Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and measurement procedures - Part 2-50: Tests - Fibre optic connector proof test with static load - Singlemode and multimode

This part of IEC 61300 describes a test to quantitatively assess the capability of connector terminated patchcord cable assemblies to withstand static loads without uncoupling of the connector, physical damage to the assembly or permanent degradation of optical performance. This test is intended to apply to terminated reinforced jacketed cable of any diameter, both singlemode and multimode.

Lichtwellenleiter - Verbindungselemente und passive Bauteile - Grundlegende Prüf- und Messverfahren - Teil 2-50: Prüfungen - Festigkeitsprüfung für Lichtwellenleiter-Steckverbinder - Einmoden und Mehrmoden

Dispositifs d'interconnexion et composants passifs à fibres optiques - Méthodes fondamentales d'essais et de mesures - Partie 2-50: Essais - Essai de résistance des connecteurs à fibres optiques sous charge statique - Unimodal et multimodal

La présente partie de la CEI 61300 décrit un essai destiné à évaluer de façon quantitative la capacité d'un cordon, assemblage d'un câble muni de connecteurs, à supporter des charges statiques sans désaccouplage du connecteur, sans détérioration physique de l'ensemble, et sans dégradation permanente des performances optiques. Cet essai est destiné à être appliqué aux câbles de tout diamètre, terminés par gaine renforcée, à la fois unimodaux et multimodaux.

Osnovno preskušanje in merilni postopki - 2-50. del: Preskusi - Preskus preverjanja konektorjev za optične kable - Enorodni in večrodni (IEC 61300-2-50:2007)

General Information

Status
Published
Publication Date
02-Aug-2007
Withdrawal Date
30-Jun-2010
Drafting Committee
IEC/SC 86B - IEC_SC_86B
Parallel Committee
IEC/SC 86B - IEC_SC_86B
Current Stage
6060 - Document made available - Publishing
Start Date
03-Aug-2007
Completion Date
03-Aug-2007

Relations

Effective Date
20-Jan-2015
Effective Date
13-Aug-2024

Overview

EN 61300-2-50:2007 (identical to IEC 61300-2-50:2007) specifies a fibre optic connector proof test with static load for terminated, reinforced jacketed patchcord assemblies. The standard defines a quantitative test to confirm that connectorized singlemode and multimode patchcords withstand static tensile and side loads without uncoupling, physical damage, or permanent degradation of optical performance (attenuation and return loss).

Key topics and technical requirements

  • Test objective: Verify mechanical integrity and optical stability of connector-terminated patchcords under static loads.
  • Applicable cable types: Terminated reinforced jacketed cables of any diameter - singlemode and multimode.
  • Load conditions:
    • Straight pull (0°): preferred example load 44.5 N.
    • Side pull (90°): preferred example load 22.6 N.
    • Note: for small form factor connectors, the preferred 90° load may be 2/3 of specified values.
  • Duplex cordage: Loads are not doubled; cordage is bent in the minor axis direction during the test.
  • Apparatus: Test fixture uses a capstan (example diameter shown: Ø 7.5 cm), test arm and adapter mountable at 0° and 90°. Weights apply tension through the capstan while the mated connector is fixed in an adapter.
  • Optical measurements:
    • Singlemode: 1 310 nm and 1 550 nm (optional 1 625 nm).
    • Multimode: 850 nm and 1 300 nm (optional 650 nm).
    • Measurements include attenuation and return loss per referenced IEC methods.
  • Procedure essentials:
    • Preconditioning: 2 h at standard test conditions (per IEC 61300-1).
    • Initial and final visual and optical measurements (refer to IEC 61300-3 series).
    • Load application at a controlled rate (e.g., ~5 N/s for reinforced cables) and hold for a fixed time.

Applications and users

This standard is used by:

  • Connector and patchcord manufacturers for product qualification and design validation.
  • Independent test laboratories performing mechanical and optical acceptance testing.
  • Quality assurance / compliance teams verifying supplier claims.
  • Systems integrators and purchasers specifying mechanical durability requirements for fibre optic patchcords in telecom, data center and industrial installations.
  • Product designers to ensure connectors and strain-relief designs meet static-load durability criteria.

Related standards

  • IEC / EN 61300-1 - General guidance and standard test conditions
  • IEC / EN 61300-3-1 - Visual examination
  • IEC / EN 61300-3-6 - Return loss measurement
  • IEC / EN 61300-3-34 - Attenuation of random mated connectors

EN 61300-2-50:2007 (CLC/CENELEC) provides a practical, reproducible method to assess connector robustness under static load - essential for ensuring reliable optical performance in deployed fibre networks.

