IEC 60398:2015规定了用于建立用于电加热（EH）或材料电磁加工（EPM）的工业装置和设备的主要性能参数和主要操作特性的基本测试程序、条件和方法。本第三版取消并取代了1999年发布的IEC 60398第二版和2013年发布的IEC TS 62796第一版。本版构成技术修订版。与上一版相比，此版本包括以下重大技术变更: -该标准的标题和范围已扩大，包括用于材料电磁加工的装置和设备； -要求已经调整； -有关安全性的测试已移至IEC 60519-1; -增加了针对能源效率考虑的新测试和条款； -增加了一个新的附件，将本标准置于ISO和IEC制定的能效评估的背景下； -增加了新的附件，涉及数据的可视化显示、能量使用估计和流体的能量可回收性。

IEC 60398:2015 specifies the basic test procedures, conditions and methods for establishing the main performance parameters and the main operational characteristics of industrial installations and equipment intended for electroheating (EH) or electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM). This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition of IEC 60398 published in 1999 and the first edition of IEC TS 62796 published in 2013. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- the title and scope of the standard have been expanded to include installations and equipment for electromagnetic processing of materials;
- the requirements have been restructured;
- tests concerning safety have been moved to IEC 60519-1;
- new tests and clauses addressing energy efficiency considerations have been added;
- a new annex placing this standard in the context of energy efficiency assessment as developed by ISO and IEC has been added;
- new annexes addressing visual display of data, estimation of energy use and energy recoverability of fluids have been added.