Standard

BS EN IEC 60794-1-216:2025

Optical fibre cables - Generic specification. Basic optical cable test procedures. Environmental test methods. Compound flow (drip), Method F16

Current

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Published:

30 Jun 2025

1 Scope

This part of IEC 60794 defines test procedures to ensure the filling and flooding compounds will not flow from a filled or flooded fibre optic cable, at stated temperatures.

NOTE The environmental testing of optical cable would be valuable for some applications. Useful information about suitable test methods can be found in the optical fibre standards IEC 60794‑1‑2.

Product Details

Descriptors

Impact testing

Temperature measurement

Ribbon

Evaporation

Geometry

Abrasion testing

Damage

Stiffness

Crushing tests

Dynamic testing

Stability testing

Electric cables

Optical fibres

Torsion testing

Bend testing

Communication cables

Hydrostatics

Fibre optics

Electrical testing

Mechanical testing

Cut-through tests

Test equipment

Nuclear radiation

Fibre optic cables

Small arms

Sampling methods

Tensile testing

Optical communication systems

Electric conductors

Communication equipment

Short-circuit current tests

ICS Codes

33.180.10 Fibres and cables

Committee

GEL/86/1

International relationships

Identical to:

EN 60794-1-216 ED1

IEC 60794-1-216 ED1

ISBN

978 0 539 27594 0

Publisher

BSI