1、 VDA Material Data Sheet April 2007 Components of motor vehicles Marking of material VDA 260 Continuation Page 2 to 9 VERBAND DER AUTOMOBILINDUSTRIE E.V. (VDA) Westendstrae 61 60325 Frankfurt Vertrieb: DOKUMENTATION KRAFTFAHRTWESEN E.V. (DKF) Ulrichstrae 14, D-74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen Preface Mate
2、rial markings for components of motor vehicles have the exclusive purpose of optimum, type-specific recycling with reference to the material cycle. According to the EU Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, published September 18, 2000 by the European Parliament and Council, this marking is c
3、onsidered compulsory for plastic parts. For components made from other materials, marking according to this material data sheet is recommended in order to ensure that uniform identification of materials is continuously provided, irrespective of the advertising strategies for certain materials and ot
4、her recycling systems. This material data sheet does not replace the measures required in order to ensure that manufac-turers of vehicle components make appropriate information on disassembly, storage, and inspec-tion of re-usable parts available to the licensed utilization facilities. However, impl
5、ementation of these measures is to be facilitated. Specifications for the identification of the material used for components, which are subject to other legal regulations, are not affected by this material data sheet. Modifications This VDA material data sheet has been editorially revised and update
6、d. Thereby, the focus was placed on adapting it to the 2000/53/EC Directive on end-of-life vehicles, published September 18, 2000 by the European Parliament and Council. The possibility of identification according to SAE J1344 has been cancelled. Table 1 with examples for codes has been taken out. T
7、he applicable standards have been updated. Partly, this has led to changes in the codes as well. Previous editions 1984-08, 1990-08, 1996-05 Working group on standardisation support in the VDA Materials Committee Page 2 VDA 260 April 2007 1 Application and purpose The material data sheet has the pur
8、pose of marking of materials which are used in motor vehicle components. The material data sheet has the purpose of determining the minimum requirements for identifying the material. Here, existing standards, which govern the designations and identification of material data in the field general tech
9、nology, are taken as a basis. This process is used to draw up and/or improve the prerequisites in order to ensure: the type-specific separation of materials intended for recycling and disposal, the processing of recyclable materials, processing and treatment of parts in repair shop and to avoid diff
10、erent material designations. 2 Normative references The following standards contain definitions which provide determinations, marked in the text, for this VDA material data sheet. At the time of publishing, the issues stated below applied. All stan-dards are subject to revision. Agreements based on
11、this VDA material data sheet must be in-spected for application of the latest edition of the standards which are listed below. CEN/TS 13388 Copper and copper alloys - Compendium of compositions and products (DIN CEN/TS 13388) DIN 1729-1 Wrought magnesium alloys DIN 1742 Tin alloys for pressure; Die
12、castings DIN 17730 Nickel and nickel-copper alloys; Castings DIN 17740 Wrought nickel - Chemical composition DIN 17741 Wrought nickel alloys, low alloyed - Chemical composition DIN 17742 Wrought nickel alloys with chromium - Chemical composition DIN 17743 Wrought nickel alloys with copper - Chemical
13、 composition DIN 17744 Wrought nickel alloys with molybdenum and chromium - Chemical composi-tion DIN 17745 Wrought alloys of nickel and iron - Chemical composition DIN 30910-1 Sintered metal materials; Sintered material specifications - Part 1: Explanatory notes for WLB (= Werkstoff-Leistungsbltter
14、 = Material performance sheet) DIN 30910-2 Sintered metal materials; Sintered material specifications - Part 2: Materials for filters DIN 30910-3 Sintered metal materials; Sintered material specifications - Part 3: Materials for bearings and structural parts with bearing properties DIN 30910-4 Sinte
15、red metal materials; Sintered material specifications - Part 4: Materials for structural parts DIN 30910-6 Sintered metal materials; Sintered material specifications - Part 6: Hot-forged sintered steels for structural parts E DIN 50960-1 Electroplated coatings - Part 1: Designation in technical docu
16、ments DIN 60001-1 Textile fibers - Part 1: Natural fibers and letter codes EN 316 Wood fiberboards - Definition, classification and symbols (DIN EN 316) EN 573-2 Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Chemical composition and form of wrought products - Part 2: Chemical symbol based on designation system;
17、(DIN EN 573-2) EN 610 Tin and tin alloys - Ingot tin (DIN EN 610) EN 622-1 Fiberboards - Specifications - Part 1: General requirements (DIN EN 622-1) EN 622-2 Fiberboards - Specifications - Part 2: Requirements for hardboards (DIN EN 622-2) Page 3 VDA 260 April 2007 EN 622-3 Fiberboards - Specificat
18、ions - Part 3: Requirements for medium boards (DIN EN 622-3) EN 622-4 Fiberboards - Specifications - Part 4: Requirements for softboards (DIN EN 622-4) EN 622-5 Fiberboards - Specifications - Part 5: Requirements for dry process boards (MDF) (DIN EN 622-5) EN 1179 Inc and zinc alloys - Primary zinc
