BS EN 287-6:2018

What is BS EN 287-6- Cast irons about?  

BS EN 287-6 specifies main requirements, limits, inspection conditions and acceptance requirements as well as related inspection documents of welders for welded cast iron test pieces and workpieces. 

BS EN 287-6 provides a set of technical rules for a systematic qualification test of a welder‘s skills and enables such qualifications to be uniformly accepted independently of the type of product, location and examiner or examining body. 

BS EN 287-6 specifies the testing of a welder’s skill unless a higher-level skill test is required. The acceptance of a welder’s skill in accordance with BS EN 287-6 implies a practical experience and knowledge regarding the welding process, materials, and safety requirements. 

BS EN 287-6 is to be used when requirements on part of a customer, testing or monitoring body or other organization are postulated. BS EN 287-6 defines the qualification test of welders for the fusion welding of cast irons. The welding processes referred to in this standard include those fusion welding processes which are designated as manual or partly mechanized welding.  

Who is BS EN 287-6- Cast irons for? 

BS EN 287-6 on cast irons  is useful for: 

• Cast Iron welders 
• Iron welding industries 
• Welding machine manufacturers 

Why should you use BS EN 287-6- Cast irons?  

BS EN 287-6  provides guidance to assess the ability of a welder. It contains written instructions and verification of a person's skills benefits that are important factors in ensuring the quality of a welded product. 

The testing of a welder's skill in accordance with BS EN 287-6 depends on welding techniques and conditions used in which uniform rules are complied with, and standard test pieces are used. 

The principle of BS EN 287-6 is that a qualification test qualifies the welder not only for the conditions used in the test, but also for all joints which are considered easier to weld on the the presumption that the welder has received specific training and/or has industrial practice within the range of qualification. 

BS EN 287-6 qualification test can be used to qualify a welding procedure and a welder provided that all the relevant requirements, e.g., test piece dimensions, are satisfied. 

What’s changed since the last update?  

BS EN 287-6:2018 supersedes BS EN 287-6:2010. BS EN 287-6:2018 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 287-6:2010. These include: 

• Normative references revised 
• Subclause 4.2: Process designations brought in accordance with EN ISO 4063 and welding processes "138" and "143" added 
• Subclause 5.5: Last paragraph revised 
• Subclause 6.5: Table 2 revised 
• Subclause 6.6: Revised and Tables 4 and 5 inserted