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RAPPORT
TECHNIQUE
TECHNICAL
REPORT

CEI
IEC
61394
Premire dition
First edition
1997-11

Lignes ariennes
Caractristiques des produits de protection
pour conducteurs nus en aluminium,
en alliage d'aluminium ou en acier

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FOREWORD ................................................................................................................... gaPe5

Page
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3
Clause
FOREWORD..............................................................................................................................
3
lCsuae

1Clause
General .....................................................................................................................
11.1Grenela
................................................................................................................................
Scope
..............................................................................................................
1 General
................................................................................................................................
1.1 Scepo..........................................................................................................................
1.2 Normative references .......................................................................................
1.12.1Scope..........................................................................................................................
Nmroavite ferecnerse .................................................................................................
Normative
references
2 1.2
General
requirements
and.................................................................................................
classification ....................................................................
2 Grenela ruqerimestne c dnalsasificaoitn .............................................................................
2.1 General requirements.......................................................................................
2 General
requirements
and classification
.............................................................................
1.2 Grenela
ruqerimestne
.................................................................................................
2.2
Classification
of
the
product
.............................................................................
2.12.2General
requirements
.................................................................................................
Csalsificaitfo
no htorp
ecudt........................................................................................
2.2
Classification
of
the
product........................................................................................
3 Approval and quality control.......................................................................................
3 Aorppval adn auqilty colortn ................................................................................................
3.1 Preconditioning of the samples.........................................................................
3 Approval
and quality control
................................................................................................
1.3 3.1.1
Pcerdnotinoiing
ehtampsel...................................................................................
Products fo
in sthe
as-delivered condition ..................................................
3.1 Preconditioning
of
the
samples...................................................................................
1.1.3
Prcudost
t
nisa
eh-dlevirec
deoidnoitn...........................................................
3.1.2 Products taken from
a conductor
..........................................................
3.1.1
in the
condition...........................................................
2.1.3 Products
Prcudost
takfas-delivered
nerom c acudnorot...................................................................
3.2 Approval and quality test methods ....................................................................
Products
taken from
a conductor...................................................................
2.33.1.2
Arppoval
adn auqilty
test
mesdoht
.............................................................................
3.2.1
Adherence
test
.....................................................................................
3.2 Approval
and
quality
test
methods
.............................................................................
1.2.3 Stability
Ahdcneret
3.2.2
andeest...............................................................................................
ageing test .......................................................................
3.2.1
Adherence
test...............................................................................................
2.2.3
Sbatility
adn
egagni
sett.................................................................................
3.2.3 Corrosion Test
.....................................................................................
3.2.2
Stability
andnoest
ageing
test.................................................................................
3.2.3
CsorroiT
...............................................................................................
3.2.4 Oil separation test ................................................................................
3.2.3
test ................................................................................................
4.2.3 Corrosion
Os liepatarino
sett..........................................................................................
3.3 Routine
quality
test methods
............................................................................
3.2.4
Oil
separation
test..........................................................................................
3.3 3.3.1
Rtuoauq
eniilty
sett
mesdoht
......................................................................................
Dropping point determination ................................................................
3.3 Routine
test methods
......................................................................................
1.3.3 quality
Dpporop
gnimreted
tniiitan.........................................................................no
3.3.2
Penetrability
.........................................................................................
3.3.1
Dropping
point
determination.........................................................................
2.3.3
Pnebarteility
...................................................................................................
3.3.3 Determination of acidity or alkalinity index ............................................
3.3.2
...................................................................................................
3.3.3 Penetrability
Dmreteioitanfo
n caditiy a rolkailtiny dniex ....................................................
4 Identification
.............................................................................................................
3.3.3 Determination
of acidity or alkalinity index ....................................................
4 Itnedficiitaon ........................................................................................................................
4 Identification
........................................................................................................................
Table
1 Repeatability
and reproducibility of results ........................................................
T 1 elba eRtaepbalitiy dna rrpeocudibitily fo results ..............................................................
Table 1 Repeatability and reproducibility of results ..............................................................
Figures
Firugse
1Figures
Diagram showing coating of type I products ...............................................................
1 Drgaima swohnic goatnifo g type I dorpcust .......................................................................
21 Diagram
Plate for showing
type II products
of...........................................................................................
type I products .......................................................................
2 Palf etot
rype II coating
dorpcust
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32 3Plate
Notation
of fo
corrosion
degree
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for type
IIcosorrid
products
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Ntatonoi
noeerge
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of corrosion
degree
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43 4Notation
OilOs
separation
apparatus
...........................................................................................
liepatarino
ppasutara
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4 Oil separation apparatus .....................................................................................................
nnAexes
Annexes
Annexes
Tyep
sett
compc eteloncudrot
........................................................................................
A AType
test
onon
complete
conductor ...............................................................................
A BType
test
on
complete
conductor
........................................................................................
Bbiilargophy.........................................................................................................................
B Bibliography
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B Bibliography.........................................................................................................................

