May - June 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 Standards
BS EN Publications
BS EN 1252:
Cryogenic vessels - Materials
BS EN 1252-1: 1998
Toughness requirements for temperatures below -80°C. No current standard is superseded. PVE/18
BS EN 1797:
Cryogenic vessels - Gas/material compatibility
BS EN 1797-1: 1998
Oxygen compatibility. No current standard is superseded. PVE/18
BS EN ISO 9692:
Welding and allied processes - Joint preparation
BS EN ISO 9692-2: 1998
Submerged arc welding of steels (ISO 9692-2: 1998). No current standard is superseded. WEE/1
BS EN 10229: 1998
Evaluation of resistance of steel products to hydrogen induced cracking (HIC). No current standard is superseded. ISE/72
BS EN ISO 11114:
Transportable gas cylinders - Compatibility of cylinder and valve materials with gas contents
BS EN ISO 11114-1: 1998
Metallic materials (ISO 11114-1: 1997). No current standard is superseded. PVE/3/1
BS EN ISO 11114-3: 1998
Autogenous ignition test in oxygen atmosphere (ISO 11114-3: 1997). No current standard is superseded. PVE/3/1
BS EN ISO 13341: 1998
Transportable gas cylinders - Fitting of valves to gas cylinders (ISO 13341: 1997). No current standard is superseded. PVE/3/1
BS EN 1330
Non-destructive testing - Terminology
BS EN 1330-8: 1998
Terms used in leak tightness testing. WEE/46
BS EN 1518: 1998
Non-destructive testing - Leak testing - Characterisation of mass spectrometer leak detectors. WEE/46
Amendments to British Standards
BS EN 850: 1007
Transportable gas cylinders - Pin-index, yoke-type valve outlet connections for medical use. Amendment No. 1. AMD 10097. PVE/3/1
Updated British Standards
BS 4483: 1998
Steel fabric for the reinforcement of concrete. Supersedes BS 4483: 1985. ISE/9/1
Withdrawn British Standards
BS 1449:
Steel plate, sheet and strip
BS 1449-1:
Carbon and carbon-manganese plate, sheet and strip
BS 1449-1.2: 1991
Specification for hot rolled steel plate, sheet and wide strip based on formability. Superseded by BS EN 10111: 1998
BS 14449-1.9: 1991
Specification for cold rolled narrow strip based on formability. Superseded by BS EN 10139: 1998
BS 970:
Specification for wrought steels for mechanical and allied engineering purposes
BS 970-4: 1970
Valve steels. Superseded by BS EN 10090: 1998. ISE/31
BS 5914: 1980
Methods of calibrating leak-detectors of the mass-spectrometer-type used in the field of vacuum technology. Superseded by BS EN 1518:1 1998. WEE/46
British Standards Proposed for Confirmation
BS 1640:
Specification for steel butt-welding pipe fittings for the petroleum industry
BS 1640-2: 1962
Wrought and cast austenitic chromium-nickel steel fittings
BS 1640-4: 1968
Wrought and cast austenitic chromium-nickel steel fittings. Metric units. ISE/19
BS 1724: 1990
Specification for bronze welding by gas. WEE/1
BS 3799: 1974
Specification for steel pipe fittings, screwed and socket welding for the petroleum industry. ISE/19
BS 5245: 1975
Specification for phosphoric acid based flux for soft soldered joints in stainless steels. ISE/8
British Standards Reviewed and Confirmed
BS 1449:
Steel plate, sheet and strip
BS 1449-1:
Carbon and carbon-manganese plate, sheet and strip
BS 1449-1.8
Specification for hot rolled narrow strip based on formability. ISE/10
BS 4364: 1993
Specification for industrial oxygen. C11/19
BS 4366: 1993
Specification for industrial nitrogen. C11/19
BS 6304: 1982
Specification for chain slings of welded construction: grades M(4), S(6) and T(8). MHE/1
New Work Started
International
ISO 15653
Metallic materials - Method of test for the determination of fracture toughness of welds. ISO/TC 164/SC 4 through ISE/NFE/4/4
Draft British Standards for Public Comment
98/717176 DC prEN ISO 15618-1
Approval testing of welders for underwater welding - Part 1: Diver-welders for hyperbaric wet welding ISO/DIS
15618-1. WEE/36
98/231473 DC
Draft IEC 61190-1-1 Attachment materials for electronic assemblies - Part 1-1: Requirements for soldering fluxes for high quality interconnections in electronics assembly (Possible new British Standard) (IEC 91/141/CD). EPL/501
98/231474 DC
Draft IEC 61190-1-2 Attachment materials for electronic assemblies - Part 1-2: Requirements for soldering paste fluxes for high quality interconnections in electronics assembly. (Possible new British Standard) (IEC 91/141/CD). EFL/501
98/709278 DC
Draft Amendment No.1 to EN 849: 1996 Transportable gas cylinders - Cylinder valves - Specification and type testing. (EN 849-1996/prAL: 1998). PVE/3/1
98/709728 DC
prEN ISO 9934-3 Non-destructive testing - Magnetic particle testing - Part 3: Equipment (ISO/DIS 9934-3). WEE/46
Draft International Standards
98/707072 ISO/DIS 11970
Specification and approval of welding procedures for production welding of steel castings. ISE/6
