May - June 2002
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
British standards
BS 5045:
Transportable gas containers.
BS 5045-7: 2000
Specification for seamless steel gas containers of water capacity 0.5 litre up to 15 litre for special portable applications with BS EN 1964-1: 2000. Supersedes BS 5045-1: 1982.PVE/3
BS 7570: 2000
Code of practice for validation of arc welding equipment. Supersedes BS 7570: 1992. WEE/6
BS EN publications
BS EN 1251:
Cryogenic vessels - transportable vacuum insulated vessels of not more than 1000 litres volume
BS EN 1251-1: 2000
Fundamental requirements. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 1251-2: 2000
Design, fabrication, inspection and testing. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 1251-3: 2000
Operational requirements. No current standard is superseded. PVE/18
BS EN 1711: 2000
Non-destructive examination of welds - eddy current examination of welds by complex plane analysis. No current standard is superseded. WEE/46
BS EN 1964:
Transportable gas cylinders - specification for the design and construction of refillable transportable seamless steel gas cylinders of water capacities from 0.5 litres up to and including 150 litres
BS EN 1964-1: 2000
Cylinders made of seamless steel with an R m value of less than 1100MPa. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 1964-3: 2000
Cylinders made of seamless stainless steel with an R m value of less than 1100MPa. No current standard is superseded. PVE/3/3
BS EN 1975: 2000
Transportable gas cylinders - specification for the design and construction of refillable transportable seamless aluminium and aluminium alloy gas cylinders of capacity from 0.5 litres up to 150 litres. No current standard is superseded. PVE/3/3
BS EN ISO 4063: 2000
Welding and allied processes - nomenclature of processes and reference numbers. Supersedes BS EN 24063: 1992. WEE/1
BS EN 4179: 2000
Qualification and approval of personnel for non-destructive testing. No current standard is superseded. ACE/56/-/1
BS EN ISO 9455:
Soft soldering fluxes - test methods. NFE/27/4
BS EN ISO 9455-13: 2000
Determination of flux spattering. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN ISO 9455-15: 2000
Copper corrosion test. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10132-1: 2000
General. With BS EN 10132-2 and BS EN 10132-3 supersedes BS 1449-1.15: 1991. With BS EN 10132-4 supersedes BS 5770-1, -2 and -3 1981
BS EN 10132-2: 2000
Case hardening steels. With BS EN 10132-1 and BS EN 10132-3 supersedes BS 1449-1.15: 1991.
BS EN 10132-3: 2000
Steels for quenching and tempering. With BS EN 10132-1 and BS EN 10132-2 supersedes BS 1449-1.15: 1991.
BS EN 10132-4: 2000
Spring steels and other applications. With BS EN 10132-1 supersedes BS 5770-1, -2 and -3: 1981.
BS EN 10273: 2000
Hot rolled weldable steel bars for pressure purposes with specified elevated temperature properties. Supersedes BS 1502: 1982. ISE/73/2
BS EN 12755: 2000
Transportable gas cylinders - filling conditions for acetylene bundles. No current standard is superseded. PVE/3/7
BS EN 12952:
Water-tube boilers and auxiliary installations
BS EN 12952-4: 2000
In-service boiler life expectancy calculations. No current standard is superseded. PVE/2
BS EN ISO 3452:
Non-destructive testing. Penetrant testing. WEE/46
BS EN ISO 3452-2: 2000
Testing of penetrant materials. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246:
Non-destructive testing of steel tubes. ISE/73/1
BS EN 10246-2: 2000
Automatic eddy current testing of seamless and welded (except submerged arc welded) austenitic and austenitic-ferritic steel tubes for verification of hydraulic leak-tightness. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246-9: 2000
Automatic ultrasonic testing of the weld seam of submerged arc welded steel tubes for the detection of longitudinal and/or transverse imperfections. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246-11: 2000
Liquid penetrant testing of seamless and welded steel tubes for the detection of surface imperfections. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246-12: 2000
Magnetic particle inspection of seamless and welded ferromagnetic steel tubes for the detection of surface imperfections. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246-13: 2000
Automatic full peripheral ultrasonic thickness testing for seamless and welded (except submerged arc welded) steel tubes. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246-15: 2000
Automatic ultrasonic testing of strip/plate used in the manufacture of welded steel tubes for the detection of laminar imperfections. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246-16: 2000
Automatic ultrasonic testing of the area adjacent to the weld seam of welded steel tubes for the detection of laminar imperfections. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246-17: 2000
Ultrasonic testing of tube ends of seamless and welded steel tubes for the detection of laminar imperfections. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 10246-18: 2000
Magnetic particle inspection of tube ends of seamless and welded ferromagnetic steel tubes for the detection of laminar imperfections. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 12535: 2000
Welding consumables - tubular cored electrodes for gas shielded metal arc welding of high strength steels - classification. No current standard is superseded. WEE/39
BS EN 12536: 2000
Welding consumables - rods for gas welding of non alloy and creep-resisting steels - classification. No current standard is superseded. WEE/39
BS EN 12544:
Non-destructive testing - measurement and evaluation of the X-ray tube voltage. WEE/46
BS EN 12544-2: 2000
Constancy check by the thick filter method. No current standard is superseded.
