EN 61300-3-1 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM December2005 ICS 33.180.20 Supersedes EN 61300-3-1:1997 English version Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Basic test and measurement procedures Part 3-1: Examinations and measurements - Visual examination (IEC61300-3-1:2005) Dispositifsd'interconnexionet Lichtwellenleiter- composantspassifsafibresoptiques Verbindungselemente und passive Methodes fondamentales d'essais Bauteile- et de mesures Grundlegende Pruf-und Messverfahren Partie3-1:Examensetmesures Teil 3-1: Untersuchungen und Messungen Examenvisuel Sichtprufung (CEI61300-3-1:2005) (IEC 61300-3-1:2005) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2005-10-01.CENELEC members are bound to Standard the status of a national standard withoutany 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. Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. CENELEC EuropeanCommitteeforElectrotechnical Standardization Comite EuropéendeNormalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komiteefur ElektrotechnischeNormung CentralSecretariat:ruedeStassart35,B-1050Brussels @ 2005 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 61300-3-1:2005 E EN61300-3-1:2005 2- Foreword The text of document 86B/2172/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 61300-3-1, prepared by SC 86B, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components, of IEc TC 86, Fibre optics, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel voteand was approved by CENELEC as EN61300-3-1on2005-10-01. This European Standard supersedes EN61300-3-1:1997. It constitutes a technical revision on reference methods and equipments for particular parts of the components. 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 orbyendorsement (dop) 2006-07-01 latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2008-10-01 Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC61300-3-1:2005 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. In the official version, for Bibliography, the following note has to be added for the standard indicated: IEC 61300-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61300-1:2003 (not modified) EN61300-3-1:2005 - 3 - CONTENTS Scope. 2 General description 3 Apparatus 3.1 Visual examination. 3.2 Mechanical examination.. 5 Procedure. 4 4.1 Method 1a - Unaided visual examination 4.2 Method 1b-Aidedvisual examination 4.3 Method 2-Mechanical examination 6 5 Details to be specified. 6 Annex A (informative) Bibliography EN61300-3-1:2005 - 4 - FIBREOPTICINTERCONNECTINGDEVICES ANDPASSIVECOMPONENTS BASICTESTANDMEASUREMENTPROCEDURES Part 3-1:Examinations and measurements- Visual examination 1 Scope This part of IEC 61300 provides criteria for the visual and mechanical examination of fibre used at any stage of the qualification or quality conformance inspection process, as a stand- alone test, or as required by the relevant specification. Visual examination of the polished end-face is defined in IEC/PAS 61300-3-35 and does not form part of this document. 1 General description This standard describes two examination techniques. b) Method 1: Visual examination of the specimen to ensure that it is of the proper configuration, that the workmanship is satis