January - February 1999
TWI has representatives on many national and international standards committees for welding and joining. Their expert contribution to the work of these committees, and assistance to Industrial Members on standards issues is an important TWI activity.
New and Revised British Standards
BS EN Publications
BS EN 1598: 1998
Health and safety in welding and allied processes - Transparent welding curtains, strips and screens for arc welding processes. WEE/6
BS EN 1792: 1998
Welding - Multilingual list of terms for welding and related processes. Lists the most commonly used welding terms with equivalents in French and German. No current standard is superseded. WEE/1
BS EN 1418: 1998
Welding personnel - Approval testing of welding operators for fusion welding and resistance weld setters for fully mechanised and automatic welding of metallic materials. WEE/36
Amendments to British Standards
BS EN 287:
Approval testing of welders for fusion welding
BS EN 287-1: 1992
Steels WEE/36
Corrigendum No.1 AMD 10009
BS EN 10028:
Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes.
BS EN 10028-5: 1997
Weldable fine grain steels, Thermomechanically rolled. Amendment No.1 AMD 9942 ISE/73
New Work Started
European
Non-destructive testing - Generic NDE data format model. CEN/TC 138 through WEE/46
EN 962
Transportable gas cylinders - Valve protection caps and valve guards for industrial and medical gas cylinders - Design, construction and tests.
Will amend EN 962 CEN/TC 23 through PVE/3/7
EN 1089
Transportable gas cylinders - Gas cylinder identification (excluding LPG)
EN 1089-1:
Stampmarking.
Will amend EN 1089-1 CEN/TC 23 through PVE3/7
EN 1089-2:
Precautionary labels.
Will amend EN 1089-2 CEN/TC 23 through PVE3/7
EN 1089-3:
Colour coding.
Will amend EN 1089-3 CEN/TC 23 through PVE3/7
International
ISO 5145
Cylinder valve outlets for gases and gas mixtures - Selection and dimensioning. Will revise ISO 5145: 1990. ISO/TC 58/SC 2 through PVE/3/1
ISO 15996
Residual pressure valves and their filling adaptors - Performance and type testing. ISO/TC 58/SC 2 through PVE/3/1.
ISO 13769
Gas cylinders - Stampmarking. ISO/TC 58/SC 4 through PVE/3/7
ISO 7291
Gas welding equipment - Pressure regulators for manifold systems used in welding, cutting and allied processes up to 300 bar. Will revise ISO 7291 ISO/TC 44/SC 8 through WEE/18
Draft British Standards for Public Comment
98/700212 DC prEN ISO 15618-2 Approval testing of welders for underwater welding - Part 2 Divers-welders and welding operators for hyperbaric dry welding. (ISO/DIS 15618-2) WEE/36
98/700213 DC prEN 13133 Brazing - Brazer approval. WEE/19
98/700214 DC prEN 13134 Brazing - Procedure approval. WEE/19
98/704183 DC ISO/DIS 7291 Gas welding equipment - Pressure regulators for manifold systems used in welding, cutting and allied processes up to 300 bar. (Revision of ISO 7291: 1990) WEE/18
Draft International Standards
98/704995 ISO/DIS 5828 Resistance welding equipment - Secondary connecting cables with terminals connected to water-cooled lugs - Dimensions and characteristics. (Revision of ISO 5828) WEE/26
98/704281 ISO/DIS 5577 Non-destructive testing - Ultrasonic inspection - Vocabulary. WEE/46
CEN European Standards/Reports/Publications
EN 50199:
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Product standard for arc welding equipment. Corrigendum: January 1998 to EN 50199: 1995. WEE/6
EN 1011-1: 1998
Welding - Recommendations for welding of metallic materials - Part 1: General guidance for arc welding. WEE/17
EN 286-1: 1998
Simple unfired pressure vessels designed to contain air or nitrogen - Part 1: Pressure vessels for general purposes. PVE/17
EN 1291: 1998
Non-destructive examination of welds - Magnetic particle testing of welds - Acceptance levels. WEE/46
EN 1289: 1998
Non-destructive examination of welds - Penetrant testing of welds - Acceptance levels. WEE/46
EN 1290: 1998
Non-destructive examination of welds -ÊMagnetic particle examination of welds. WEE/46
EN 1442: 1998
Transportable refillable welded steel cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) - Design and construction. (PVE/19)
EN 12517: 1998
Non-destructive examination of welds - Radiographic examination of welded joints - Acceptance levels. WEE/46
International Standards/Publications
DIN 2605-2: 1995
Steel butt-welding pipe fittings - Part 2: Elbows and bends for use at full service pressure.
DIN 8519: 1996
Annular and elongated projections for resistance welding of sheet steel.
DIN 8541-3: 1995
Rubber oxygen hose for welding, cutting and allied processes - with or without protective cover, designed for special requirements - Part 3: Safety requirements and testing.
DIN 8541-120: 1997
All-fuel gas hoses and gas flux hoses for welding, cutting and allied processes - Part 120: Safety requirements and testing.
ISO/TR 11552: 1997
Lasers and laser-related equipment - Laser materials-processing machines - Performance specifications and benchmarks for cutting of metals.
American Welding Society (AWS) publications
AWS D1.1 1998
Structural welding code - Steel
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