BS EN 12668:
Non-destructive testing - characterisation and verification of ultrasonic examination equipment. WEE/46
BS EN 12668-3: 2000
Combined equipment. Supersedes BS 4331-1: 1978
Amendments to British standards
BS EN 10028:
Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes
BS EN 10028-6: 1997
Weldable fine grain steels, quenched and tempered. Amendment 1 AMD 10934. ISE/73
BS EN 962: 1997
Transportable gas cylinders - valve protection caps and valve guards for industrial and medical gas cylinders - design, construction and tests. Amendment 1 AMD 10791. PVE/3
BS EN 1964:
Transportable gas cylinders - specification for the design and construction of refillable transportable seamless steel gas cylinders of refillable transportable seamless steel gas cylinders of water capacities from 0.5 litres up to and including 150 litres. PVE/3/3
BS EN 1964-1: 2000
Cylinders made of seamless steel with an R m value of less than 1100MPa. Corrigendum 1 AMD 10996
BS EN 1975: 2000
Transportable gas cylinders - specification for the design and construction of refillable transportable seamless aluminium and aluminium alloy gas cylinders from 0.5 litres up to and including 150 litres. Corrigendum 1 AMD 10997. PVE/3/3
Updated British standards
BS 1453: 1972
Specification for filler materials for gas welding. Amendment 2. WEE/39
Withdrawn British standards
BS 1449:
Steel plate, sheet and strip
BS 1449-1.15: 1991
Carbon and carbon-manganese plate, sheet and strip - specification for cold rolled narrow strip supplied in a range of conditions for heat treatment and general engineering purposes. Superseded by BS EN 10132-1, -2 and -3: 2000. ISE/10
BS 1502: 1982
Specification for steels for fired and unfired pressure vessels - sections and bars. Superseded by BS EN 10273: 2000. ISE/73/2
BS 5045:
Transportable gas containers. PVE/3
BS 5045-1: 1982
Specification for seamless steel gas containers above 0.5 litre water capacity. Superseded by BS 5045-7: 2000 and BS EN 1964-1: 2000
BS 5045-3: 1984
Specification for seamless aluminium alloy gas containers above 0.5 litre water capacity and up to 300bar charged pressure at 15°C, Superseded by BS 5045-8: 2000 and BS EN 1975: 2000
BS 5770:
Steel strip intended for the manufacture of springs
BS 5770-1: 1981
Specification for hot rolled carbon and low alloy steel
BS 5770-2: 1981
Specification for cold rolled carbon and low alloy steel
BS 5770-3: 1981
Specification for pre-hardened and tempered carbon steel. Superseded by BS EN 10132-1: and -4: 2000. ISE/10
BS EN 24063: 1992
Welding, brazing, soldering and braze welding of metals - nomenclature of processes and reference numbers for symbolic representation on drawings. Superseded by BS EN ISO 4063: 2000. WEE/1
BS 4331:
Methods for assessing the performance characteristics of ultrasonic flaw detection equipment.
BS 4331-1: 1978
Overall performance - on-site methods. Superseded by BS EN 12668-3: 2000. WEE/46
BS 5882: 1996
Specification for a total quality assurance programme for nuclear installations. Superseded by other publications such as ISO 9000 series IAEA codes. NCE/10
PD 6588: 1996
Welding - guidelines for a grouping system for welding purposes. Superseded by PD CR ISO 15608: 2000. WEE/36
New work started
UK
BS 5500/Enquiry Case 131
Dished heads, straight flange thickness. PVE/1
EN 13856
Operational requirements for automotive LPG systems. PVE/19
EN 850: 1996/A1
Transportable gas cylinders - pin-index, yoke-type valve outlet connections for medical use. PVE/3/1
ISO 9013
Thermal cutting - classification of thermal cuts - geometrical product specification and quality tolerances. WEE/18
British standards for public comment
00/705996 DC
Draft BS EN 13860-1 Non-destructive testing - eddy current examination - equipment characteristics and verification - Part 1: Instrument characteristics and verification. WEE/46
00/706411 DC
EN 850: 1996/prA1 Transportable gas cylinders - pin-index, yoke-type valve outlet connections for medical use - draft amendment 1 (BS EN 850: 1996/A1). PVE/3/1
00706654 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 17653 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials - torsion of resistance spot welds. WEE/2
00706655 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 17654 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials - internal pressure test on continuous seam welds. WEE/2
00708208 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 17655 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials - methods for taking samples for delta ferrite measurement. WEE/2
00708210 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 1071 Welding consumables - welding consumables for fusion welding of cast iron. WEE/39
00708211 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 18274 Welding consumables - wire and strip electrodes, wires and rods for arc alloys - classification. WEE/39
00708217 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15607 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials - general rules. Revision of BS EN 288-1: 1992. WEE/36
00708218 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15610 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials - approval by using approved consumables. Revision of BS EN 288-5: 1995. WEE/36
