IEC 60721-3-2 Ed. 3.0 b:2018

Classification of environmental conditions - Part 3-2: Classification of groups of environmental parameters and their severities - Transportation and Handling

IEC 60721-3-2:2018 classifies the groups of environmental parameters and their severities to which a product is subjected while being transported and handled. The most commonly used methods of transportation and handling have been taken into account, including the following:
 - road transport: cars, trucks;
 - rail transport: trains, trams;
 - water transport, inland and maritime: ships;
 - air transport: aircraft, jet, propeller, helicopter;
 - handling equipment: cranes, transport lifts, cableways, persons;
 - conveyors;
 - hand trollies.
 This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, published in 1997, and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
 a. Clause 1: reworded and added handling.
 b. Clause 2: updated normative references.
 c. Clause 3: updated definitions.
 d. Clause 4: reworded and simplified.
 e. Clause 5: revised and updated. Several classes have been replaced by completely new classes based on the use of new information obtained from referenced Technical Reports.
 f. Table 1 through Table 5: updated.
 g. Table 6 added.
 h. Old annexes A to C removed except Clause A.3 that is incorporated in Clause 5.
 i. New Annex A.