National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 1330‑1:2014. It supersedes BS EN 1330‑1:1998 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee WEE/46, Non-destructive testing.

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 31 January 2015.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 28 September 2014.

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-CENELEC 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-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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 United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 1330‑1:2014) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 138 "Non-destructive testing", 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2015, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2015.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 European Standard is considered to be a supporting standard to those application and product standards which in themselves support an essential safety requirement of a New Approach Directive and which make reference to this European Standard.

This document supersedes EN 1330‑1:1998.

This European Standard 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 10: Terms used in visual testing

Part 11: Terms used in X-ray diffraction from polycrystalline and amorphous materials and

EN ISO 12706, Non-destructive testing — Terminology — Terms used in penetrant testing

EN ISO 12718, Non-destructive testing — Eddy current testing — Vocabulary

NOTE 1 EN ISO 12706 was published formerly as European Standard EN 1330‑6.

NOTE 2 EN ISO 12718 was published formerly as European Standard EN 1330‑5..

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.

Introduction

To date, it is anticipated that EN 1330 will comprise at least 11 parts prepared separately by groups of experts, each group consisting of experts in a given NDT (non-destructive testing) method (for parts 3 to 11).

A comparative examination of these parts has shown the existence of common terms that are often defined differently. These terms have been taken from parts 3 to 9 and then split into two categories:

General terms corresponding to other fields such as physics, electricity, metrology, and already defined in international documents. These terms are the subject of part 1.
Common terms specific to NDT. These terms, the definitions of which have been harmonized in an ad-hoc group, are the subject of part 2.

In view of the nature of the approach taken, the lists of terms in parts 1 and 2 are in no way exhaustive.

1 Scope

This part of this European Standard is concerned with the general terms used in non destructive testing, but which stem from other fields (electricity, vacuum technology, metrology...).

For the sake of consistency, the definition of these terms, which already exist in the documents mentionned in Clause and which are internationally recognized, also apply in non destructive testing.

2 Normative references

3 General terms

3.1 Terms in alphabetic English cross index

3.2 Terms in alphabetic German cross index

3.3 Terms in alphabetic French cross index

Bibliography

BS EN 1330-1:2014

Non destructive testing. Terminology - List of general terms

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Jan 2015