PD IEC/TR 60825-17 is the 17th part of a British standard used for the safety of laser products. PD IEC/TR 60825-17 helps in ensuring safety while manufacturing, installing, and using these laser products. PD IEC/TR 60825-17 recommends safety measures to protect against effects caused exclusively by thermal, opto-mechanical, and related effects in passive optical components, and optical cables used in high power optical fibre communication systems.
PD IEC/TR 60825-17 does not apply to the use of high power optical systems in explosive atmospheres or the use of optical fibres in material processing machines. Throughout this part of IEC 60825, a reference to ‘laser’ is taken to include light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and optical amplifiers.
PD IEC/TR 60825-17 on safety of laser products is useful for:
Laser products are harmful to the skin, and eyes as these products contain hazardous substances. PD IEC/TR 60825-17 recommends reliable safety measures while manufacturing these laser products. By using PD IEC/TR 60825-17 you can identify the damages in optical compounds due to the high power induced in these compounds. This helps in implementing damage testing for identifying fibre coating damages. The information on automatic power reduction mentioned in PD IEC/TR 60825-17 is useful in showing a high level of reliability for systems using high optical power operation in fibres.
By applying PD IEC/TR 60825-17 you can ensure the safety of you, and your client while manufacturing or installing these products. This helps in recognizing hazardous substances used in laser products.IEC TR 60825-17:2015