19、(DIN EN 1179) EN 1560 Founding - Designation system for cast iron - Material symbols and material numbers (DIN EN 1560) EN 1753 Magnesium and magnesium alloys - Magnesium alloy ingots and castings (DIN EN 1753) EN 1982 Copper and copper alloys - Ingots and castings (DIN EN 1982) EN 1780-2 Aluminium
20、and aluminium alloys - Designation of alloyed aluminium ingots for remelting, master alloys and castings - Part 2: Chemical symbol based desig-nation system (DIN EN 1780-2) EN 10088-1 Stainless steels - Part 1: List of stainless steels (DIN EN 10088-1) EN 12844 Zinc and zinc alloys - Castings - Spec
21、ifications (DIN EN 12844) EN 13556 Round and sawn timber - Nomenclature of timbers used in Europe (DIN EN 13556) ISO 1043-1 Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 1: Basic polymers and their special characteristics (DIN EN ISO 1043-1) ISO 1043-2 Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Pa
22、rt 2: Fillers and reinforcing ma-terials (DIN EN ISO1043-2) ISO 1043-4 Plastics - Symbols and abbreviated terms - Part 4: Flame retardants (DIN EN ISO 1043-4) ISO 1629 Rubber and latices Nomenclature (DIN ISO 1629) ISO 2076 Textiles - Man-made fibers - Generic names (DIN ISO 2076) ISO 11469 Plastics
23、 - Generic identification and marking of plastics products (DIN ISO 11469) ISO 18064 Thermoplastic elastomers - Nomenclature and abbreviated terms VDA 673 400 Elastomer components in motor vehicles; Designation of elastomers; Polymer basic materials International standards have been taken over as DI
24、N ISO or DIN EN standards (stated in brackets) and/or designed to be taken over as DIN ISO or DIN EN standards. 3 Parts worthy of marking If the purpose of this material data sheet can be achieved according to section 1, the material cannot be determined at the level of the accuracy required for thi
25、s purpose without identification being possible with negligible effort (often applies to the materials listed in sections 4.4 to 4.6), no technical, geometrical, or economical reasons, which cannot be eliminated, are present, then all components or component groups, which form one unit from the recy
26、cling point of view, are to be marked individually. It is not possible to determine which parts, i.e. as of which size and in how much detail, have to be marked. The persons involved in the development and the production of a component are respon-sible for checking the necessity case-by-case, based
27、on the criteria mentioned in section 1. Mate-rial marking according to sections 4.4 to 4.7 must be considered separately. Page 4 VDA 260 April 2007 Caution: It is compulsory to mark plastic parts and elastomer components (exception: tires) ac-cording to sections 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3. 4 General notes on
28、 the marking of components The structure and detail of the marking should be carried out using the rule “as few characters as possible but as many as necessary”. The decisive aspect: Is the purpose of this material data sheet achieved according to section 1? The marking usually consists of brief typ
29、e designations which have been defined by DIN, EN, or ISO standards (ISO takes priority). The codes are usually put into arrowed brackets, which consist of the mathematical signs for “more than” () and “less than” ( PA66-GF30 PBT-FR UP-(GF15+MF25) PC+ABS ABS E/P PVC,PUR PVC,PUR,(Fe) PUR(Al) PMMA ABS
30、 EPDM NR/SBR CR,NBR NBR,(Fe),EPDM SBR,(CV),NBR NBR (Fe) TPO-(EPDM+PP) X5CrNiMo17-12-2 GJS AlSi9Mg MgAl8Zn1 CuZn39Pb2 ZnAl4Cu1 Fe/Zn Sint-C11 CO-PET PNSY Leather Paper AlSi9Cu3Mg; Cu; Fe TaN24 Page 9 VDA 260 April 2007 4.8 Ceramics Codes have not been standardized yet. Therefore, markings are dispens
31、ed with for the time being. 5 Application of markings on the part 5.1 Legibility The marking must be permanent. It must be located on the part in such a way that it is not de-stroyed during disassembly and can be easily read once disassembled. If stylistically acceptable, it should also be legible w
32、hen the part has been installed. 5.2 Size, shape, and layout Size, shape, and layout of the materials marking must correspond to the markings which are used for parts numbers, dates, and/or supplier identification. The minimum fond size must be 3 mm; at least 5 mm are recommended. In general, the ma
33、rking of plastics parts and cast parts is to be real-ized in raised letters; for other parts, the marking must be permanently legible by using the corre-sponding method of printing, marking or embossing. 5.3 Use of capital and small initial letters The marking must be effectuated using the correct c
34、apital and small initial letters of the respective symbols and brief type designations in accordance with the respective standards. 5.4 Position and order of the markings If other markings are attached to a part, it is recommended that these markings should be close to one another and close to the m
35、aterial marking. However, according to this materials data sheet, parts identification markings have priority over materials markings when it comes to application problems. The materials marking should not be integrated into the vehicle manufacturers parts identification for parts which are used by several vehicle manufacturers in order to avoid different versions of otherwise identical parts. Frames or any other borders which may lead to difficulties in finding the markings must be omitted.
