BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN1290:1998IncorporatingAmendmentsNos.1and2Non-destructivetestingofwelds—MagneticparticletestingofweldsTheEuropeanStandardEN1290:1998,withtheincorporationofamendmentsA1:2002andA2:2003,hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS25.160.40 LicensedCopy:nana,UniversityofCentralLancashireJISC,WedOct1204:05:08BST2005,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN1290:1998ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorBoard,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsBoardandcomesintoeffecton15June1998©BSI12March2004ISBN058029630XNationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheEnglishlanguageversionofEN1290:1998,includingamendmentsA1:2002andA2:2003.Thestartandfinishoftextintroducedoralteredbyamendmentisindicatedinthetextbytags!.TagsindicatingchangestoCENtextcarrythenumberoftheCENamendment.Forexample,textalteredbyCENamendmentA1isindicatedby!.AsagreedbyCEN/TC121/SC5resolution134/2000andinaccordancewithamendmentA1:2002,theterm“examination”hasbeenreplacedby“testing”throughoutthedocument.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteeWEE/46,Non-destructiveexamination,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to14,aninsidebackcoverandabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleEuropeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments1398730October2002Seenationalforeword1493512March2004RevisiontoforewordpageanddeletionofAnnexZALicensedCopy:nana,UniversityofCentralLancashireJISC,WedOct1204:05:08BST2005,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN1290February1998+A1May2002+A2December2003ICS25.160.40Descriptors:Weldedjoints,ferromagneticmaterials,qualitycontrol,non-destructivetests,detection,welddefects,magneticparticletesting,surfacetreatmentEnglishversionNon-destructiveexaminationofwelds—Magneticparticleexaminationofwelds(includesamendmentsA1:2002andA2:2003)Contrôlenondestructifdesassemblagessoudés—Contrôleparmagnétoscopiedesassemblagessoudés(inclutlesamendementsA1:2002etA2:2003)ZerstörungsfreiePrüfungvonSchweißverbindungen—MagnetpulverprüfungvonSchweißverbindungen(enthältÄnderungenA1:2002undA2:2003)ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon26January1998,amendmentA1wasapprovedbyCENon28April2002andamendmentA2wasapprovedbyCENon20November2003.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.CENEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationComitéEuropéendeNormalisationEuropäischesKomiteefürNormungCentralSecretariat:ruedeStassart36,B-1050Brussels©1998CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN1290:1998+A1:2002+A2:2003ELicensedCopy:nana,UniversityofCentralLancashireJISC,WedOct1204:05:08BST2005,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN1290:1998©BSI12March20042ForewordThisEuropeanStandardhasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC121,Welding,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyDS.ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyAugust1998,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestbyAugust1998.ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation.AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowingcountriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany