This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 485-1:2008. It supersedes BS EN 485-1:1994 which is withdrawn.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee NFE/35, Light metals and their alloys.
This document (EN 485-1:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 132 “Aluminium and aluminium alloys”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2008, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2008.
This document supersedes EN 485-1:1993.
Within its programme of work, Technical committee CEN/TC 132 entrusted CEN/TC 132/WG 7 "Sheets, strips and plates" to revise EN 485-1:1993.
EN 485 comprises the following parts under the general title "Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Sheet, strip and plate":
— Part 1: Technical conditions for inspection and delivery
— Part 2: Mechanical properties
— Part 3: Tolerances on dimensions and form for hot-rolled products
— Part 4: Tolerances on shape and dimensions for cold-rolled products
Besides very slight additional adjustments in the text and update of normative references, the following technical changes have been made:
— Clause 1: thickness increased to 400 mm;
— addition of Clause 6 (previously in EN 485-2);
— Clause 7 amended;
— addition of Claude 10;
— addition of Bibliography.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.
CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
CEN/TC 132 affirms it is policy that in the case when a patentee refuses to grant licences on standardised standard products under reasonable and not discriminatory condition, then this product shall be removed from the corresponding document.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
This document specifies the technical conditions for inspection and delivery of wrought aluminium and wrought aluminium alloy sheet, strip and plate for general engineering applications. It also includes provision for ordering and testing.
It applies to products with a thickness over 0,20 mm up to and including 400 mm.
It does not directly apply to semi-finished rolled products in coiled form to be subjected to further rolling (reroll stock) or to special applications such as aerospace, can stock, finstock, etc. which are dealt with in separate European Standards.
