@ IS : 4691 - 1985, ( Reaffirmed 2004 ) Indian Standard DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (First Revision ) Third Reprint APRIL 1997 UDC 621.313-13 : 621,3-783.3 © Copyright 1987 BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAM ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI 110002 Gr? February 987TS : 4691 - 1985 Indian Standard DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINERY ( First Revision ) Rotating Machinery Sectional Committee, ETDC 15 Chairman Retresnting Rastenasons Indian Electrical -Manufacturen’ sociation, Sunt 8. 6 Bombay Manters Da G.M. Paani ( Alma to ‘Shri S.G. Ramachondea ) Sumy ReS. Anon Directorate General of Supplies & Dispossls, New Deltt Pe Sunt K, L. Gane ( Altrsate) Sam P-R. Barat Guest, Keen, Williams, Ltd, Bombay ' ‘Shp A. S. Anmwasican (Allene) Cammy Bronere (E). TE ‘Central Public Works Department, New Delhi “Senezvon or Wonks IT ( Alienate) Sunt. C, Desiiecxi Bharat Bijlee L:d, Bombay ‘Su A.V. Barazenac ( Alerete) Dacron (HTD 1) ‘Central Eleteicity Authority, New Delhi Darory Doxvoron (HTD 1) ( Alernate} ‘SmmyAG, Dost ‘Walchandnagar Industries Lid, Walehandeagar Siar 8.8. Rexscqnnst ( Altemate sua GL. Des ‘Rural Electrification Corporation Ld, New Delt ‘Sunt §. 3. Sena (Allerate) Smut M. Gaxsit Kirloskar Bletric Co Ltd, Bangalore ‘Sun Ne a Jawanoaw Rao ( Allerate 3 Shins Ke Vo Mtyseuseazn ( Aliemate 1 ) Santa Gsxcot Steel Authority of India Led (2 ‘bhilat Steel Plant ), Signy K. Nana seas ( Alternate) snniS. N-Guosi Slemens India Led, Bosabay ‘sins ¥, Rastaswrasty (Alienate) Jore Dingeton Stasbante Railway Board, Minisry of Railways PEsmen 3 ‘Aswueraser Dinecton ( Eure ) Be? ( Alternate} Contiued on page 2 (© Copyright 1967 BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS “This publication is protected under the Indian Copyright det ( XIV of 1957) and Feprotuction in whole orn part by any mean except ith writen permision of the Puiaher shall be deemed to be an infringement of copyright under the said Aer1S : 4691 - 1985 ( Gontinad from pape 1) Manders Reprasatng Sue ¥. C, Lown, “The General Bletrie Co of India Ltd, Calcutta ‘SuarP, Mascara ( Alirnate) Suni B. Moxmorapmy ay [National Test House, Calcutta ‘Sut Sawatar Kosa ( Alternat) Sant J. M, Nase ‘Mitlowners' Awociation, Bombay ‘Sunt $, Samu ( Alterte) Sunt Suv Nanayan Bharat Heavy Electricals Led, Hyderabad ‘SuarC. K: Moray Sasray ( dllenate 1) Sunt §, 5. Rao ( Allee TT ) Dr M.S. Paporont Hindustan Brown Boveri Ltd, Vadodara Saar M; Ruseuxnronaca Rao ( dltenaie) ‘Suni D.P. Passe Grompton Greaves Ltd, Bombay ‘Suz ©. P. Dusan ( Alienate) Sunt PrL, Papuax Jyoti Ltd, Vadodara ‘Suir B. Raowtowars ( Alteate’) Suny AD. Rawoseexan ‘Tata Consulting Engineers, Bombay ‘Saas M. B: Reppy ( Alienate} ‘Suny Saronapax ano Dethi Blectric Supply Undertaking, New Delhi ‘Sur ¥. B. Sieur ( Alternate) Sunt. L.Swibuanacoaray” NGEF Led, Bangalore SE, veh omens ee Ea Beant) Director ( Elec tech ) " etn Sunt R. K, Moxoa. Joint Ditector (Elec tech), St Industrial Motors Subcommittee, ETDG 15 : 1 Convener Sant §. N. Gros Siemens India Ltd, Bombay Members Samus V_ Rasaswasce ( Aleraate to ‘Shri §, N. Ghosh ) “Agaanwan Bharat Heavy Electricals Led, Hyderabad Nt H Jarnt { Alersate T) Sunt PV. Sarre ( Alienate 11) Sum J.L. Gartanaa Dicegorate General of Supplies & Dipoats, New Dreory Duzcron oF Tyspection ( Alrnate ( Gontaud o page 27 )Is : 4691 - 1985 Indian Standard DEGREES OF PROTECTION PROVIDED BY ENCLOSURES FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINERY ( First Revision ) 0. FOREWORD 0.1 This Indian Standard (First Revision ) was adopted by the Indian Standards Institution on 29 October 1983, after the draft finalized by the Rotating Machinery Sectional Committee had been approved by the Electrotechnical Division Council 0.2 This standard is intended to serve as a guide to describe: a) Definitions for standard degrees of protection provided by enclosures applicable to electrical rotating machines as regarde: i) Protection of persons against contact with approach to live parts and against contact with moving parts( other than smooth rotating shafts and the like ) inside the enclosure and protection of machines against ingress of solid foreign ii) Protection of machines against the harmful effects due to the ingress of water; b) Designations of these protective degrees; and ) Tests to be performed to check that machines meet the require- ments of this standard. 