BSEN1515-4:2009ICS21.060.10;21.060.20;23.040.60NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWBRITISHSTANDARDFlangesandtheirjoints—BoltingPart4:SelectionofboltingforequipmentsubjecttothePressureEquipmentDirective97/23/ECThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon28February2010.©BSI2010ISBN9780580607875Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublicationDateCommentsBSEN1515-4:2009NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheUKimplementationofEN1515-4:2009.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePSE/15,Flanges.Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.BSEN1515-4:2009EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN1515-4December2009ICS21.060.10;21.060.20;23.040.60EnglishVersionFlangesandtheirjoints-Bolting-Part4:SelectionofboltingforequipmentsubjecttothePressureEquipmentDirective97/23/ECBridesetleursassemblages-Boulonnerie-Partie4:SélectiondelaboulonneriepouréquipementsrelevantdelaDirectiveEquipementssouspression97/23/CEFlanscheundihreVerbindungen-SchraubenundMuttern-Teil4:AuswahlvonSchraubenundMutternzurAnwendungimGültigkeitsbereichderDruckgeräterichtlinie97/23/EGThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon14November2009.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.EN1515-4:2009:EBSEN1515-4:2009EN1515-4:2009(E)2ContentsPageForeword..............................................................................................................................................................31Scope......................................................................................................................................................42Normativereferences............................................................................................................................43Termsanddefinitions,symbolsandunits..........................................................................................53.1Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................53.2Symbolsandunits.................................................................................................................................64Selectionofboltingtypesandmaterials.............................................................................................64.1General....................................................................................................................................................64.2Selectionofboltingtypes.....................................................................................................................74.3Selectionofboltingmaterialcombinations........................................................................................75Manufacturing.....................................................................................................................................105.1General.................................................................................................................................................105.2Coating.................................................................................................................................................106Technicalconditionsofdelivery.......................................................................................................106.1General.................................................................................................................................................106.2Requirementsforpreventionofbrittlefractureatlowtemperatures...........................................107Traceabilityandinspectiondocuments......................................................