Foreword

This document (EN 1559‑2:2014) has been prepared by Technical Committee ECISS/TC 111 “Steel castings and forgings”, 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2015 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2015.

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 1559‑2:2000.

Within its programme of work, Technical Committee ECISS/TC 111 included the revision of the following standard:

EN 1559‑2, Founding - Technical conditions of delivery - Part 2: Additional requirements for steel castings

Annex B provides details of significant technical changes between this European Standard and the previous edition.

This European Standard is one of a series of European Standards for technical delivery conditions for castings. The other standards in this series are:

— EN 1559‑1, Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 1: General;
— EN 1559‑3, Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 3: Additional requirements for iron castings;
— EN 1559‑4, Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 4: Additional requirements for aluminium castings;
— EN 1559‑5, Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 5: Additional requirements for magnesium castings;
— EN 1559‑6, Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 6: Additional requirements for zinc castings.

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, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 1559-2:2014

Founding. Technical conditions of delivery - Additional requirements for steel castings

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Oct 2014