European Bodies Update Coil Coating Standards
European Bodies Update Coil Coating Standards
Ausgabe/Issue: 12/2004
Seite/Page: 42
The work programme ECCA. 25 Parts have already been published (Table 1).
The ECISS work programme is dealt with by 21 Technical
Committees. Among others, these include: An update on coil coated steel standardization
- TC 13: Flat products for cold working - Qualities, The EN 10169 standard for coil coated steel consists of
dimensions, tolerances and specific tests (uncoated hot or three parts: EN 10169-1:2003, Continuously organic coated
cold-rolled steels and cold-rolled steel sections); chairman, (coil coated) steel flat products - Part 1: General information
J. Dawance; secretariat held by D. Jacobs, IBN/BIN; (definitions, materials, tolerances, test methods),
- TC 27: Surface coated flat products - Qualities, superseding the 1996 issue; prEN 10169-2:2004, Part 2:
dimensions, tolerances and specific tests; chairman, P. Products for building exterior application, replacing ENV
Fnders; secretariat held by H.-F. Hach, FES im DIN; and 10169-2:1999; and EN 10169-3:2003, Part 3: Products for
- TC 27/SC 1: Continuously organic coated (coil coated) building interior applications.
steel flat products; chairman, B. Meuthen. ECISS/TC 27/SC 1 began work in 1992 tasked with
updating the Euronorm EU 169-85 for continuously organic
European standardization and the role of CEN coated steel flat products. This Euronorm was prepared by a
CEN is contributing to the objectives of the European Working Group established in the late 70s and was the first
Economic Area with technical standards which promote free standard of its kind. It is common practice for existing
trade, the safety of workers and consumers, interoperability standards to be reviewed about every five years to
of systems and technologies, environmental protection, determine whether any need exists for some major editorial
exploitation of research and development programmes, and or technical amendments. The transposition into EN (Part 1
public procurement. The foremost aim is to facilitate the since 1996) did not pose any problems.
exchange of goods and services through the elimination of Work was then started on compiling supplements Parts 2
technical barriers to global trade, thus ensuring the and 3, governing building exterior and interior applications,
interoperability and interchangeability of safe and high since these are the prime sales markets. WG 2 and WG 3
quality products and systems. were founded for this purpose, with B. Creton and J.
The use of standards by industry and the social and Mnigault, BNS (Bureau de Normalisation de la Sidrurgie),
economic partners is always voluntary; however, European Paris, since renamed BN Acier, acting as convenors.
standards are sometimes related to European legislation WG 2 (Exterior applications) applied considerable efforts
(Directives), and conformity to such standards may between 1992 and 2003 in developing, first of all, a
constitute a presumption of conformity to the legal pre-standard (ENV 10169-2:1999). This was only recently
requirements of the Directives which must be met by transposed into prEN 10169-2:2004. The final standard is
manufacturers before certain products can be traded legally due to be published in 2005. In the period 1997 to 1999, WG
within the Single Market. A European standard embodies 3 (Interior applications) succeeded in drafting the new EN
the essential principles of global openness and 10169-3:2003. In their source English versions, the three
transparency, consensus, technical coherence and national standards together have some 60 pages.
commitment.
What's in the standards
ISO - International Organization for Standardization The usual contents are: Foreword, Scope, Normative
One cannot report on standardization without mentioning references, Terms and definitions, Designation, Information
ISO, the worldwide federation of national standards bodies, to be supplied by the purchaser, Substrates and organic
constituted as far back as 1947, with its Central Secretariat coatings, Requirements, Inspection and testing, Marking,
in Geneva, Switzerland. Its current membership comprises Packing and dispatch, Storage, Disputes, Annex, and
national standards institutes from 148 countries, working in Bibliography.
partnership with international organizations, governments Regarding "Scope" (Part 1): The standard is not applicable
and industry, business and consumer representatives. to organic coated tin mill products, electrical steels and steel
Official languages are English and French. Final Draft strapping. Alongside the updated standards for the steel
International Standards (FDIS) become Standards (ISO). substrates, all three parts now include many of the new
Implementation is, however, optional only. parts of the EN 13523 series, Coil coated metals - Test
methods (Table 1). "Terms and definitions" list altogether 45
A growing cooperation definitions for the coil coating process, coating systems,
ISO and CEN work closely together according to their building applications etc.
Vienna Agreement (1991): Technical cooperation under the
VA, where the work is done by CEN following a formal Acknowledgements
notification of interest received by CEN from ISO (VA CEN The author would like to thank all ECISS experts, the SC 1
lead) or vice versa (VA ISO lead). Parallel synchronized secretariat and BN Acier for their unfailing commitment to
procedures are applied in either organization for the these ECISS activities.
approval processes.
The growing cooperation between CEN and ISO may be Reference
characterized by CEN/TC 139 "Paint and varnishes" [1] F. Ferron, European Standards for Coil Coated Metals -
(secretariat held by DIN) established in 1988 and its Test Methods (EN 13523), Proceedings, ECCA 38th
counterpart ISO/TC 35 "Paint and varnishes" established in General Meeting, Salzburg, June 2004
1947. Over the past years, an increasing number of ISO
standards, particularly on terminology (SC 1) and test Table 1: EN Standards on Coil Coated Metals - Test
methods (SC 9) have already been transposed into the CEN Methods
network (as EN ISO). (EN) ISO standards are referred to, EN 13523-0:2001
whenever applicable. Coil coated metals -Test methods
However, the specific work on test methods for coil coated Part 0: General introduction and list of test methods
metals has since 1995 been the responsibility of CEN/TC EN 13523-1:2001
139/WG 9 "Coil coated metals - Test methods" (convenors, Part 1: Coating thickness
F. Ferron / H. Hughes) in cooperation with and supported by EN 13523-2:2001
The author:
-> Dr Bernd Meuthen studied Chemistry and obtained a ScD
degree at the University of Bonn/Germany. He worked at the
Hoesch Steel Group in Dortmund and Wuppertal in charge
of R&D pre-coated steel products (1959-1990). He is
chairman of ECISS/TC 27/SC 1 and ECCA German Group.
This paper was presented at the ECCA 38th General
Meeting, Salzburg/Austria, June 2004.