BSENISO23277:2009ICS25.160.40NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWBRITISHSTANDARDNon-destructivetestingofwelds—Penetranttestingofwelds—Acceptancelevels(ISO23277:2006)LicensedCopy:athenreading,ReadingUniversityLibrary,24/01/201009:56,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon31January2010©BSI2010ISBN9780580667008Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublicationDateCommentsBSENISO23277:2009NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheUKimplementationofENISO23277:2009.ItisidenticaltoISO23277:2006.ItsupersedesBSEN1289:1998whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeWEE/46,Non-destructivetesting.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.LicensedCopy:athenreading,ReadingUniversityLibrary,24/01/201009:56,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMENISO23277November2009ICS25.160.40SupersedesEN1289:1998EnglishVersionNon-destructivetestingofwelds-Penetranttestingofwelds-Acceptancelevels(ISO23277:2006)Contrôlenondestructifdesassemblagessoudés-Contrôleparressuagedessoudures-Niveauxd'acceptation(ISO23277:2006)ZerstörungsfreiePrüfungvonSchweißverbindungen-EindringprüfungvonSchweißverbindungen-Zulässigkeitsgrenzen(ISO23277:2006)ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon24October2009.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCENManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCENManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:AvenueMarnix17,B-1000Brussels©2009CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.ENISO23277:2009:ELicensedCopy:athenreading,ReadingUniversityLibrary,24/01/201009:56,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSENISO23277:2009ENISO23277:2009(E)3ForewordThetextofISO23277:2006hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeISO/TC44“Weldingandalliedprocesses”oftheInternationalOrganizationforStandardization(ISO)andhasbeentakenoverasENISO23277:2009byTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC121“Welding”thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN.ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyMay2010,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyMay2010.Attentionisdrawntothepossibilitythatsomeoftheelementsofthisdocumentmaybethesubjectofpatentrights.CEN[and/orCENELEC]shallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.ThisdocumentsupersedesEN1289:1998.AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EndorsementnoticeThetextofISO23277:2006hasbeenapprovedbyCENasaENISO23277:2009withoutanymodification.LicensedCopy:athenreading,ReadingUniversityLibrary,24/01/201009:56,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSENISO23277:2009ISO23277:2006(E)©ISO2006–AllrightsreservediiiForewordISO(theInternationalOrganizationforStandardization)isaworldwidefederationofnationalstandardsbodies(ISOmemberbodies).TheworkofpreparingInternationalStandardsisnormallycarriedoutthroughISOtechnicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeenestablishedhastherighttoberepresentedonthatcommittee.Internationalorganizations,governmentalandnon-governmental,inliaisonwithISO,alsotakepartinthework.ISOcollaboratescloselywiththeInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization.InternationalStandardsaredraftedinaccordancewiththerulesgivenintheISO/IECDirectives,Part2.ThemaintaskoftechnicalcommitteesistoprepareInternationalStandards.DraftInternationalStandardsadoptedbythetechnicalcommitteesarecirculatedtothememberbodiesforvoting.PublicationasanInternationalStandardrequiresapprovalbyatleast75%ofthememb