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AS 1828-1984

Name: AS 1828-1984 - Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres - Cable glands
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Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres - Cable glands

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01-01-1984

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Standards Australia

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AS/NZS 60079.1:2002

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1 - AS 1828-1984 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES - CABLE GLANDS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - FOREWORD
7 - SECTION 1. SCOPE AND GENERAL
7 - 1.1 SCOPE.
7 - 1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS.
7 - 1.3 DEFINITIONS.
7 - 1.3.1 Cable gland
7 - 1.3.2 Flexible cable
7 - 1.3.3 Flexible cord
7 - 1.3.4 Sealing bush
7 - 1.3.5 Type of protection
7 - 1.4 GROUPING.
8 - SECTION 2. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MARKING
8 - 2.1 DESIGN
8 - 2.1.1 General.
8 - 2.1.2 Corrosion protection.
8 - 2.1.3 Maintenance of electrical continuity.
8 - 2.1.4 Maintenance of sealing properties.
8 - 2.1.5 Glands for Group II.
8 - 2.2 MATERIALS.
8 - 2.3 WALL THICKNESS.
8 - 2.4 FIT OF CABLE SHEATH.
8 - 2.5 GLANDS WITH SEALING BUSHES.
8 - 2.5.1 General.
8 - 2.5.2 Properties of bush.
8 - 2.5.3 Sealing bush.
8 - 2.5.4 Compression of bush.
8 - 2.6 GLANDS WITH COMPOUND SEALING.
8 - 2.6.1 General.
8 - 2.6.2 Sealing compound.
8 - 2.6.3 Formation of seal.
8 - 2.6.4 Assembly of seal.
8 - 2.7 JOINTS.
8 - 2.7.1 General.
9 - 2.7.2 Screwed joints.
9 - 2.7.3 Spigot joints.
9 - 2.8 ATTACHMENT OF CABLES AND FLEXIBLE CORDS.
9 - 2.8.1 Lead-alloy sheathed cable.
9 - 2.8.2 Wire-armoured cable.
9 - 2.8.3 MIMS cable.
9 - 2.8.4 Rubber or PVC sheathed (unscreened) cable or cord.
9 - 2.8.5 Metal-screened flexible cable or cord.
10 - 2.9 GLAND ASSEMBLY.
10 - 2.10 MARKING.
11 - SECTION 3. TESTS
11 - 3.1 GENERAL.
11 - 3.2 DIMENSIONAL TESTS.
11 - 3.2.1 Agreement with drawings.
11 - 3.2.2 Breadth of joint surfaces.
11 - 3.2.3 Gap between joint surfaces.
11 - 3.2.4 Deviation from a plane surface.
11 - 3.3 TORQUE TEST.
11 - 3.4 TENSION FORCE TEST.
11 - 3.5 DEGREE OF PROTECTION TEST.
12 - 3.6 MECHANICAL PRESSURE TEST.
12 - 3.7 IMPACT TEST.
13 - APPENDIX A - TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR CABLE GLANDS
17 - APPENDIX B - TENSION FORCE TEST
17 - APPENDIX C - PROOF TORQUE TEST
17 - APPENDIX D - INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN DRAWINGS OF GLAND SUBMITTED WITH AN APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION AND TEST

Specifies requirements relating to the design, construction, performance and testing of cable glands for use with enclosures installed in explosive atmospheres.

Committee	EL-014
DocumentType	Standard
ISBN	0 7262 1835 9
Pages	11
PublisherName	Standards Australia
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	AS/NZS 60079.1:2002
Supersedes	AS 1828-1980

This standard specifies requirements relating to the design, construction, performance and testing of cable glands for use with enclosures installed in explosive atmospheres. It prescribes requirements considered to be essential to secure reliability of glands in service.The tests specified herein are intended as type tests to prove a particular design for compliance with the standard.

Superseded on 15 March 2004
Under Revision See DR 94110

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AS 1828-1984

Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres - Cable glands

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