Foreword

This document (EN 1559‑1:2011) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 190 “Foundry technology”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2011, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2011.

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 1559‑1:1997.

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

Within its programme of work, Technical Committee CEN/TC 190 requested CEN/TC 190/WG 1 “Technical conditions of delivery and cast iron designation” to revise EN 1559‑1:1997.

EN 1559‑1 , Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 1: General

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

— EN 1559‑2 , Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 2: Additional requirements for steel castings
— 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 alloy castings
— EN 1559‑5 , Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 5: Additional requirements for magnesium alloy castings
— EN 1559‑6 , Founding — Technical conditions of delivery — Part 6: Additional requirements for zinc alloy 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, 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.

BS EN 1559-1:2011

Founding. Technical conditions of delivery - General

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Apr 2011