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EVS-EN IEC 62841-2-18:2026
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-18: Particular requirements for hand-held strapping tools
Scope: IEC 62841-2-18:2024 is to be used in conjunction with IEC 62841-1:2014. This document supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in IEC 62841-1, so as to convert it into the IEC Standard: Particular requirements for hand-held strapping tools. Where a particular subclause of IEC 62841-1 is not mentioned in this document, that subclause applies as far as reasonable. Where this document states "addition", "modification" or "replacement", the relevant text in IEC 62841-1 is to be adapted accordingly. This document applies to hand-held strapping tools.
Base documents: EN IEC 62841-2-18:2026; IEC 62841-2-18:2024
Replaces: EVS-EN 60745-2-18:2009
EVS-EN IEC 62841-2-18:2026/A11:2026
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-18: Particular requirements for hand-held strapping tools
Scope: Amendment to EN IEC 62841-2-18:2026.
Base documents: EN IEC 62841-2-18:2026/A11:2026
ISO 17104:2026
Rotary tools for threaded fasteners — Impulse and impulsing tools — Performance test method
Scope: This document specifies a laboratory performance test method for hydraulic impulse and electric impulsing tools for installing threaded fasteners in a laboratory environment, and for power assembly tools (referred throughout the document as “tools”) for installing threaded fasteners. It gives instructions on the procedure, performance parameters to test and how to evaluate and present the test data.
It also provides a method for the measurement of torque repeatability (scatter)
over a range of torque rates as specified in this document, and
over a range of torque adjustment as defined by the manufacturer.
It gives instructions on equipment parameters, what to test for and how to evaluate and present the test data.
It is applicable to tools
of any power source, such as pneumatic or electric, including battery-powered,
which apply torque in discontinuous increments, and
within the torque range 0,5 N·m to 800 N·m. Outside this range, it is acceptable to modify the test method providing that the modification is documented in the test report.
It is not applicable to
impact wrenches, and
ratchet wrenches or wrenches with ratcheting clutches.
The relationship between torque measurements and clamp force-based tests is commented on in Annex A.
The use of tools using discontinuous operation of the motor to provide torque impulses is discussed in Annex B.
It requires manufacturers to perform tests over their defined torque range of the tool; however, it allows users to perform single point tests in order to minimize the number of test joints necessary for a wide range of test torque levels. A list of preferred test torque levels is provided in Annex C.
It also provides a method for the measurement of torque repeatability (scatter)
over a range of torque rates as specified in this document, and
over a range of torque adjustment as defined by the manufacturer.
It gives instructions on equipment parameters, what to test for and how to evaluate and present the test data.
It is applicable to tools
of any power source, such as pneumatic or electric, including battery-powered,
which apply torque in discontinuous increments, and
within the torque range 0,5 N·m to 800 N·m. Outside this range, it is acceptable to modify the test method providing that the modification is documented in the test report.
It is not applicable to
impact wrenches, and
ratchet wrenches or wrenches with ratcheting clutches.
The relationship between torque measurements and clamp force-based tests is commented on in Annex A.
The use of tools using discontinuous operation of the motor to provide torque impulses is discussed in Annex B.
It requires manufacturers to perform tests over their defined torque range of the tool; however, it allows users to perform single point tests in order to minimize the number of test joints necessary for a wide range of test torque levels. A list of preferred test torque levels is provided in Annex C.
Base documents:
Replaces: ISO/TS 17104:2006
Replaced standards
ISO/TS 17104:2006
Rotary tool for threaded fasteners-- Hydraulic impulse tools -- Performance test method
Scope: ISO/TS 17104:2006 specifies a laboratory performance test method for hydraulic impulse tools for installing threaded fasteners. It gives instructions on the procedure, performance parameters to test, how to evaluate and present the test data and justification for the test method.
ISO/TS 17104:2006 is not intended as a routine in-plant inspection method.
ISO/TS 17104:2006 is not intended as a routine in-plant inspection method.
Base documents:
Replaced: ISO 17104:2026
EVS-EN 60745-2-18:2009
Hand-held motor-operated electric tools - Safety - Part 2-18: Particular requirements for strapping tools
Scope: Deals with the safety of tools which the rated voltage is not more than 250 V for single-phase a.c. or d.c. tools and 440 V for three-phase a.c. tools. Supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses of IEC 60745-1
Base documents: IEC 60745-2-18:2003 + A1:2008; EN 60745-2-18:2009
Replaced: EVS-EN IEC 62841-2-18:2026