0.3 This standard was issued in 1968 to classify the enclosures in simple manner and the tests to verify the degree of protection offered by these enclosures to the electrical rotating machines. ‘0.4 In the first revision of this standard, the major changes made are as follows: a) Use of letters S and M (see 22.1 ) has been defined clearly, »b) Requirements concerning external fans (ste 3.3 ) and drain holes (1083.4) have been added,+4691 - 1985 ©) Principle of a protection against ‘approach to live and moving parts’ necessary for rotating electrical machines has been speci fied in Table 1, 4) First characteristic numeral 6, has not been specified as it is not used for rotating electrical machines, ¢) Tests and acceptance conditions of the characteristics have been given in Tables 3 and 4, and £) First characteristic numeral 3 has been added in Table 1. 0.5 The requirements relating to weather protected enclosures ( marked with letter W in 2.2.2 and 4.1.2) have not been specified in this standard The degree of protection IP 54, IP 35 or superior is preferred over "W* type protection which is intended for internally air cooled machines with open circuit cooling. W type protection is not commonly required for Tadian climate conditions, however, if required by the user, the requice- ments and tests shall be subject to the mutual agreement between the ‘manufacturer and the user. 0.6 In the preparation of this standard, considerable assistance has been derived from IEC Publication 34-5( 198] ) ‘Rotating electrical machines: Part 5 Classification of degres of protection provided by enclosures for rotating machines’ issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (TEC ), 0.7 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a cest, shall be rounded off in accordance with 1S: 21960%. ‘The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard, 1. SCOPE LI This standard applies to the classification of degrees of protection, provided by enclosures for sotating machines. 1.2 This standard defines the requirements with which protective enclosures shail comply. 1.3 This standard! deals only with enclosures that are in all other respects suitable for their intended wse and which from the point of view of ruaterial and workraanship ensure that the properties dealt with in this standard are maintained uncer the normal conditions of use. ‘Rules for rosuding off numerical values! ue) 4IS : 4691 - 1985, L4 This standard does not specify degrees of protection against mechanical damage of the machine, or conditions such as moisture (produced for example, by condensation ) corrosive vapours, fungus or vermin, This standard does not specify types of protections of electric machines for the use in an explosive gas atmospheres. 1.5 Fences external to the enclosure which have to be provided solely for the safety of personnel are not considered part of the enclosure and are not dealt with in this standard, 2, DESIGNATION 2.0 The designation used for the degree of protection consists of the letters IP followed by two characteristic numerals signifying conformity with the conditions indicated in 3 and 4 and Tables | and 2 respectively. 2.1 Single Characteristic Numeral — When itis required to indicate a degree of protection by only one characteristic numeral, the omitted ‘aumeral shall be replaced by the letter X., For example, IPX9 or IP2X. 22 Supplementary Letters — Additional information may be indicated by a supplementary letter. 2.21 Letters Following Numerals — In special applications (such as machines with open circuit cooling for ship deck installation with air inlet and outlet openings closed during standstill) numerals may be followed by a letter indicating whether the protection against harmful effects due to ingress of water was verified or tested for the machine not running (letter S) or the machine running (letter M ). In this case, the degree of protection in either state of the machine shall be indicated, for example, IP55S/IP20M. ‘The absence of the letters M and S shall imply that the intended degree of protection was tested in both the cases, machine running and machine not running [ see also 6.0 ( Note ) J. 2.2.2 Letters