EUROPEANSTANDARD EN 60454-3-12 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM April 2006 ICS 29.035.20 Supersedes EN 60454-3-12:1998 & EN 60454-3-18:2003 English version Pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes for electrical purposes Part3:Specificationsforindividualmaterials Sheet 12: Requirements for polyethylene and polypropylene film tapes withpressuresensitiveadhesive (IEC 60454-3-12:2006) Rubansadhesifssensiblesalapression SelbstklebendeBander a usages électriques furelektrotechnischeAnwendungen Partie 3: Specifications Teil 3: Bestimmungen pour materiaux particuliers fureinzelne Materialien Feuille12:Exigencespourrubans Blatt 12:Anforderungen enpolyethylene ouenpolypropylene an selbstklebende Bander avecunadhesifsensiblealapression aus Polyethylen- und Polypropylen-Folie (CEI60454-3-12:2006) (IEC 60454-3-12:2006) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2006-04-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply 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 underthe 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, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Siovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. CENELEC EuropeanCommitteeforElectrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur ElektrotechnischeNormung CentralSecretariat: rue deStassart 35, B-1050Brussels @2006CENELEC- All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 60454-3-12:2006 E EN 60454-3-12:2006 - 2 - Foreword The text of document 15/261/FDIS,future edition 2 of IEC 60454-3-12,prepared by IEC TC 15 Standards on specifications for electrical insulating materials, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60454-3-12 on 2006-04-01. This European Standard supersedes EN 60454-3-12:1998 and EN 60454-3-18:2003. The revision includes its consolidation with the text of EN 60454-3-18. The following dates were fixed: latest date by which the EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical (dop) 2007-01-01 nationalstandardorbyendorsement latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-04-01 AnnexZA has been added byCENELEC. Endorsementnotice The text of the International Standard IEC 60454-3-12:2006 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standardwithoutanymodification - 3 - EN 60454-3-12:2006 INTRODUTION This International Standard is one of a series, which deals with pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes,intended primarilyforelectricalpurposes The series consists of three parts: Part 1: General requirements (IEC 60454-1) Part 2: Methods of test (IEC 60454-2) Part 3:Specifications for individual materials (IEC 60454-3) This standard contains one of the sheets comprising part 3 as follows: Sheet 12: Polyethyleneandpolypropylenefilmtapespressuresensitiveadhesives. SAFETY WARNING It is the responsibility of the user of the methods contained or referred to in this standard to ensure that they are used in a safe manner. - 4 - EN60454-3-12:2006 PRESSURE-SENSITIVEADHESIVETAPES FORELECTRICALPURPOSES- Part3:Specifications forindividual materials- Sheet12:Requirementsforpolyethyleneandpolypropylene film tapes with pressure sensitive adhesive 1 Scope This sheet of IEC 60454-3 contains requirements for polyethylene and polypropylene film tapes with pressure sensitiveadhesives Materials which conform to this specificat