DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE
DIN EN 60974-7
; VDE 0544-7:2013-11
Arc welding equipment - Part 7: Torches (IEC 60974-7:2013); German version EN 60974-7:2013
Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen - Teil 7: Brenner (IEC 60974-7:2013); Deutsche Fassung EN 60974-7:2013
Overview
This standard of the DIN EN 60974 (VDE 0544) "Arc welding equipment" shall be applied together with basic standard DIN EN 60974-1 (VDE 0544-1). It specifies safety and construction requirements for torches for arc welding and allied processes and is applicable to manual, mechanically guided, air-cooled, liquid-cooled, motorized, spool-on and fume extraction torches. This new edition includes modified new requirements for the degree of protection of the torch coupling device and new requirements for flammability for tools. The responsible committee is DKE/K 361 "Lichtbogenschweißeinrichtungen" ("Electric arc welding equipment") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.
