objects exceeding 12 mm in
diameter
3 Machine protected against solid Contact with or approach to live or moving parts
(NOTE 2) objects greater than 2,5 mm inside the enclosure by tools or wires exceeding
2,5 mm in diameter
Ingress of solid objects exceeding 2,5 mm in
diameter
4 Machine protected against solid Contact with or approach to live or moving parts
(NOTE 2) objects greater than 1 mm inside the enclosure by wires or strips of
thickness greater than 1 mm
Ingress of solid objects exceeding 1 mm in
diameter
5 Dust-protected machine Contact with or approach to live or moving parts
(NOTE 3) inside the enclosure
Ingress of dust is not totally prevented but dust
does not enter in sufficient quantity to interfere
with satisfactory operation of the machine
6 Dust-tight machines Ingress of dust totally prevented
NOTE 1 The brief description given in the second column of this table cannot be used to specify the type of
protection.
NOTE 2 Machines assigned a first characteristic numeral 1, 2, 3 or 4 will exclude both regularly or irregularly
shaped solid objects, provided that three normally perpendicular dimensions of the object exceed the appropriate
figure in the ‘Definition’ column.
NOTE 3 The degree of protection against dust defined by this document is a general one. When the nature of the
dust (dimensions of particles, their nature, for instance fibrous particles) is specified, test conditions can be
determined by agreement between manufacturer and user.

6 Degrees of protection – Second characteristic numeral
6.1 Indication of the degree of protection
The second characteristic numeral indicates the degree of protection provided by the enclosure
with respect to harmful effects due to ingress of water.
Table 3 gives, in the third column, details of the type of protection provided by the enclosure
for each of the degrees of protection represented by the second characteristic numeral.
An air-cooled open machine is weather-protected when its design reduces the ingress of rain,
snow and airborne particles, under specified conditions, to an amount consistent with correct
operation.
This degree of protection is designated by the letter W placed after the second characteristic
numeral.
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6.2 Compliance with lower degrees of
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