Tests according to IEC - IRAM Norms

Laboratorio CONSULTAR perfoms electric safety type tests in these areas:

  • Household and similar electrical appliances
  • Medical electrical equipment
  • Luminaires
  • Information technology equipment
  • Hand-held motor-operated electric tools
  • Appliances used for domestic refrigeration

HOUSEHOLD AND SIMILAR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES - AUDIO, VIDEO AND SIMILAR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

Among the norms applied for testing domestic appliances and electrical products these are the most relevant:

IEC Norm IRAM Norm Description
IEC 60335 IRAM 2092 Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety
IEC 60065 IRAM 4029 Audio, video and similar electronic apparatus - Safety requirements
IEC 60950   Information technology equipment - Safety: General requirements
IEC 60598 IRAM AADL-J 2028 Luminaires: General requirements and tests
IEC 60745   Hand-held motor-operated electric tools - Safety : General requirements
IEC 61029   Safety of transportable motor-operated electric tools - General requirements
IEC 60034   Rotating electrical machines - Rating and performance
IEC 60974   Arc welding equipment - Welding power sources
IEC 61010   Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use - General requirements

ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY

In order to perform energetic reports Consultar has all the necessary equipment which uploads registers onto PC. This not only allows to obtain a final value but also performs a close inspection on the evolution of consumption and ciclying of samples every 2 seconds.

There is also equipment capable of measuring environmental noise and a chamber sector of excellent acustic isolation to test the noise produced by the samples.

Among the norms applied for these tests these are the most relevant:

IRAM Norm Description
IRAM 2404-1
  • Appliances used for domestic refrigeration.
  • Specification of energy consumption and noise level.
  • Procedures for the measurement of electric energy consumption and associated features.
IRAM 2120-2
  • Appliances used for domestic refrigeration.
  • Refrigerators with or without low temperature chamber.
  • Tests procedures and features.
IRAM 2120-3
  • Appliances used for domestic refrigeration.
  • Refrigerators.
  • Coolers.
  • Refrigerators with Freezer.
  • Tests procedures and features.
IRAM 2120-4
  • Appliances used for domestic refrigeration.
  • Refrigerators with or without low temperature chamber to freeze and keep food.

ELECTROMEDICAL APPLIANCES

Laboratorio CONSULTAR was acknowledged by the National Food, Medicine and Medical Technology Administration (Administración Nacional de Alimentos, Medicamentos y Tecnología Médica, ANMAT) to perform tests on medical products.

Among the norms applied for electromedic equipment tests these are the most relevant:

IEC norm IRAM Norm Description
IEC 60601 IRAM 4220 Medical electrical equipment - All Parts.