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION

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CHARACTERISTICS OF GREASES FOR ALUMINIUM,
ALUMINIUM ALLOY AND STEEL BARE CONDUCTORS

FOREWORD
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all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of the IEC is to promote
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of patent rights. The IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

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IEC 61394, which is a technical report of type 2, has been prepared by IEC technical
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The text of this technical report is based on the following documents:

Committee draft

Report on voting

7/487/CDV

7/499/RVC

Full information on the voting for the approval of this Technical report can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document is issued in the Technical Report (type 2) series of publications (according to
G.3.2.2 of part 1 of the IEC/ISO Directives) as a prospective standard for provisional
application in the field of overhead conductors because there is an urgent requirement for
guidance on how standards in this field should be used to meet an identified need.
This document is not to be regarded as an International Standard. It is proposed for
provisional application so that information and experience of its use in practice may be
gathered. Comments on the content of this document should be sent to the IEC Central Office.
A review of this Technical Report (type 2) will be carried out not later than three years after its
publication, with the options of either extension for a further three years or conversion into to
an International Standard or withdrawal.
Annexes A and B are for information only.
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OVERHEAD LINES
CHARACTERISTICS OF GREASES FOR ALUMINIUM,
ALUMINIUM ALLOY AND STEEL BARE CONDUCTORS
1 General
1.1 Scope
This technical report applies to products designed for corrosion protection of bare electrical
overhead conductors in any combination of
wires of aluminium and aluminium alloy;
wires of steel coated with zinc (galvanized) and zinc alloy with aluminium;
wires of steel coated with aluminium.
1.2 Normative references
The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text,
constitute provisions of this technical report. At the time of publication, the editions indicated
were valid. All normative documents are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based
on this technical report are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent
editions of the normative documents indicated below. Members of IEC and ISO maintain
registers of currently valid International Standards.
IEC 60068-2-11:1981, Environmental testing Part 2: Tests Test Ka: Salt mist
lSO 2137:1985, Petroleum products Lubricating grease and petrolatum Determination of
cone penetration
ISO 2176:1995, Petroleum products Lubricating grease Determination of dropping point
ISO 3310-1:1990, Test sieves Technical requirements and testing Part 1: Test sieves of
metal wire cloth
ISO 3310-2:1990, Test sieves Technical requirements and testing Part 2: Test sieves of
perforated metal plate
ISO 5725-2:1994, Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results
Part 2: Basic method for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility of a standard
measurement method

2 General requirements and classification

2.1 General requirements
a) The product or any constituent element thereof shall neither be damaged, nor flow or exude
from the conductor in the course of storage, transport, installation, placing in position or use
at the maximum operating temperature or under normal short-circuit conditions (test under
consideration).
b) The product shall have good adherence to the wire. The adherence test (see 3.2.1) is
intended to check this requirement.
c) The product shall not be damaged by the conductor manufacturing process. The stability
and ageing test (see 3.2.2) and the oil separation test (see 3.2.4) are intended to check this
requirement.

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d) The product shall retain its properties throughout the likely operating temperature range.
The tests are the same as for requirement c).

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e) The product shall protect the conductors against corrosion and shall neither corrode, nor
affect the properties of the galvanized steel, aluminium-coated steel, aluminium or
aluminium alloy wires or any combinations of those wires. The corrosion test (see 3.2.3) is
intended to check this requirement.
f) The product shall not cause an increase in corona noise (test under consideration).
g) The product shall not present any risks to health and shall comply with all the usual health
and safety standards.
2.2 Classification of the product
The products covered by this technical report may be one of two types:
type I: products generally applied in the cold state, for example greases: semi-solid or solid
products consisting essentially of a stabilized mixture of mineral or synthetic oil and
thickeners such as metal soaps or inorganic compounds;
The manufacturer of the product shall advise if it is thixotropic or pseudo-plastic, in which
case tests appropriate to that type of product shall be agreed upon by the supplier, the
conductor manufacturer and the conductor user.
type II: products generally applied in the hot state, for example petrolatum: semi-solid, or
solid products made up essentially of microcrystalline waxes associated with small
quantities of mineral oil and organic additives.

