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Document ID (ISN)67328
CIS number 96-1473
Year 1993
Convention or series no. CEI 825-1 IEC 825-1
Title Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification, requirements and user's guide
Original title Sécurité des appareils à laser - Partie 1: Classification des matériels, prescriptions et guide de l'utilisateur [in French]
Bibliographic information International Electrotechnical Commission, 3 rue de Varembé, 1211 Genève 20, Switzerland, 1st ed., Nov. 1993. 207p.
Abstract This international standard (for 1984 standard, see CIS 85-1002) is applicable to the safety of laser products. Contents: Section 1 (General): Scope and object: normative references; definitions. Section 2: Manufacturing requirements: engineering specifications; labelling; other informational requirements; additional requirements for specific laser products; tests; classification. Section 3: User's guide: safety precautions; hazards incidental to laser operation; procedures for hazard control; maximum permissible exposures. Annexes: examples of calculations; medical considerations; bibliography; summary tables; high power laser considerations particularly appropriate to materials processing laser products; related IEC standards.
Descriptors (primary) laser radiation; safety engineering; safe working methods; lasers; IEC
Descriptors (secondary) safety devices; screens; standard; marking; testing
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceIEC
Subject(s) Radiation
Broad subject area(s) Physical hazards
Browse category(ies) Lasers
Non-ionizing radiation