BS EN IEC 60352-4:2020

What is BS EN IEC 60352‑4 about? 

BS EN IEC 60352‑4 is a multi-part series of European standard which discusses about the solderless connection.  

BS EN IEC 60352‑4 is applicable to non-accessible ID connections for which the tests and measurements according to Clauses 6 through 8 are suitable and which are made with: 

• Appropriately designed ID terminations 
• Wires having solid round conductors of 0,25 mm to 3,6 mm nominal diameter 
• Wires having stranded conductors of 0,05 mm2 to 10 mm2 cross-sectional area 

Note 1: BS EN IEC 60352‑4 on materials and data from industrial experience is included in addition to the test procedures to provide electrically stable connections under prescribed environmental conditions. 

Who is BS EN IEC 60352‑4 for? 

BS EN IEC 60352‑4 on non-accessible insulation displacement of solderless connection is useful for: 

• Manufacturers of solderless connections 
• Companies dealing with insulating displacement connection 
• Retailer and suppliers for supplying solderless connectors 

Why should you use BS EN IEC 60352‑4? 

Non-accessible insulation displacement connection is an ID connection in which it is not possible to access test points for carrying out mechanical tests such as transverse extraction force and some electrical measurements without deactivation of any design feature intended to establish and/or maintain the ID connection, mainly where the ID connection is enclosed in a component. 

Adherence to BS EN IEC 60352‑4 enables you: 

• To determine the suitability of non-accessible ID connections under specified mechanical, electrical and atmospheric conditions 
• To provide a means of comparing test results when the tools used to make the connections, if any, are of different designs or manufacture 

BS EN IEC 60352‑4 gives you the general requirements of solderless connections which includes: conductor, wire, ID connection, accessible ID connection, ID termination and non-accessible ID connection, which helps in manufacturing the ID connection for solderless connection in a precise way. 

As a user of BS EN IEC 60352‑4, you will be able to acquire a good quality of solderless connection which adheres to standard requirements and test methods. 

What’s changed since the last update? 

BS EN IEC 60352‑4:2020 supersedes BS EN 60352‑4:1995, which is withdrawn. It includes: 

• Transferred Clauses 9 to 13 into Annex A (informative) 
• The figures were re-drawn for clarity