BS EN 1559-1:2011

This standard BS EN 1559-1:2011 Founding. Technical conditions of delivery is classified in these ICS categories:

• 77.140.80 Iron and steel castings
• 77.150.01 Products of non-ferrous metals in general

This part of EN 1559 specifies the general technical delivery conditions for castings made from cast metallic materials except copper alloy castings.

This part of EN 1559 is not applicable to metallic castings for further reprocessing such as forging ingots and continuously cast billets and blooms.

NOTE 1 Technical delivery conditions for copper alloy castings are specified in EN 1982.

NOTE 2 Additional technical delivery condition requirements which are specific to particular materials are specified in the following parts of this standard series: EN 1559-2 for cast steel; EN 1559-3 for cast iron; EN 1559-4 for cast aluminium; EN 1559-5 for cast magnesium; EN 1559-6 for cast zinc.