EN 61587-4:2012

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2013
Mehanske strukture elektronske opreme - Preskusi za IEC 60917 in IEC 60297 - 4.
del: Kombinacija ravni zmogljivosti modularnih omaric
Mechanical structures for electronic equipment - Tests for IEC 60917 and IEC 60297 -
Part 4: Combination of performance levels for modular cabinets
Structures mécaniques pour équipement électronique - Essais pour la CEI 60917 et la
CEI 60297 - Partie 4: Combinaison des niveaux de performance pour les baies
modulaires
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61587-4:2012
ICS:
31.240 Mehanske konstrukcije za Mechanical structures for
elektronsko opremo electronic equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61587-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2012
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 31.240
English version
Mechanical structures for electronic equipment -
Tests for IEC 60917 and IEC 60297 series -
Part 4: Combination of performance levels for modular cabinets
(IEC 61587-4:2012)
Structures mécaniques pour équipement Mechanische Bauweisen für elektronische
électronique - Einrichtungen -
Essais pour les séries CEI 60917 Prüfungen für die Normenreihen
et CEI 60297 - IEC 60917 und IEC 60297 -
Partie 4: Combinaison des niveaux de Teil 4: Kombination von
performance pour les baies modulaires Anforderungsstufen für modulare
(CEI 61587-4:2012) Schränke
(IEC 61587-4:2012)
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Ref. No. EN 61587-4:2012 E
Foreword
The text of document 48D/514/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 61587-4, prepared by SC 48D
"Mechanical structures for electronic equipment" of IEC/TC 48 "Electromechanical components and
mechanical structures for electronic equipment" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and
approved by CENELEC as EN 61587-4:2012.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2013-06-17
• latest date by which the document has
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2015-09-17
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61587-4:2012 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:

IEC 60297 Series NOTE Harmonised as EN 60297 Series (not modified).
IEC 60917 Series NOTE Harmonised as EN 60917 Series (not modified).
IEC 60950-1 NOTE Harmonised as EN 60950-1.

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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. 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

IEC 60529 - Degrees of protection provided by EN 60529 -
enclosures (IP Code)
IEC 61587-1 - Mechanical structures for electronic EN 61587-1 -
equipment - Tests for IEC 60917
and IEC 60297 series -
Part 1: Environmental requirements, test
set-up and safety aspects for cabinets,
racks, subracks and chassis under indoor
conditions
IEC 61587-2 - Mechanical structures for electronic EN 61587-2 -
equipment - Tests for IEC 60917 and
IEC 60297 -
Part 2: Seismic tests for cabinets
and racks
IEC 61587-3 - Mechanical structures for electronic EN 61587-3 -
equipment - Tests for IEC 60917
and IEC 60297 -
Part 3: Electromagnetic shielding
performance tests for cabinets, racks
and subracks
IEC 61587-4 ®
Edition 1.0 2012-08
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Mechanical structures for electronic equipment – Tests for IEC 60917 and

IEC 60297 series –
Part 4: Combination of performance levels for modular cabinets

Structures mécaniques pour équipement électronique – Essais pour les séries

CEI 60917 et CEI 60297 –
Partie 4: Combinaison des niveaux de performance pour les baies modulaires

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX M
ICS 31.240 ISBN 978-2-83220-199-2

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
Bibliography . 12

Figure 1 – Arrangement overview of a modular cabinet system . 5
Figure 2 – Basic modular cabinet . 6

Table 1 – List of requirements used to specify a cabinet . 8
Table 2 – Protection against dust and water . 8
Table 3 – Climatic conditions . 8
Table 4 – Industrial atmosphere . 9
Table 5 – Static load test . 9
Table 6 – Dynamic load test . 9
Table 7 – Impact load test . 9
Table 8 – Seismic load test . 9
Table 9 – Electromagnetic shielding . 10
Table 10 – Examples of performance level combinations . 10
Table 11 – Typical application examples . 11

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MECHANICAL STRUCTURES FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT –
TESTS FOR IEC 60917 AND IEC 60297 SERIES –

Part 4: Combination of performance levels for modular cabinets

FOREWORD
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International Standard IEC 61587-4 has been prepared by subcommittee 48D: Mechanical
structures for electronic equipment, of IEC technical committee 48: Electromechanical
components and mechanical structures for electronic equipment.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
48D/514/FDIS 48D/518/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

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A list of all parts of IEC 61587 series, under the general title Mechanical structures for
electronic equipment – Tests for IEC 60917 and IEC 60297 series. can be found on the IEC
website.
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INTRODUCTION
Requirements for application specific cabinet systems vary considerably. Typically,
applications such as industrial, power distribution, IT, communications, data centres,
multimedia, traffic contro
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