00708219 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15611 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials.- approval related to previous welding experience. Revision of BS EN 288-6: 1995. WEE/36
00708220 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15612 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials - approval by a standard welding procedure. Revision of BS EN 288-7: 1996. WEE/36
00708221 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15613 Specification and approval of welding procedure for metallic materials - approval by a pre-production test. Revision of BS EN 288-8: 1995. WEE/36
00708222 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15614-1 Specification and approval of welding procedure for metallic materials - welding procedure test - Part 1: Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and nickel alloys. Revision of BS EN 288-3: 1992. WEE/36
00708223 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15614-9 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials - welding procedure test - Part 9: Underwater hyperbaric wet welding. WEE/21/7
00708224 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15614-10 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials - welding procedure test - Part 10: Hyperbaric dry welding. WEE/21/7
00708225 DC
Draft BS EN ISO 15614-12 Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials - welding procedure tests - Part 12: Spot, seam and projection welding. WEE/36
CEN European standards/reports/publications
EN 334: 1999/prA1
Gas pressure regulators for inlet pressures up to 100bar
EN 10020: 2000
Definition and classification of grades of steel. ISE/73
EN 12668:
Non-destructive testing - characterisation and verification of ultrasonic examination equipment
EN 12668-3: 2000
Combined equipment. WEE/46
PD CR ISO 15608: 2000
(CR ISO 15608: 2000)
Welding - guidelines for a metallic material grouping system. Supersedes PD 6588: 1996. WEE/36
ISO/DIS 5951
Hot-rolled steel sheet of higher yield strength with improved formability
ENV 10247:
Micrographic examination of the non-metallic inclusion content of steels using standard pictures. Corrigendum: April 2000 to ENV 10247: 1998. ISE/72
Cenelec publications
EN 60974:
Arc welding equipment. WEE/6
EN 60974-1:
Welding power sources (IEC 60974-1: 1998/A1: 2000) Amendment 1: April 2000 to EN 60974-1: 1998
EN 60974-7: April 2000
Torches (IEC 60974-7: 2000)
International publications
IEC 60974:
Arc welding equipment. WEE/6
IEC 60974-1:
Welding power sources. Amendment 1: March 2000 to IEC 60974-1: 1998
IEC 60974-7: March 2000
Torches
ISO 3807:
Cylinders for acetylene - basic requirements. PVE/3
ISO 3808-1: 2000
Cylinders without fusible plugs. Will not be implemented as a British Standard
ISO 3807-2: 2000
Cylinders with fusible plugs. Will not be implemented as a British Standard
ISO 6847: 2000 (edition 2)
Welding consumables - deposition of a weld metal pad for chemical analysis. No intention to implement. Will be proposed for adoption as European Standard by the UAP procedure. WEE/39
ISO 14554:
Quality requirements for welding - resistance welding of metallic materials. WEE/29
ISO 14554-1: 2000
Comprehensive quality requirements
ISO 14554-2: 2000
Elementary quality requirements
ISO 669: 2000 (edition 2)
Resistance welding - resistance welding equipment - mechanical and electrical requirements. Will not be implemented as a British Standard. WEE/26
ISO 3452:
Non-destructive testing - penetrant testing. WEE/46
ISO 3452-2: 2000
Testing of penetrant materials. Equivalent EN ISO 3452-2 to be implemented as a British Standard
ISO 3999:
Radiation protection - apparatus for industrial gamma radiography
ISO 3999-1: 2000
Specification for performance, design and tests. Will not be implemented as a British Standard
ISO 8249: 2000
Welding - determination of ferrite number (FN) in austenitic and duplex ferritic-austenitic Cr-Ni stainless steel weld metals. Equivalent EN ISO will be implemented as a BS EN ISO. WEE/39
ISO 12721: 2000
Non-destructive testing - thermal neutron radiographic testing - determination of beam L/D ratio. No intention to implement as a British Standard. WEE/46
ISO 14744:
Welding - acceptance inspection of electron beam welding machines
ISO 14744-1: 2000
Principles and acceptance conditions. Equivalent EN ISO 14744-1 to be implemented as a British Standard
ISO 14744-2: 2000
Measurement of accelerating voltage characteristics. Equivalent EN ISO 14744-2 to be implemented as a British Standard
ISO 14744-3: 2000
Measurement of beam current characteristic. Identical BS EN ISO 14744-3 to be published
ISO 14744-4: 2000
Measurement of welding speed. Equivalent EN ISO 14744-4 to be implemented as a British Standard
ISO 14744-5: 2000
Measurement of run-out accuracy. Identical BS EN ISO 14744-5 to be published
ISO 14744-6: 2000
Measurement of stability of spot position. Identical BS EN ISO 14744-6 to be published. WEE/47
ISO/TR 15608: 2000
Welding - guidelines for a metallic materials grouping system. European (parallel voted) version already implemented as PD CR ISO 15608. WEE/36
