Foreword

This document (EN 10264‑2:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee ECISS/TC 106 “Wire rod and wires”, 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by July 2012.

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 10264‑2:2002.

This European Standard for wire for ropes is made up of the following parts:

— Part 1: General requirements
— Part 2: Cold drawn non alloy steel wire for ropes for general applications
— Part 3: Round and shaped non alloyed steel wire for high duty applications
— Part 4: Stainless steel wire

This European Standard has been technically revised to incorporate the following changes:

a) additional standards have been referenced for manufacturing the drawn wires (see Clause 4);
b) the purity of the zinc coating of the drawn wire has been specified according the relevant EN 1179 (see Clause 4);
c) other tensile strength grades than those given in Table 1, have been allowed subject to an agreement between supplier and user at the time of order (see 5.1);
d) other wires than those given in Table 1, have been allowed subject to an agreement between the customer and the supplier at the time of order (see 5.2);
e) new values have been given in Table 2 "Requirements for mechanical characteristics of wire".

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, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 10264-2:2012

Steel wire and wire products. Steel wire for ropes - Cold drawn non alloy steel wire for ropes for general applications

Published:

31 Jan 2012

Withdrawn:

18 Jan 2022