BS EN BRITISH STANDARD 60512-13-1: 2006 Incorporating corrigendum no. 1 Connectors for electronicequipment- Tests and measurements - Part 13-l: Mechanical operation tests- Test 13a: Engaging and separating forces The European Standard EN 60512-13-1:2006 has the status of a British Standard ICS 31.220.10 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BSEN60512-13-1:2006 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 60512-13-1:2006, incorporating corrigendum December 2006.It is identical with IEC 60512-13-1:2006.It supersedes BS EN 60512-13-1:1997which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee EPL/48, Electromechanical components and mechanical structuresfor electronic equipment. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was Amendments issued sincepublication published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Amd. No. Date Strategy Committee Comments on 28 April 2006 17526 31December2007 Replacement of last paragraph in Corrigendum No. 1 EN foreword.Addition of Annex ZA BSI 2007 ISBN9780580608049 EUROPEANSTANDARD EN60512-13-1 NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM March 2006 ICS 31.220.01 Supersedes EN 60512-13-1:1997 Incorporatingcorrigendum December2006 English version Connectors for electronic equipment - Tests and measurements Part 13-1:Mechanical operation tests: Test 13a: Engaging and separating forces (IEC 60512-13-1:2006) Connecteurspouréquipements Steckverbinderfurelektronische électroniques- Einrichtungen - Essais et mesures Mess- und Prufverfahren Partie 13-1:Essais de fonctionnement Teil 13-1: Prufungen der mechanischen Bedienbarkeit - mecanique- Essai13a:Forcesd'accouplement Prufung 13a: Kupplungs- und Trennkraft etdedesaccouplement (IEC60512-13-1:2006) (CEI60512-13-1:2006) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2006-03-01. 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 orto any CENELEC member. 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, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. CENELEC EuropeanCommitteeforElectrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fur ElektrotechnischeNormung CentralSecretariat: ruedeStassart 35, B -1050Brussels @2006CENELEC- All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members. Ref. No. EN 60512-13-1:2006 E - 2 - EN60512-13-1:2006 Foreword The text of document 48B/1581/FDIS,future edition 2 of IEC 60512-13-1,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 60512-13-1 on 2006-03-01. This European Standard supersedes EN 60512-13-1:1997. 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