3 Approval and quality control

To obtain approval of a product, the tests described in 3.2 shall be carried out. Where
appropriate, acceptable values shall be agreed between the product manufacturer, the
conductor manufacturer and the conductor user.
If agreed between the product manufacturer, the conductor manufacturer and the conductor
user, a type test on a complete conductor may be carried out, as described in annex A.
In addition, the product manufacturer and the conductor manufacturer shall agree on the
routine tests that are necessary to ensure quality control of the product. Having been decided
upon, these tests shall be carried out as part of the approval procedures and, thereafter shall
be carried out on the conductor, where possible, or on samples taken from the point of
application during manufacture. The product manufacturer and the conductor manufacturer
shall agree on the degree to which a value may deviate from that obtained during the initial
approval test. Suitable test methods are described in 3.3.
The frequency of sampling shall be agreed between the conductor manufacturer and user.
3.1 Preconditioning of the samples
3.1.1 Products in the as-delivered condition
Prior to all tests, it is essential to precondition the products so that they are homogenised.
For type I products, after storage, excess oil may appear on the surface of the product. If so,
this excess oil shall be removed. If necessary, the product shall be mixed prior to carrying out
the measurements. The quantities required for tests are taken and the measurements shall not
be carried out until after a rest period of at least 24 h.

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For type II products, the product is remelted at a temperature of 10 C to 20 C greater than the
dropping point indicated by the manufacturer. The quantity necessary for carrying out the tests
shall be poured in the liquid state and allowed to cool at ambient temperature for a period of at
least 24 h.
In order to achieve reproducibility for the two products, it is recommended to prepare samples
directly in the cups or vessels used for measurements.
3.1.2 Products taken from a conductor
When the test is carried out on products taken from a conductor, no preconditioning is
permitted.
3.2 Approval and quality test methods
3.2.1 Adherence test
An aluminium panel measuring 100 mm 100 mm and having a thickness of (1,0 0,1) mm
shall be coated with a (0,50 0,05) mm thick film of the product on one side and then
maintained at 20 C for 1 h.
The panel shall then be immediately bent to 120 around a 25 mm diameter mandrel which has
been cooled at 20 C.
The product shall remain adhering to the plate with no evidence of cracking or flaking when
examined by the naked eye or with normal corrective lenses.
3.2.2 Stability and ageing test
In order to determine the penetrability, acidity or alkalinity of the grease, samples are placed
in the vessels specified in ISO 2137 and, in order to check the corrosion, on assemblies
comprising plates coated with the product. After this test, the plates undergo the corrosion
test.
Three electrogalvanized steel plates, 100 mm 100 mm 2 mm, with 3,75 m thickness of
zinc and a minimum of 2,8 m, shall be covered on one face with a protective coating which
will withstand the ageing and saltspray tests.
For type I products, the metal plate is covered on each side with an adhesive tape of thickness
(100 10) m. Slight excess of grease is spread uniformly over the whole surface and then the
excess is removed by sliding a perfectly flat and sharp metal rule over the two adhesive strips.
Figure 1 illustrates the procedure.
For type II products, the metal plate suspended diagonally is immersed in a bath of grease. To
obtain the thickness of (100 10) m, the influence of parameters involved are determined
beforehand these are duration of immersion, temperature of the bath, rate of removal from
the bath, vertical dropping time, taking into account the following conditions.
The temperature of the bath shall be between ( p + 10) C and ( p + 30) C, where p is the
dropping point measured in 3.3.1. The rate of removal from the bath shall be such that the
plate is withdrawn in approximately 0,5 s. The vertical dropping time is the time during which
the plate is kept vertical by the hole after removal from the bath. The excess material shall be
removed from the edges and the unused surface.

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The thickness is checked by the increase in mass of the plate.

P 10 4
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where

is the thickness in micrometres;

P is the increase of mass in grams;

is the area of the surface covered in square centimetres;

is the specific gravity of the product in grams per cubic centimetre at 20 C.

