This part of IEC 60974 specifies safety and construction requirements for TORCHES used for arc welding and allied processes. This document is applicable to MANUAL, MECHANICALLY GUIDED, AIR-COOLED, LIQUID-COOLED, MOTORIZED, SPOOL-ON and FUME EXTRACTION TORCHES.
In this document, a TORCH consists of the TORCH BODY, the CABLE-HOSE ASSEMBLY and other components.
This document is also applicable to a CABLE-HOSE ASSEMBLY connected between a power source and ancillary equipment.
This document is not applicable to electrode holders for manual metal arc welding or air-arc cutting/ gouging.
NOTE 1 Typical allied processes are electric arc cutting and arc spraying.
NOTE 2 Other components are listed in Table A.1.
NOTE 3 In this document, all procedures and requirements are the same for " TORCHES" and " GUNS" . For convenience, the term " TORCH" is used in the following text.