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IEC TS 62941 Edition 1.0 2016-01 TECHNICA L SPECIFICA TION Terrestrial photovoltaic(PV)modules Guidelines for increased confidence in PV module design qualification and ty pe approval IEC TS 62941:2016-01(en)Copyright International Electrotechnical Commission THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright 2016 IEC,Geneva,Switzerland All r ights r eserved.Unless otherwise specif ied,no par t of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any f orm or by any means,electr onic or mechanical,including photocopying and microfilm,without permission in writing f rom either IEC or IECs member National Committee in the country of the requester.If you have any questions about IEC copyright or have an enquiry about obtaining additional rights to this publication,please contact the address below or your local IEC member National Committee f or fur ther information.IEC Central Office Tel.:+41 22 919 02 11 3,r ue de Varemb Fax:+41 22 919 03 00 CH-1211 Geneva 20 infoiec.ch Switzer land www.iec.ch About the IEC The Inter national Electrotechnical Commission(IEC)is the leading global organization that prepares and publishes International Standar ds f or all electr ical,electronic and related technologies.About IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC.Please make sur e that you have the latest edition,a corrigenda or an amendment might have been published.IEC Catalogue-webstore.iec.ch/cat alogue The stand-alone application for consulting the entir e bibliographical information on IEC International Standards,Technical Specifications,Technical Reports and other documents.A vailable for PC,Mac OS,A ndroid Tablets and iPad.IEC publicat ions search-www.iec.ch/searchpub The advanced search enables to find IEC publications by a variety of criteria(reference number,text,technical committee,).It also gives information on projects,replaced and withdraw n publications.IEC Just Published-webstore.iec.ch/just published Stay up to date on all new IEC publications.Just Published details all new publications released.A vailable online and also once a month by email.Electropedia-www.electropedia.org The worlds leading online dictionar y of electronic and electrical terms containing more than 30 000 terms and definitions in English and French,with equivalent terms in 15 additional languages.A lso k now n as the International Electrotechnical V ocabular y (IEV)online.IEC Glossar y -st d.iec.ch/glossary More than 60 000 electrotechnical terminology entries in English and French extracted from the Terms and Definitions clause of IEC publications issued since 2002.Some entries have been collected from earlier publications of IEC TC 37,77,86 and CISPR.IEC Cust omer Service Centre-webst ore.iec.ch/csc If you wish to give us y our feedback on this publication or need fur ther assistance,please contact the Customer Service Centre:csciec.ch.Copyright International Electrotechnical Commission IEC TS 62941 Edition 1.0 2016-01 TECHNICA L SPECIFICA TION Terrestrial photovoltaic(PV)modules Guidelines for increased confidence in PV module design qualification and ty pe approval INTER NA TIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION ICS 27.160 ISBN 978-2-8322-3134-0 Registered t rademark of t he Int ernational Electrot echnical Commission W arning!Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor.Copyright International Electrotechnical Commission 2 IEC TS 62941:2016 IEC 2016 CONTENTS FOREWORD.4 1 Scope.6 2 Normative ref erences.6 3 Terms,def initions and acronyms.7 4 Documentation requirements.10 5 Resource management.10 5.1 Provision of resources f or product warranty system.10 5.2 Succession planning.10 6 Product realization.10 6.1 General.10 6.2 Planning of product realization.11 6.3 Determination of requirements related to the product.11 6.4 Review of requirements related to the product.11 6.5 Customer communication.12 6.6 Organization manuf acturing f easibility.12 6.7 Design and development.12 6.7.1 Design and development planning.12 6.7.2 Design and development inputs.12 6.7.3 Manuf acturing process design inputs.13 6.7.4 Design and development outputs.13 6.7.5 Manuf acturing process design outputs.13 6.7.6 Design and development validation.13 6.7.7 Control of design and development changes.14 6.8 Purchasing.14 6.8.1 Purchasing process.14 6.8.2 Purchasing inf ormation.15 6.8.3 Verif ication of purchasing process.15 6.9 Production and service provision.15 6.9.1 Control of production and service provision.15 6.9.2 Control plan.16 6.9.3 Validation of processes f or production and services provisions.17 6.9.4 Identif ication and traceability.17 6.9.5 Customer property.18 6.9.6 Preservation of product.18 6.10 Control of monitoring and measuring equipment.18 6.10.1 General.18 6.10.2 Control of perf ormance rating(IV)measurement equipment.18 7 Monitoring and measurement.19 7.1 Customer satisf action.19 7.2 Monitoring and measurement of a manuf acturing process.19 7.3 Monitor