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Standards Index

Standards and Regulations Useful to Mechanical Engineers (English)

Reference Standard...Materials

- Standard Reference Title
Material Standards
1 BS 1452:1990 Specification for flake Graphite Cast Iron.
2 BS 2789:1985 Specification for spheroidal graphite or nodular graphite Cast Iron
3 BS 6681:1986 Specification for malleable CI.
4 BS 970 : Part 1 :1996 Wrought Steels - Carbon and Manganese Steels
- BS 970: Part 2:1988 Wrought Steels- Direct hardening alloy steels - Withdrawn/superseded
- BS 970: Part 3:1991 Wrought Steels- Case Hardening steels- Withdrawn/superseded
- BS 970: Part 4:1970 Wrought Steels- Stainless, Heat Resisting and valve steels - Withdrawn/Superseded
- BS 970: Part5:1972 Wrought Steels- Spring steels- Withdrawn/Revised
- BS 970: Part 6:1972 SI metric values for parts 1 to 5 - Withdrawn/Revised
5 BS 1449-1.1:1991 Steel plate, sheet and strip. Carbon and carbon-manganese plate, sheet and strip. General specification
- BS 1449-1.8:1991 Steel plate, sheet and strip. Carbon and carbon-manganese plate, sheet and strip. Specification for hot rolled narrow strip based on formability
- BS 1449-1.14:1991 Steel plate, sheet and strip. Carbon and carbon-manganese plate, sheet and strip. Specification for hot rolled narrow strip supplied in a range of conditions for heat treatment and general engineering purposes
- BS 1449.... Other versions of BS 1449 withdrawn /revised/ superseded- See B.S Online for replacement standards..
6 BS 1440:1985 Specification for copper alloy ingots and copper alloy and high conductivity copper castings :.withdrawn/superseded
7 BS 1470:1987 Specification for wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys for general engineering purposes: plate, sheet and strip.
Withdrawn superseded /replaced by Parts 1 to 4 of BS EN 485, BS EN 515:1993 and Parts 1 to 4 of BS EN 573.
8 BS 1471:1972 Wrought Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys.Drawn Tube
withdrawn /superseded/Replaced by BS EN 515:1993, Parts 3 and 4 of BS EN 573 and Parts 1, 2, 7 and 8 of BS EN 754.
9 BS 1474:1987 Wrought Aluminium and Aluminium alloys ,. Bar, extruded round tube and sections.
Withdrawn/superseded /replaced by BS EN 515:1993, Parts 3 & 4 of BS EN 573, Parts 1 - 9 of BS EN 755, and Parts 1 & 2 of BS EN 12020.
10 BS 1501:Part 1:1980 Steels for fired and unfired pressure vessels - Plate
Withdrawn, superseded/replaced by Parts 1 to 3 of BS EN 10028:1993 and BS EN 10029:1991.
- BS 1501:Part 2:1988 Steels for pressure purposes. Specification for alloy steels: plates
Withdrawn, superseded/replaced BS EN 10028-4:1995, BS EN 10029:1991
- BS 1501:Part 3:1990 Steels for pressure purposes. Specification for corrosion - and heat-resisting steels: plates, sheet and strip:..
Withdrawn, superseded/Replaced by BS EN 10028-7:2000, BS EN 10029:1991, BS EN 10048:1997, BS EN 10051:1992, BS EN 10258:1997 and BS EN 10259:1997.
11 BS 1503:1989 Steels for fired and unfired pressure vessels - Forgings
Withdrawn/superseded/replaced by Parts 1 to 5 of BS EN 10222.
12 BS 2633:1987 Specification for Class 1 welding of ferritic steel pipework for carrying fluids
13 BS 2971:1991 Specification for Class 2 welding of carbon steel pipeword for carrying fluids
14 BS 3100:1984 Specification for steel castings for general engineering purposes
15 BS 1504:1984 Specification for steel castings for pressure purposes
16 BS 2803:1980 Specification for Pre-Hardened and Tempered Carbon and Low alloy round steel wire for gen. eng. purposes
17 BS 5216:1991 Specification for patented cold drawn steel wire for mechanical springs
18 BS 4-1:1993 Structural steel sections. Specification for hot-rolled sections (taper flange joists and channels)
19 BS 2994:1976 Specification for cold rolled steel sections. Withdrawn/superseded/replaced by BS EN 10162:2003
20 BS 5950-1:2000 Structural use of steelwork in building. Code of practice for design. Rolled and welded sections
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