National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 10308:2001.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee ISE/72, Methods of physical and metallographic testing, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Engineering Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 29 January 2002

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 30 September 2001.

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 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 Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee ECISS/TC 2, Steel — Physico-chemical and 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 May 2002, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2002.

Annex A is informative.

This standard includes a Bibliography.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European Standard describes the techniques to be used for the manual, pulse-echo, ultrasonic testing of steel bars of diameter or equivalent thickness less or equal to 400 mm or equivalent section. Mechanized, semi-automatic or automatic techniques may be used but should be agreed between the purchaser and the supplier.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Items for agreements

5 Principle

6 Procedure

7 Personnel qualification

8 Ultrasonic test equipment

8.1 Instrument

8.2 Probe

8.3 Calibration blocks

8.4 Reference blocks

8.5 Couplant

9 Routine calibration and checking

10 Stage of manufacture

11 Surface condition

12 Sensitivity setting

13 Scanning

13.1 General

13.2 Grid scanning coverage

13.3 Complete scanning coverage

13.4 Scanning speed

14 Classification

14.1 Classification of indications

14.2 Classification of discontinuities

15 Recording level and acceptance criteria

16 Sizing

17 Test report

Bibliography

BS EN 10308:2002

Non-destructive testing. Ultrasonic testing of steel bars

Current, Under Review

Published:

29 Jan 2002