1 - AS/NZS 3195:2002 APPROVAL AND TEST SPECIFICATION-PORTABLE MACHINES FOR ELECTRIC ARC WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES
4 - CONTENTS
6 - PREFACE
7 - 1 SCOPE
7 - 2 APPLICATION
7 - 2.1 General requirements of AS/NZS 3100
7 - 2.2 Specific requirements of this Standard
7 - 2.3 Requirements of other Standards
8 - 3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
8 - STANDARDS
8 - APPROVAL AND TEST SPECIFICATIONS
8 - TECHNICAL NOTE
9 - 4 DEFINITIONS
9 - 4.1 allied processes
9 - 4.2 duty cycle
9 - 4.3 environment with increased hazard of electric shock
9 - 4.4 flux cored arc welding (FCAW)
9 - 4.5 gas metal-arc welding (GMAW)
9 - 4.6 gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW)
9 - 4.7 hazard-reducing device
9 - 4.8 manual metal-arc welding (MMAW)
9 - 4.9 maximum short-circuit input current
9 - 4.10 maximum output current
10 - 4.11 open-circuit voltage
10 - 4.12 portable welding machines for electric arc welding - transformer type
10 - 4.13 rated input voltage
10 - 4.14 rated load voltage
10 - 4.15 rated output current
10 - 4.16 welder
10 - 5 TRANSFORMERS
10 - 5.1 General
10 - 5.2 Power supply to external devices
10 - 6 CAPACITORS
11 - 7 SAFETY IMPEDANCES
11 - 8 ENCLOSING CASE
11 - 9 MEANS OF CONNECTION
11 - 9.1 Input side
11 - 9.1.1 Connecting facilities
11 - 9.1.2 Flexible cord
12 - 9.1.3 Warning notice
12 - 9.2 Output side
12 - 9.2.1 Connecting facilities
12 - 9.2.2 Output leads
12 - 9.2.3 Marking of connections
12 - 10 EARTHING FACILITIES
12 - 11 DOUBLE INSULATION
13 - 12 NO-LOAD VOLTAGE
13 - 12.1 General
13 - 12.2 Environment with increased hazard of electric shock
14 - 12.3 Environment without increased hazard of electric shock
14 - 12.4 Mechanically held torches with increased protection for the operator
14 - 12.5 Allied processes
15 - 13 EQUIPMENT WIRING
15 - 14 MARKING
16 - 15 SWITCHES
16 - 16 THERMAL CUTOUTS
17 - 17 HAZARD-REDUCING DEVICE
17 - 17.1 General
17 - 17.2 Voltage-reducing device
17 - 17.3 Switching device from alternating current (a. c.) to direct current (d. c.)
17 - 17.4 Connection of a hazard-reducing device
17 - 17.5 Interference with operation of a hazard-reducing device
17 - 17.6 Operating time
18 - 17.7 Indication of satisfactory operation
18 - 17.8 Fail to a safe condition
18 - 17.9 Position for satisfactory operation
18 - 18 TESTS
18 - 18.1 General
18 - 18.2 Insulation resistance test
19 - 18.3 High voltage test
20 - 18.4 No-load voltage test
20 - 18.5 Maximum short-circuit input current test
20 - 18.6 Test for magnetic particle entry
21 - 18.7 Temperatures during normal operation
21 - 18.8 Temperatures during abnormal operation
21 - 18.9 Test of overheating protective devices
22 - 18.10 Rated load voltage test
22 - 18.11 Test for current rating of supply flexible cord
22 - 18.12 Resistance to heat, fire and tracking