BS EN 754-1:2008 Aluminium and aluminium alloy cold drawn rod/bar and tube. Technical conditions for inspection and delivery
BS EN 754-1 is the European Standard document and part of the BS EN 754 series, that specifies the technical conditions for inspection and delivery of aluminium and aluminium alloy cold drawn rod/bar and tube for general engineering applications.
This document applies to products which are extruded and then cold drawn.
This document does not apply to:
- Forging stock
- Products delivered in coils
- Coiled tubes cut to length.
Contents of BS EN 754-1 include:
- Foreword
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- Ordering information
- Requirements
- Production and manufacturing processes
- Quality control
- Chemical composition limits
- Mechanical properties
- Freedom from surface defects
- Tolerances on dimensions and form
- Stress corrosion cracking resistance
- Additional requirements
- Test procedures
- Sampling
- Test methods
- Re-tests
- Inspection documents
- Marking of products
- Packaging
- Arbitration
- Location of test pieces
- Round, square and hexagonal bar
- Rectangular bar
- Tube
- Resistance to stress-corrosion cracking for alloy EN AW-7075 in tempers
- T73, T7351, T73510 and T73511– Electrical conductivity
- Bibliography
BS EN 754-1:2008 supersedes BS EN 754-1:1997, which has been withdrawn.