The scope of this European Standard is:
- to establish material requirements for cast austenitic manganese steel for fixed crossings and cradles for crossings with moveable parts designed to be welded or bolted to rails;
- to formulate codes of practice for inspection, testing of un-machined and machined heat-treated castings;
- to list the methods by which crossings should be identified and traced;
- to define limits of weld rectification by the supplier;
- special requirements for pre-hardened crossings.
Geometrical aspects, as machining tolerances and inspection of finished crossings are covered in EN 13232-6 and EN 13232-7 and therefore not in this European Standard.
This European Standard specifies the minimum requirements for cast manganese crossing components.
Special applications (for instance tram systems) can require different demands in certain paragraphs and
need to be agreed between customer and supplier.
BS EN 15689:2009 Referenced Document
EN 10204 Metallic products - Types of inspection documents*, 2024-04-19 Update
EN 13232-1:2003 Railway applications - Track - Switches and crossings - Part 1: Definitions
EN 13232-6:2005 Railway applications - Track - Switches and crossings - Part 6: Fixed common and obtuse crossings (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2011)
EN 13232-7:2006 Railway applications - Track - Switches and crossings - Part 7: Crossings with moveable parts (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2011)
EN 1370 Founding - Examination of surface condition*, 2024-04-19 Update
EN 1371-1 Founding - Liquid penetrant testing - Part 1: Sand, gravity die and low pressure die castings*, 2024-04-19 Update
EN 444:1994 Non-Destructive Testing - General Principles for Radiographic Examination of Metallic Materials by X- and Gamma-Rays
EN 462-3:1996 Non-Destructive Testing - Image Quality of Radiographs - Part 3: Image Quality Classes for Ferrous Metals
EN 473:2008 Non-destructive testing - Qualification and certification of NDT personnel - General principles
EN 571-1 Non-Destructive Testing - Penetrant Testing - Part 1: General Principles
EN ISO 11970 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for production welding of steel castings*, 2016-03-01 Update
ISO 8062 Castings; system of dimensional tolerances and machining allowances
BS EN 15689:2009 history
2010BS EN 15689:2010 Railway applications. Track. Switches and crossings. Crossing components made of cast austenitic manganese steel
2010BS EN 15689:2009 Railway applications - Track - Switches and crossings - Crossing components made of cast austenitic manganese steel