EN 16729-1:2016

Railway applications - Infrastructure - Non-destructive testing on rails in track - Part 1: Requirements for ultrasonic inspection and evaluation principles

Publication date:   Jul 18, 2016

General information

90.93 Standard confirmed   Dec 3, 2021

CEN

CEN/TC 256 Railway applications

European Norm

93.100   Construction of railways

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Scope

This European Standard applies to testing of rails installed in track for detecting internal discontinuities.
This part applies to testing equipment fitted to dedicated test vehicles or manually-propelled devices. This European Standard does not define the requirements for vehicle acceptance. This part of the standard does not apply to ultrasonic testing of rails in a production plant.
The European Standard specifies the requirements for testing principles and systems in order to produce comparable results with regard to location, type and size of discontinuities in rails. This European Standard is not aiming to give any guidelines for managing the result of ultrasonic rail testing.
This European Standard applies only to rail profiles meeting the requirements of EN 13674-1.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

2008/57/EC

DIRECTIVE 2008/57/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (Recast)

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EN 16729-1:2016
90.93 Standard confirmed
Dec 3, 2021