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IEC 60069, an international standard, has been prepared by the Technical Committee with regard to the special interest of all the National Committee. Moreover, IEC 60069 Part 2 Section 14 includes the Electric Environmental Test to measure the performance of electric equipment under particular environmental conditions.
As IEC 60069 Part 2 Section 14 falls under the discipline of the group of Electric environmental test facilities, it can be estimated it covers distinct industries under its scope, which could be the Indian household market (expected to grow annually by 5.68%) to kitchen appliance market (expected to grow with a CAGR of 6.66%).
The electric market offers a wide market to the manufacturers to introduce their products, therefore, providing an opportunity to grow and expand. However, to keep the public interest in view, IEC 60068 Part 2 Section 14 was introduced in 1954 with the motive objective to ensure the safety of the final consumers.
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Product testing ensures that a product is safe and reliable for consumption, therefore, providing you easy access to an economy worldwide. Thus, more comprehensive market access and higher sales.
For more information with respect to the benefits of the product, and testing let’s move to the next section.
Why is Product Testing Crucial | Importance of Product Testing
- One of the most important purposes of testing is quality assurance of a product that reflects high quality, safety, and reliability.
- Product testing allows the manufacturer to ensure conformance with established technical standards to produce high-quality, safe products.
- Build reputation and maximize the profit, considering that a tested product indicates quality assurance.
- Helps in retaining customers, thus, providing a competitive edge.
- Helps in understanding distinct types of stress a product can endure, be it in case of weather, wear tear, and other conditions.
- In the initial prototyping stage, if you are trying to avail investment in order to manufacture your product in mass quantities, a tested product can allow you to achieve patent and investors as it shows the quality and functionality of the product.
With the benefits of product testing, we can clearly estimate how testing ensures quality assurance and product credibility.
Since, it has been established how essential product testing is, now let’s move to the benefits of complying with standards.
What Are the Benefits of Complying With Standards?
Complying with standards offers numerous benefits to manufacturers and importers of the product, which further helps in building trustworthiness and reliability, thus retaining the customers.
Why, don’t we look at other benefits of the same –
- A certified product acts as a shield against penalties and fines which could be imposed for not certifying a product.
- A certified product serves as evidence that a product has been tested and certified as per prescribed standards.
- A certified product provides a sense of security and safety to the consumers, thus ensuring easy acceptance.
- It provides a competitive advantage over competitors.
- Easy market acceptance as a product is tested and certified.
- Confirm the unmatched quality standards.
- Seamless to file government tenders.
With these benefits of ensuring conformance with IEC 60069 Part 2 Section 14 standards and specifications, a manufacturer can establish that a product is safe, reliable, and credible, thus, confirming unmatched quality standards. Now, in the next section, we will learn about test requirements and product scope of the IEC 60069 Part 2 Section 14.
Test: Change of Temperature
As provided, IEC 60069 Part 2 Section 14 includes testing requirements for Electrical equipment, which is to be done by conducting an “a chance of temperature,” test. This test helps in determining the effect of change in the sample or specimen due to distinct environmental conditions, particularly, changes in temperature or further changes in temperature.
Therefore, it is to be noted that, this test is not conducted to reflect the effect on specimens due to low or high temperatures to check those effects, a dry heat test or cold heat test will be conducted.
Below mentioned are the methods through which the effect of such a test will be determined –
- Changes in a specimen due to changes in the values of the low or high temperature.
- The duration of the conditioning for which the product is kept at provided temperature.
- The rate of change in the temperature.
- A number of cycles of conditioning.
- The amount of heat transferred into the specimen and from the specimen.
How We Help Ensuring Conformance With IEC 60068 Specifications?
- We will educate you concerning every aspect of IEC 60068.
- We will check whether a product falls under the purview of the concerned standard, including whether a product complies with the standards or not, then, after mutual understanding, the project will move forward.
- There is no better place to obtain it than JR Compliance because we will analyze the product requirements to give clear guidelines.
- JR Compliance has experienced expert professionals, who can assist you in the documentation, evaluation, and examination.
- We are equipped with the necessary resources to conduct a virtual pre-audit to confirm whether your manufacturing unit and production process are complying with provided specifications or not.
- JR Compliance will schedule a meeting with the officer for a factory audit.
- If you lack an in-house testing facility, we will help you in setting up one.
- We will coordinate with an accredited laboratory for product testing.
- We invest our sustained efforts to meet the startled queries or demands of concerned authorities.
- In case of any concern, we assure to provide the finest solution.
Conclusion
IEC 60068, an International Standard applicable to electrical cables, which are usually used in the Mining industry and metro industries, is one of the major contributors to our economic development. Considering that, it is not only mandatory but necessary to ensure conformance with specifications mentioned in IEC 60068 with the purpose of introducing your product to the Indian market. Keeping the importance of conformance with compliance in mind, we – JR Compliance, a leading compliance service provider are equipped with experts and resources to provide you with above and beyond support.
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