BS EN ISO 8130-1 is the first part of the BS EN 8130 multi-series on coating powders. BS EN 8130-1 specifies a method to find out the particle size distribution of coating powders, by sieve analysis. Particle size distributions with fewer than 100 μm are determined by laser diffraction. This method can be used as a quality control procedure (go/no go test) by checking the amount retained on a single sieve.
The following particle sizes are typical for coating powders, however, the particle size can deviate depending on the application:
NOTE Sieves with a mesh size smaller than 32 μm are not practical and are likely to become blind during use.
BS EN ISO 8130-1 on coating powders is useful for:
As a paint manufacturer, you care about improving the efficiency of your products and ensuring their reliability in the consumer market. For high quality product performance, your coating powders need to be evenly distributed, and free from contamination. BS EN ISO 8130-1 arms you with tests to find out the particle distribution in these coating powders. BS EN ISO 8130-1 also gives you guidelines to prepare the test sieve for manual sieving. In addition, BS EN ISO 8130-1 helps you with methods of machine sieving using:
BS EN ISO 8130-1 also acts as a quality check by removing contaminants from coating powders.
BS EN ISO 8130-1:2019 supersedes BS EN ISO 8130-1:2010, which has been withdrawn.
BS EN ISO 8130-1:2019 includes some technical changes with respect to ISO 8130-1:2019:
EN ISO 8130-1:2018
ISO 8130-1