Placed Immediately After the Letters IP — For mach suitable for use under specified weather conditions and provided additional protective features or processes, the letter W (placed imme- diately after the letters IP ) may be used, 3TS : 4691 - 1985 23 Example of Designation st CHARACTERISTIC NUMERAL (Gea Tabie 1) 2nd CHARACTERISTIC NUMERAL ise Tedie 2) 24 The most frequently used degrees of protection for electrical rotating machines are given in Appendix A. 3. DEGREES OF PROTECTION — FIRST CHARACTERISTIC NUMERAL 3.1 The first characteristic numeral indicates the degree of protection provided by the enclosure with respect to persons and also to the parts Of the machine inside the enclosure. GL Table | gives, in col 3, brief details of objects which will be ‘excluded’ from the enclosure for each of the degrees of protection represented by the first characteristic numeral. ‘The term ‘excluded implies that a part of the body, or a tool or a wire held by a person, either will not enter the machine or, if it enters, that adequate clearance will be maintained between it and the live parts or dangerous moving parts ( smooth rotating shafts and the like are not considered dangezous ). 3.1.2 Column 3 of Table | also indicates the minimum size of solid foreign objects which will be excluded from entering the enclosure. 3.2 Compliance of an enclosure with an indicated degree of protection implies that the enclosure will also comply with all lower degrees of protection in Table 1. In consequence, the tests establishing these lower degrees of protection are not recjuired, except in case of doubt. 6IS: 4691 - 1985 TABLE | DEGREES OF PROTECTION INDICATED BY THE FIRST ‘CHARACTERISTIC NUMERAL [user O46), 2.0, 2.8, 3.61, 8.13 end 3.2) Frese Dronrn of Pronscrarit | Crag acre tstre | _) Compinicss Nowsnat | Diet Description Definition o 2) eo o ° Non-protected No special protection | No text, put 3.3 ‘machine 4 Machine protected | a) Accidental or ine fgpina solid objects |" advertent contact greater than 50mm | with or approach to ve ‘and movin parts inside the en Elorure by 2 large Surface of ue | fhuman body, such | ara hand. ( but no Protection against Seiiberste access) 8 logees of slit bjects exceeding Som in diameter a Machine protected | a) Contact by fingers or Msetine sid chives |” Sonton objeeS™nce steater ean 12mm | ‘exceeding 0, mm se icogt wien or | Ag specified ia approach wolive gr | Table moving pare inside the enelowure © Ingen of sola T2'me in diameter 3 | Machine protected | a) Contact with oF ‘gains solid objecu |” apprasch to live or greater than 2°3 mm | moving parte avide the enelosure by | fools of, wines ex feeding 23 mm tn Giacnrter { by Ingres of solid | sacks exceeding 235m in diamener (Continued 7IS : 4691 - 1985 TABLE 1 DEGREES OF PROTECTION INDICATED BY THE FIRST ‘CHARACTERISTIC NUMERAL ~ Contd —— Fine | Deoues or Proxnorioxt | tase Cuan acrmnseric| | Goxorrions Nomenan | Brief Description Definition mo) ® o | o —__ 1d + Machine protected |) Contact, with or | ‘against solid objects | approach to live or greater than Imm | moving parts imide | Bie cntlonre by | Weir “or aris ‘ot | lence “greater Gant mm in Sameer Ingress of _sotid | objects exceeding Timm fo diameter » oa ; Acspecifed in Dust-protected 2) Contact with or “tables ‘aschine approach fo Hive oe the enelosure st Zot totally peeves | oi Sit due does Sos cavern suc | Inentte with sat | Factory” gperation | ot the achive “The brief description given in col 2 of this table should not be used to. specify the oom of protection {Machines assigned first characteristic numeral 1, 2, 3 or 4 will exclude both regulasly of irregularly shaped solid objects provided that ticee normally perpendicular ‘Gimensions of the object exceed the appropriate igure in col "Deft The degree of protection against dust defined by this standard ir general one. When the nature of the dust’ (dimensions of particles, their nature, for instance Bbrovs particles) i» specified, test conditions should be determined by agreement between, nanufscrurer and the saerIs : 4691 - 1985 3.3 External Fans — The blades and spokes of fans external to the enclosure shall be protected against comtact by means of guards comply- ing with the following requirements: Protection of Machine Test of Fan POX and TP1X 50 mm sphere test TP2X to PSX Finger test 3.3.1 For this test, the rotor is slowly rotated by hand. 3.3.2 Smooth rotating shafts and similar parts are not considered dangerous. Nore — Im certain applications {such as agricultural domestic appliances eer eatin Cyan teldannl of deliberate Conact aah be rei Specied, 34 Drain Holes 3.4.1 If the enclosure is provided with drain holes, the following shall a) Drain holes intended normally to be opened on site shall be kept opened during testing b) Drain holes intended normally to be closed on site shall be kept closed during testing. 