EUROPEANSTANDARD EN 61061-1 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM December2006 ICS 17.220.99; 29.035.01 Supersedes EN 61061-1:1998 English version Non-impregnated densified laminated wood for electrical purposes Part 1: Definitions, designation and general requirements (IEC61061-1:2006) Stratifiés de bois densifie, non impregnes, Nicht-impragniertes Kunstharzpressholz a usages électriques furelektrotechnischeZwecke Partie 1: Definitions, désignation Teil 1: Begriffe, Bezeichnung etprescriptions genérales und allgemeine Anforderungen (CEI61061-1:2006) (IEC61061-1:2006) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2006-11-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta, the Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal, Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. CENELEC European CommitteeforElectrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur Elektrotechnische Normung Central Secretariat: ruedeStassart 35, B -1050Brussels @2006CENELEC- All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 61061-1:2006 E - 2 - EN61061-1:2006 Foreword The text of document 15/343/FDIS, future edition 3 of IEC 61061-1, prepared by IEC TC 15, Solid electrical insulating materials, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN61061-1 on2006-11-01. This EuropeanStandard supersedes EN61061-1:1998 The main changes from EN 61061-1:1998 are as follows: - addition of application useand safety statements; redefinition of ring and sheet; appropriate additions to the subclauses; reformatting of text to bring it in line with current IEC document format. The following dates were fixed: latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard orby endorsement (dop) 2007-08-01 latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-11-01 AnnexZAhasbeenaddedbyCENELEC Endorsementnotice The text of the International Standard IEC 61061-1:2006 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. EN61061-1:2006 IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 61061-1 Third edition 2006-10 Non-impregnated densifiedlaminated wood for electrical purposes: Part 1: Definitions, designation and general requirements IEC Reference number IEC 61061-1:2006(E) EN61061-1:2006 NON-IMPREGNATEDDENSIFIEDLAMINATEDWOOD FORELECTRICALPURPOSES- Part1:Definitions,designationandgeneral requirements Scope This part of IEC 61061 includes the definitions required for the understanding of all three parts of the standard, the designation of the material types and the general requirements applicable to non-impregnateddensified laminated woodforelectrical purposes This specification is intended to cover only sheets and rings of nominal thicknesses between 6 mm and 100 mm, inclusive. Materials which conform to this specification meet established levels of performance actual requirements necessary for adequate performance in that application and not based on this specification alone. Safety warning: It is the responsibility of the user of the methods contained or referred to in this document to ensure that the