National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 485‑3:2003. It supersedes BS EN 485‑3:1994 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee NFE/35, Light metals and their alloys, to Subcommittee NFE/35/5, Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

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Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 11 and a back cover.

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This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 26 March 2003

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 November 2002.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 485‑3:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 132 "Aluminium and aluminium alloys", the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2003, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2003.

This document supersedes EN 485‑3:1993.

This standard is part of a set of four standards. The other standards deal with:

Part 1: Technical conditions for inspection and delivery
Part 2: Mechanical properties
Part 4: Tolerances on dimensions and form for cold-rolled products

Besides very slight editorial adjustments in the text, the following technical changes have been made:

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This part of this European Standard specifies the tolerances on form and dimensions for wrought aluminium and aluminium alloy sheet, strip and plate obtained by hot-rolling, for general engineering applications.

It applies to products with a thickness from 2,5 mm up to and including 400 mm.

It does not apply to semi-finished rolled products in coiled form to be subjected to further rolling (reroll stock) or to special products such as corrugated, embossed, etc. sheet and strip or to special applications such as aerospace which are dealt with in separate European Standards.

Technical conditions for inspection and delivery of products covered by this standard are specified in EN 485‑1.

NOTE Some of the products listed in the present standard can be subject to patent or patent applications, and their listing herein does not in any way imply the granting of a licence under such patent right.

CEN/TC 132 affirms it is its policy that in the case when a patentee refuses to grant licences on standardised standard products under reasonable and not discriminatory conditions, then this product shall be removed from the corresponding standard.

2 Normative references

3 Tolerances on dimension

3.1 Thickness

3.2 Width

3.3 Length

4 Tolerances on form

4.1 Lateral curvature

4.2 Flatness

4.3 Squareness

Bibliography

BS EN 485-3:2003

Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Sheet, strip and plate - Tolerances on dimensions and form for hot-rolled products

Current, Under Review

Published:

26 Mar 2003