Introduction

The series of European standards, EN 1330, comprises 10 parts prepared separately by groups of experts, each group consisting of experts in a given NDT (non-destructive testing) method (for EN 1330‑3 to EN 1330‑10).

A comparative examination of these parts has shown the existence of common terms that are often defined differently. These terms have been taken from EN 1330‑3 to EN 1330‑10 and then split into two categories:

— general terms corresponding to other fields such as physics, electricity, metrology, etc. and already defined in international documents; these terms are the subject of EN 1330‑1;
— common terms specific to NDT; these terms, the definitions of which have been harmonized in an Ad Hoc group, are the subject of EN 1330‑2.

In view of the nature of the approach taken, the list of terms in EN 1330‑1 and EN 1330‑2 are in no way exhaustive.

EN 1330 consists of the following parts:

— Part 1: General terms
— Part 2: Terms common to the non-destructive testing methods
— Part 3: Terms used in industrial radiographic testing
— Part 4: Terms used in ultrasonic testing
— Part 7: Terms used in magnetic particle testing
— Part 9: Terms used in acoustic emission
— Part 10: Terms used in visual examination

NOTE 1 ISO 12718 replaced EN 1330‑5.

NOTE 2 ISO 12706 was published formerly as the draft European standard prEN 1330‑6.

BS EN ISO 20484:2017

Non-destructive testing. Leak testing. Vocabulary

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Jun 2017

1 Scope