Clause 26.2 0.535kg Steel Ball Impact Test Apparatus For Vehicle Plugs Connectors

 

Test procedures (Excerpt from IEC 62196-1Ed.4CDV 2020) :

 

Five blows are applied to each test sample by means of ball impact test apparatus.
The first four blows are applied when the accessory is mounted as in normal use on a vertical board. The ball pendulum shall be mounted so that it swings parallel to that board. The impact face of the ball pendulum shall be arranged such that when the ball pendulum hangs freely, the impact face just touches the side of the accessory. The point of contact 1940
shall be substantially at the geometric centre of the side face of the accessory, or the appropriate projections of that face. The ball pendulum is then raised, released and the blow applied. The accessory is then revolved 90° about an axis perpendicular to the mounting face and its relationship to the impact face corrected, if necessary. A second blow is then applied.
The same procedure is repeated for two successive rotations of 90°, with a total of 4 blows being applied.
The fifth blow is applied with the plane of the ball pendulum perpendicular to the plane of the mounting board such that the ball pendulum strikes the sample at its furthermost projection from the mounting board.