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Licensed Copy: Institute Of Technology Tallaght, Institute of Technology, Fri May 25 11:54:29 GMT+00:00 2007, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI BRITISH STANDARD Non-destructive testing of steel tubes Ð Part 5: Automatic full peripheral magnetic transducer/flux leakage testing of seamless and welded (except submerged arc-welded) ferromagnetic steel tubes for the detection of longitudinal imperfections The European Standard EN 10246-5:1999 has the status of a British Standard ICS 23.040.10; 77.040.20 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BS EN 10246-5:2000 Licensed Copy: Institute Of Technology Tallaght, Institute of Technology, Fri May 25 11:54:29 GMT+00:00 2007, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI BS EN 10246-5:2000 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 10246-5:1999 This British Standard contains elements of BS 3889-1:1983 A complete list of the parts of EN 10246 is given in annex A of this standard This British Standard partially supersedes BS 3889-1:1983, and when all relevant parts have been published BS 3889-1:1983 will be withdrawn The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee ISE/73, Steels for pressure purposes, to Subcommittee ISE/73/1, Steel tubes for pressure purposes, which has the responsibility to: Ð aid enquirers to understand the text; Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using the ªFindº facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages to 12, an inside back cover and a back cover The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Engineering Sector Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 February 2000 BSI 02-2000 ISBN 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