EUROPEANSTANDARD EN 60512-12-1 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM May 2006 ICS 31.220.10 English version Connectors for electronic equipment - Tests andmeasurements Part 12-1: Soldering tests Test 12a: Solderability, wetting, solder bath method (IEC 60512-12-1:2006) Connecteurspouréquipements Steckverbinderfurelektronische électroniques-Essaisetmesures Einrichtungen - Partie 12-1: Essais de soudure Mess- und Prufverfahren Essai 12a: Soudabilite, mouillage, Teil 12-1: Prufungen der Lotbarkeit - methode du bain d'alliage Prufung 12a: Lotbarkeit, Lotbadverfahren (CEI60512-12-1:2006) (IEC60512-12-1:2006) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2006-04-01.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 applicationtotheCentral SecretariatortoanyCENELECmember. 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 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 EuropeanCommitteeforElectrotechnicalStandardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur Elektrotechnische Normung CentralSecretariat:ruedeStassart35,B-1050Brussels @2006CENELEC- All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 60512-12-1:2006 E - 2 - EN60512-12-1:2006 Foreword The text of document 48B/1604/FDIS,future edition 1 of IEC 60512-12-1,prepared by SC 48B Connectors,of IEc TC 48, Electromechanical components and mechanical structures for electronic equipment, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 60512-12-1 on 2006-04-01. This standard is to be read in conjunction with EN 60512-1 and EN 60512-1-100 which explains the structure of the EN 60512 series. The following dates were fixed: latest date by which the EN has to be implemented atnational level bypublicationof anidentical (dop) 2007-01-01 nationalstandardorbyendorsement latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-04-01 AnnexZAhas been added byCENELEC Endorsementnotice The text of the International Standard IEC 60512-12-1:2006 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification. EN60512-12-1:2006 - 3 - CONNECTORSFORELECTRONICEQUIPMENT- TESTSANDMEASUREMENTS- Part 12-1: Soldering tests - Test12a:Solderability,wetting,solderbathmethod 1Scopeand object connectors within the scope of technical committee 48.They may also be used for similar devices when specified in a detail specification The object of this test is to detail a standard test method to assess the solderability of the usingsimilarsolderingtechniques 2Normativereferences The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition ofthe referenceddocument (includingany amendments)applies. IEC 60512-1-1,Connectors for electronic equipment-Testsandmeasurements-Part1-1: Generalexamination-Test1a:Visualexamination IEC60068-2-20:1979,Environmentaltesting-Part 2:Tests-Test T:Soldering IEC60068-2-58,Environmentaltesting-Part 2-58:Tests-Test Td:Test methodsfor solderability, resistance to dissolution of metallization and to solderin