 What is BS EN 60393-6 – Surface mount preset potentiometers for use in electronic equipment about?  
BS EN 60393 is a European standard that discusses potentiometers for use in electronic equipment. BS EN 60393-6 provides the best industry guidance on surface mount preset potentiometers to manufacture efficient potentiometers.
BS EN 60393-6 is the sixth part of a multi-part series that applies to surface mount preset potentiometers for use in electronic equipment.
BS EN 60393-6 gives the minimum performance requirements and test severities.
Who is BS EN 60393-6 – Surface mount preset potentiometers for use in electronic equipment for? 
BS EN 60393-6 on surface mount preset potentiometers for use in electronic equipment is relevant to: 
- Electronic equipment manufacturers
- Potentiometers manufacturers
Why should you use BS EN 60393-6 – Surface mount preset potentiometers for use in electronic equipment?  
A position sensor is a sort of potentiometer. They're used to determine how far something has moved in any direction. Rotary potentiometers measure rotational displacement whereas linear potentiometers measure linear displacement.
BS EN 60393-6 prescribes preferred ratings and characteristics and selects from IEC 60393-1 the appropriate quality assessment procedures, tests, and measuring methods. The test conditions are outlined in BS EN 60393-6, and the fixed sample size test schedule's performance criteria are identical to those outlined in the detailed specification for quality conformity inspection.
Under BS EN 60393-6 the test methods are applied together with a suitable sampling plan and supplemented by appropriate additional tests to assess the quality or useful life of a given production lot.
Thus, BS EN 60393-6 assists you to control electrical devices and enables you to measure voltage properly and achieve variable voltage from a fixed-voltage source.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 60393-6:2016 is the second edition that cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2003. BS EN 60393-6:2016 has made some technical changes compared to the previous edition. These include:
- Revision of the information on the assessment level EZ (zero nonconforming)
- Complete editorial revision