Frequently Asked Questions

EN 61300-2-50:2007 is a standard published by CLC. Its full title is "Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and measurement procedures - Part 2-50: Tests - Fibre optic connector proof test with static load - Singlemode and multimode". This standard covers: This part of IEC 61300 describes a test to quantitatively assess the capability of connector terminated patchcord cable assemblies to withstand static loads without uncoupling of the connector, physical damage to the assembly or permanent degradation of optical performance. This test is intended to apply to terminated reinforced jacketed cable of any diameter, both singlemode and multimode.

This part of IEC 61300 describes a test to quantitatively assess the capability of connector terminated patchcord cable assemblies to withstand static loads without uncoupling of the connector, physical damage to the assembly or permanent degradation of optical performance. This test is intended to apply to terminated reinforced jacketed cable of any diameter, both singlemode and multimode.

EN 61300-2-50:2007 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.180.20 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

EN 61300-2-50:2007 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 61300-2-50:2007/AC:2015, prEN IEC 61300-2-50:2025. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.

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Messverfahren - Teil 2-50: Prüfungen - Festigkeitsprüfung für Lichtwellenleiter-
Steckverbinder - Einmoden und Mehrmoden (IEC 61300-2-50:2007)
Dispositifs d'interconnexion et composants passifs a fibres optiques - Méthodes
fondamentales d'essais et de mesures -- Partie 2-50: Essais - Essai de résistance des
connecteurs a fibres optiques sous charge statique - Unimodal et multimodal (IEC 61300
-2-50:2007)
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61300-2-50
NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 2007
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 33.180.20
English version
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components -
Basic test and measurement procedures -
Part 2-50: Tests -
Fibre optic connector proof test with static load -
Singlemode and multimode
(IEC 61300-2-50:2007)
Dispositifs d'interconnexion  Lichtwellenleiter -
et composants passifs à fibres optiques - Verbindungselemente
Méthodes fondamentales d'essais und passive Bauteile -
et de mesures - Grundlegende Prüf- und Messverfahren -
Partie 2-50: Essais - Teil 2-50: Prüfungen -
Essai de résistance des connecteurs Festigkeitsprüfung
à fibres optiques sous charge statique - für Lichtwellenleiter-Steckverbinder -
Unimodal et multimodal Einmoden und Mehrmoden
(CEI 61300-2-50:2007) (IEC 61300-2-50:2007)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2007-07-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified
to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
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Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

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© 2007 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 61300-2-50:2007 E
Foreword
The text of document 86B/2509/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 61300-2-50, prepared by SC 86B, Fibre
optic interconnecting devices and passive components, of IEC TC 86, Fibre optics, was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 61300-2-50 on 2007-07-01.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2008-04-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2010-07-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Notice
This document contains material that is Copyright © 2006, Telcordia Technologies, Inc. ("Telcordia").
All rights reserved.
The reader is advised that this IEC document and Telcordia source(s) may differ, and the context and use
of said material in this IEC document may differ from that of Telcordia. Telcordia makes no representation
or warranty, express or implied, with respect to the sufficiency, accuracy, or utility of any information or
opinion contained herein. Any use of or reliance upon said information or opinion is at the risk of the user.
Telcordia shall not be liable for any damage or injury incurred by any person arising out of the sufficiency,
accuracy, or utility of any information or opinion contained herein.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61300-2-50:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1) 2)
IEC 61300-1 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-1 2003
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures -
Part 1: General and guidance
1) 2)
IEC 61300-3-1 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-3-1 2005
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures -
Part 3-1: Examinations and measurements -
Visual examination
1) 2)
IEC 61300-3-6 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-3-6 2003
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures -
Part 3-6: Examinations and measurements -
Return loss
1) 2)
IEC 61300-3-34 - Fibre optic interconnecting devices and EN 61300-3-34 2002
passive components - Basic test and
measurement procedures -
Part 3-34: Examinations and measurements -
Attenuation of random mated connectors

1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD
CEI
61300-2-50
NORME
First edition
INTERNATIONALE
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2007-06
Fibre optic interconnecting
devices and passive components –
Basic test and measurement procedures –
Part 2-50:
Tests –
Fibre optic connector proof test with static load –
Singlemode and multimode
Dispositifs d’interconnexion et
composants passifs à fibres optiques –
Méthodes fondamentales d’essais et de mesures –
Partie 2-50:
Essais –
Essai de résistance des connecteurs à fibres
optiques sous charge statique –
Unimodal et multimodal
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3

1 Scope.5
2 Normative references.5
3 General description.5
4 Apparatus.5
5 Procedure.6
5.1 General .6
5.2 Preparation of specimen .7
5.3 Preconditioning.7
5.4 Initial measurements .7
5.5 Test method .7
5.6 Recovery .7
5.7 Final measurements .7
6 Details to be specified.8

Figure 1 – Proof test apparatus .6
Figure 2 – Application of the load in the case of duplex cordage .6

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Part 2-50: Tests – Fibre optic connector proof test with static load –
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