90.93 Standard confirmed Dec 3, 2023
CEN
CEN/TC 256 Railway applications
European Norm
45.040 Materials and components for railway engineering
Published
This European Standard provides the specific requirements for NDT of wheelsets for:
- in-service maintenance;
- off-vehicle maintenance;
- NDT personnel;
- NDT documentation (Procedure and Instruction);
- traceability of the maintenance NDT results.
It gives guidance for the introduction of new NDT techniques.
For this standard, the following NDT methods are considered:
- Ultrasonic testing (UT);
- Magnetic particle testing (MT);
- Eddy Current testing (ET).
Examples of common NDT indications are given in an informative annex.
Other methods considered in EN ISO 9712:2012 are outside the scope of this standard.
For this purpose, a catalogue of the common defects is given as guidance.
Specific NDT requirements relating to the quality of new products delivered by manufacturers are not within the scope of this European Standard.
Legislation related to this standard
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)
PUBLISHED
EN 16910-1:2018
90.93
Standard confirmed
Dec 3, 2023