Then the cups and metal plates shall be subjected to three weekly cycles comprising the
following sequences of tests:
dry heat (relative humidity of less than 30 %) for 72 h at 70 C;
wet heat (relative humidity greater than 90 %) for 24 h at 55 C;
wet heat and cold for three 24 h sequences comprising the following:
0 h to 9 h:

humid atmosphere at 55 C;

9 h to 11 h:

holding in a cooled chamber at 20 C;

11 h to 14 h: humid atmosphere at 55 C;
14 h to 16 h: holding in a cooled chamber at 20 C;
16 h to 24 h: humid atmosphere at 55 C.
The temperatures shall be maintained with a tolerance of 2 C.
After this treatment, the grease in the cups shall be subjected without remelting, to the
penetrability tests at 60 C (see 3.3.2) and the acidity index or the alkalinity index (see 3.3.3) is
determined.
The metal plates are then subjected to the corrosion test.
3.2.3 Corrosion test
The test is carried out on the metal plates which have undergone the stability and the ageing
test specified in 3.2.2. It consists of the following sequences:
seven cycles of 24 h in a sulphurous atmosphere saturated with moisture in the following
conditions: during the first 8 h, the metal plates are kept in a chamber saturated with
moisture and containing 0,067 % by volume of sulphur dioxide. The temperature is brought
to (40 3) C and kept at that level. During the last 16 h, the chamber door is opened to the
laboratory atmosphere;
168 h of exposure to salt mist (5 %) at a temperature of (35 1) C according to IEC 60068-2-11.
At the end of the test, the grease shall be removed by means of a suitable solvent and the
plates shall be examined visually.
The plate with the highest degree of corrosion and the one with the lowest degree of corrosion
in the central part (see figure 2) shall be discounted.
There shall only be a limited number of pits and a limited spread of corrosion from these pits in
the central part of the remaining plate.

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The degree of corrosion of this plate shall be assessed by means of a grading M based on the
corrosion plates shown in figure 3 used as a reference. The grade shall be greater than or
equal to a number.

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3.2.4 Oil separation test

This test gives useful information on the behaviour of the product during storage in cans or
drums by measuring the quantity of oil that separates from it under specific test conditions.
A cylindrical column of the product resting on a metal gauze cone is subjected to a given
pressure which is added to the hydrostatic pressure exerted by the product. The quantity of oil
separated by the gauze after maintaining the pressure for 42 h at 40 C is regarded as a
measure of the stability of the product against oil separation during storage and in use.

Apparatus
The separation measuring apparatus, shown in figure 4, comprises the following:
a) a separation cup, metal cylinder with a stainless steel gauze cone of mesh size 240
complying with the requirements of ISO 3310-1 and ISO 3310-2 , soldered at its base;
b) a metal weight of (100,0 0,1) g to increase the pressure;
c) an oil cup made of glass or metal of diameter and depth such that the apex of the gauze
cone is at all times above the level of the oil collected in the cup.
NOTE A container 55 mm in diameter and 35 mm deep may be suitable.

Procedure
The following procedure is used.
a) Carry out three determinations.
b) Weigh the separation cup empty.
Fill the cup with the product sample, working it as little as possible and taking care to
avoid the formation of any air pockets.
If possible, force a small quantity of the product through the gauze.
Smooth off the surface of the product with a spatula so that it is flush with the top of the
cylinder and wipe off with the finger all the protection product that has passed through
the gauze.
c) Weigh the oil cup empty to the nearest milligram.
Place the separation cup on the oil cup.
Adjust the 100 g weight at the top of the cylinder.
Place the whole apparatus in a chamber kept at (40 1) C for 42 h.
d) At the end of this test period, remove the oil cup and if there is a drop of oil hanging from
the apex of the cone, add it to the oil in the cone; weigh the oil cup and all the oil in it to the
nearest milligram.

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Expression of results
The calculations are made as follows.
a) Calculate the weight of the separated oil using the following equation:

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Separated oil in % = 100 m/M

where

m is the mass of separated oil in milligrams;

M is the mass of the sample in milligrams.
b) Calculate the weighted mean of the three values to the nearest percent and give the mean
value at 42 h as the quantity of oil separated.

