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NTM classification: B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 21 April 2015
Publication where the measure is specified: UGANDA GAZETTE Vol. CVIII No. 20 of 21 April 2015
Regulation where the measure is specified: US ISO 669:2000, Resistance welding — Resistance welding equipment — Mechanical and electrical requirements
Country/Region applying the measure: Uganda
Description of the measure: This Uganda Standard applies to resistance welding equipment, to guns with inbuilt transformers and to complete movable welding equipment. The following types are included:
• single-phase equipment with alternating welding current;
• single-phase equipment with rectified welding current by rectification of the output of the welding transformer;
• single-phase equipment with inverter welding transformer;
• three-phase equipment with rectified welding current by rectification of the output of the welding transformer;
• three-phase equipment with a current rectification in the input of the welding transformer (sometimes called frequency convertor); and
• three-phase equipment with inverter welding transformers.
This standard applies neither to welding transformers sold separately nor to safety requirements
Reference of the measure: US ISO 669:2000
Measure also domestic: Yes

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