About the Standard
Scope title: drop and topple test
IEC 60068-2-31 is a standard published by International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). It publishes international standards for electrical, electronic and related technologies; it is the foundation of the EMC and electrical safety body of work. CISPR publications belong to a special committee within the IEC.
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The section below describes the field that code IEC 60068-2-31 belongs to; it is not the text of the standard or the regime itself. The scope title of the code is given above, and technical requirements are shared at the quotation stage.
Standard-based tests are test pages whose address comes from a standard number. What the user is looking for is often not the name of the test but the code written in their specification: not "salt spray test" but "ASTM B117", not "drop test" but "IEC 60068-2-31", not "vibration" but "MIL-STD-810 Method 514".
This preference reflects the reality in the field. An engineer sees a code in the specification received from a customer and searches for that code; they do not need to know the name of the test. The code is the identity of the test and distinguishes the different adoptions of the same test by different bodies.
This group addresses the different adoptions of the SAME TEST separately. The same physical phenomenon may be published under different numbers by ISO, ASTM, EN, IEC, DIN and JIS. Even where the numbers are the same (as with ISO 6892-1 and EN ISO 6892-1), specimen preparation, conditions, calculation details and reporting may differ; adoptions may carry national annexes. The code written in the specification therefore governs, and "similar" is not accepted.
Searching at code level meets a different need from searching at scope level. A user searching for "corrosion testing" wants to learn about the field; a user searching for "ASTM B117" has a specification in hand and wants to know the feasibility, duration and price of that test. Two different intents require two different page structures.
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Different parts of the same code and different adoptions of the same number are linked between pages. A user searching for IEC 60335 also sees 60335-2-40; a user searching for ISO 6892-1 also sees the EN ISO 6892-1 and DIN EN ISO 6892-1 adoptions. These links are derived from the number of the code rather than written by hand.
The edition year is NOT CARRIED in the library. It is held as "ASTM D638" rather than "ASTM D638-22", because the edition in force changes over time and the address of the page should not age with the edition. If a year is stated in your specification, that edition governs; if not, the most current edition is applied.
Method groups in this field
Searching by code
Direct search for the code written in the specification; it is found in the library with its code, scope title and issuing body.
Searching by scope title
A test whose code is not known is searched by its subject; a search for "salt spray" brings up the related codes.
Series and part relationships
The other parts of the same series are shown, derived from the number of the code.
Adoption relationships
Different bodies' adoptions of the same number are matched; the claim is kept limited to "the same number".
Superseded codes
Withdrawn codes are not held in the library but, when searched for, the user is directed to the counterpart in force.
Commonly confused in this field
- Different adoptions of the same number are not identical texts; they may carry national annexes.
- The code written in the specification governs; a technically similar code cannot be substituted.
- If an edition year is stated, that edition is applied; the most current edition is not automatically accepted.
- A code page carries no test conditions or acceptance criteria; these are in the copyrighted text of the standard and in the product specification.
- A part code (for example -2-40) may not be sufficient on its own; the general part of the series is applied as well.
Which decisions these results support
- Matching the code written in the specification to the correct laboratory scope
- Distinguishing between equivalent adoptions
- Clarifying the scope and edition at the quotation stage
- Finding the current counterpart of withdrawn codes
Structure of the Code
- Published by
- IEC
- Serial number
- 60068
- Part
- 2-31
The last "2-31" is the section number of the standard. Chapters organize different coverages of the same series; The requirements of whichever section is written in the specification are applied.
Codes in the library without release year is kept. The current version changes over time; If the year is specified in your specification, that version is taken as basis, if not specified, the most current version is applied.
Scope
- Test
- Standard-Based Tests
Related Tests and Services
Of the 2 pieces of content this code is referenced in, the 1 with their own published page are listed below.
Test · 1
Technical Requirements
Standard texts are copyright of the relevant organization; test condition, sample and acceptance criteria cannot be fitted here.
Technical requirements specific to your product, once we clarify the scope At offer stage shared in writing.
Other Parts of the Same Series
IEC 60068 series is also present in the library with the following parts.
- IEC 60068series of environmental test methods
- IEC 60068-2-1low temperature (cold) test
- IEC 60068-2-2high temperature (dry heat) test
- IEC 60068-2-6sinusoidal vibration test
- IEC 60068-2-11series of environmental test methods
- IEC 60068-2-14change of temperature test
- IEC 60068-2-18series of environmental test methods
- IEC 60068-2-27mechanical shock test
- IEC 60068-2-30cyclic damp heat test
- IEC 60068-2-38series of environmental test methods
- IEC 60068-2-52series of environmental test methods
- IEC 60068-2-64random vibration test
- IEC 60068-2-75series of environmental test methods
- IEC 60068-2-78steady-state damp heat test
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