National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 486:2009. It supersedes BS EN 486:1994 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee NFE/35, Light metals and their alloys.

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

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 September 2009

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 24 July 2009.

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 CEN 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 CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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

Foreword

This document (EN 486:2009) 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2010, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 2010.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 486:1993.

Within its programme of work, Technical Committee CEN/TC 132 entrusted CEN/TC 132/WG 2 "Extrusion billets and rolling ingots" to revise EN 486:1993.

CEN/TC 132 affirms 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.

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

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies the general requirements to be met by extrusion ingots of aluminium and aluminium alloys obtained by semi-continuous or continuous casting, from primary or recycled metal, for general engineering applications.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Ordering information

5 Requirements

5.1 Production and manufacturing processes

5.2 Chemical composition

5.3 Surface and internal quality

5.4 Tolerances on dimensions

6 Test procedures

6.1 Analysis of chemical composition

6.2 Homogenizing treatment

6.3 Other tests

7 Inspection documents

7.1 Certificate of mass and analysis

7.2 Inspection certificate

8 Marking

9 Packaging, transport and storage

10 Complaints

Bibliography

BS EN 486:2009

Aluminium and aluminium alloys. Extrusion ingots. Specifications

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Sep 2009