3.4.2 Drain holes of machines with protection IP3X or IP4X may have IP2X protection. 3.4.3 Drain holes of machines with protection IP5X shall have IP4X protection. 4. DEGREES OF PROTECTION — SECOND CHARACTERISTIC NUMERAL 4.1 The second characteristic numeral indicates the degree of protection provided by the enclosure with respect to harmful effects due to ingress of water. 4.1 Table 2 gives, in column 3, details of the type of protection, provided by the enclosure for each of the degrees of protection repre- sented by the second characteristic numeral. 4.1.2 A machine is weather-protected when its design reduces the ingress of rain, snow and air-borne particles, under specified conditions, to an amount Consistent with correct operation. The degree of protec: tion is designated by the letter i’ (placed between IP and the numerals ) 4.2 Compliance of an enclosure with an indicated degree of ‘protection implies that the enclosure will also comply with all lower degrees of protection in Table 2. 9IS : 4691 - 1985, 4.2.1 In consequence, the tests establishing these lower degrees of protection are not required, except in case of doubt. 5. MARKING 5.1 It is recommended that the characteristic letters and numerals be ‘marked on the rating plate, or if this is not practicable, on the enclosure. 5.2 When all parts of a machine do not have the same degree of protection, the designation of the lowest degree shall be shown first, followed if applicable by the other designation with reference to the part to which it applies. 3.3 Where the mounting of the machine has an influence on the degree of protection, the intended mounting arrangement shall be indicated by the manufacturer on the rating plate or in his instructions for mounting. 6. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTS 6.0 The tests specified in this standard are type tests. They shall be carried out on standard products or models of them, Where this is not feasible, verification and test should be the subject of an agreement bet- ‘ween manufacturer and the user. Unless otherwise specified, the samples of machines for each test shall be in clean and new condition, with ail the parts in place and mounted in the manner stated by the manu- facturer. In the case of first characteristic numerals 1 and 2 and second characteristic numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4a visual inspection may, in certain obvious cases, show that the intended degree of protection is obtained, In such cases, mo test need be made. However, in case of doubt, tests are to be made as prescribed in 7 and 8, Nota = Due to lack of testing facility to carry out test for first and second characteristic numerals under runting conditions (Mf), the tests under this condition Say be waived of il the facilny ds cfeated in the county. 6.1 Adequate Clearance — For the purpose of test clauses in this standard, the term ‘adequate clearance’ has the following meaning: a) Low-Voltage Machines ( Rated Voltages not Exceeding ac: 1 000 V and de: 1500 ¥) — The test device ( sphere, finger, wire, etc ) does not touch the live parts or moving parts other than non-dange- rous parts such as smooth rotating shafts. b) High-Voltage Mackines ( Rated Voltages Exceeding ac: 1000 V and de: 1.500 V') — When the test device is placed in the most_unfavour- able position(s), the machine shall be capable of withstanding the dielectric test applicable to the machine. Nore — This dimension in som oalavour electric ten requirement may be replaced by a specified clearance ‘which, would ensure that tis test would be saictory under the fe electric eld configuration. 7. TESTS FOR FIRST CHARACTERISTIC NUMERAL 7A Test_and acceptance con given in Table 3 jons for first characteristic numeral are 10