Precision
The following criteria shall be used to assess acceptability of the results (with a confidence
level of 95 %).
Repeatability and reproducibility are defined in ISO 5725-2.
a) Repeatability
The values of a second test series carried out by the same operator shall be regarded as
having bad repeatability if they are different from the above values by more than r for the
duration of the test considered (see table 1).
b) Reproducibility
The results of two different laboratories should not be regarded as suspect, unless the two
results differ by more than R for the period indicated (see table 1).
NOTE The precision of these values was obtained from statistical examination of the results of interlaboratory
tests first published in 1973.

Table 1 Repeatability and reproducibility of results

Temperature

Duration

40

42

0,7

1,6

3.3 Routine quality test methods

3.3.1 Dropping point determination
The method of determination is according to ISO 2176.
3.3.2 Penetrability
The method of determination is according to ISO 2137.

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3.3.3 Determination of acidity or alkalinity index

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The determination shall be carried out using the simplified method described below.
Weigh approximately 1 g of the product into a conical flask and add 60 ml of toluene, 40 ml of
ethyl alcohol and 1 ml of 6B CAS alkaline blue used as a colour indicator. Shake the mixture
vigorously.
a) Acidity index
Add a decinormal potash solution of 96 % ethyl alcohol progressively to the mixture
containing the product and shake the flask vigorously. Note the quantity of potash solution
used in millilitres until the colour indicator changes colour.
The acidity index is given by the formula:

Ia =

n 5,61
m

where

is the quantity of decinormal potash solution required to neutralise the solution containing
the product, in millilitres;

5,61 is the titre of the potash solution in milligrams per millilitre;

is the mass of the test portion of the product, in grams.

b) Alkalinity index
If the product is basic, acidify the solution containing the product with 5 ml of hydrochloric
acid decinormal solution in 96 % ethyl alcohol and then neutralise it with n 1 ml of the potash
solution as above.
The alkalinity index is given by the following formula:

Ib =

(5 n1) 5,61
m

NOTE Calorimetry may be usefully replaced by a potentiometric method using a screened glass electrode and a
calomel reference electrode containing a 96 % ethyl alcohol solution saturated with lithium chloride. Neutralisation
is marked by reversal point or equivalent point of the curve of the changing potential as a function of the volume of
potash added. If there are several acid functions, the curve has one equivalent point per function; the first
equivalent point is taken.

4 Identification
A sample of the product shall be subjected to analysis so that the product is uniquely identified.
If agreed between the purchaser and supplier, an identification report can be supplied.

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Key
1

Trapezoidal section rule

Adhesive tape

Plate

Figure 1 Diagram showing coating of type I products

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Key
1 Zone for notation of degree of corrosion

Figure 2 Plate for type II products

Figure 3 Notation of corrosion degree

(see inside of back cover)

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1

2
60
48
45

3
2
R = 25,4
20,5

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Dimensions in millimetres
Key
1

Total mass 100 g

Gauze cone

Rounded edges

Height adjusted as a function of the mass

Vent hole

Oil cup

Cone soldered to the body

NOTE Tolerance of all dimensions 0,25.

Figure 4 Oil separation apparatus

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Type test on complete conductor

A rheological test may be carried out on a sample conductor with a cross section area of at
2
least 400 mm and with a minimum of three layers containing the filling product up to and
including the penultimate layer.
The sample conductor complying with IEC 61089 should be at least 5 m long and should be
terminated with compression type tension clamps containing the same filling product as the
conductor. The sample should be maintained at a tension of 20 kN at a slope of between 10
and 15 to the horizontal and heated by the passage of current through its whole length.
The temperature of the conductor should be raised as follows:
a) to the maximum operating temperature minus 5 C in 1 h;
b) to the maximum operating temperature of the conductor plus 5 C in steps of 2 C every 5 min;
c) maintained at the maximum operating temperature plus 5 C for 1 h;
d) to the temperature where the product flows freely from the conductor or at least the
maximum operating temperature plus 20 C.
The following temperatures should be noted:
a) the temperature at which the product first starts to move on the outside of the conductor;
two adjacent wires of the outside layer approximately 1,5 m from the top end connector
should be moved carefully to allow examination and then replaced;
b) the temperature at which the product fills any space between the wires of the outside layer.
c) the temperature at which the product drips from the conductor or the maximum operating
temperature plus 20 C.

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Bibliography

IEC 61089:1991, Round wire concentric by overhead electrical conductors

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