1 Scope
This part of IEC 60034 applies to the classification of degrees of protection provided by enclosures for
rotating electrical machines. It defines the requirements for protective enclosures
that are in all other respects suitable for their intended use and which, from the
point of view of materials and workmanship, ensure that the properties dealt with
in this document are maintained under normal conditions of use.
This document does not specify degrees of protection against mechanical damage of
the machine, or conditions such as moisture (produced for example by condensation),
corrosive dust and vapour, fungus or vermin.
This document is also applicable to explosion proof machines, but it does not specifiy
the types of protection for use in a potentially explosive (dust, gas) environment.
Those are defined in the IEC 60079 series of standards.
In certain applications (such as agricultural or domestic appliances), more extensive
precautions against accidental or deliberate contact may be specified.
This document gives definitions for standard degrees of protection provided by enclosures
applicable to rotating electrical machines as regards the:
protection of persons against contacts with or ap...