1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 601:2004 Aluminium and aluminium alloys Castings Chemical composition of castings for use in contact with foodstuff The European Standard EN 601:2004 has the status of a British Standard ICS 67.250; 77.150.10 BS EN 601:2004 This British Standard was published under the authori
2、ty of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 6 May 2004 BSI 6 May 2004 ISBN 0 580 43734 5 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 601:2004. It supersedes BS EN 601:1995 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by
3、 Technical Committee, NFE/35, Light metals and their alloys, to Subcommittee NFE/35/5, Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards
4、 which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This pub
5、lication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible internati
6、onal/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title
7、 page, pages 2 to 7 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN601 April2004 ICS67.250;77.150.10 SupersedesEN601:1994 Eng
8、lishversion AluminiumandaluminiumalloysCastingsChemical compositionofcastingsforuseincontactwithfoodstuff AluminiumetalliagesdaluminiumPicesmoules Compositionchimiquedespicesmoulesdestines entrerencontactaveclesdenresalimentaires AluminiumundAluminiumlegierungenGussstcke ChemischeZusammensetzungvonG
9、ussstcken,diein KontaktmitLebensmittelnkommen ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon2February2004. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographical
10、referencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCent
11、ralSecretariathasthesamestatusast heofficial versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France, Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia,S
12、pain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2004CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN601:2004:EEN601:2
13、004(E) 2 Contents Foreword3 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions. .4 4 Maximumpermissiblecontentofelementsforfoodstuffapplication5 4.1 Castaluminium 5 4.2 Castaluminiumalloys . 5 5 Selectionofcastaluminiumandaluminiumalloys 6 6 Demonstrationofconformitywiththepresentstandard . .7E
14、N601:2004(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN601:2004)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC132“Aluminiumandaluminium alloys”,thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyAFNOR. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyOctober2004,an
15、dconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatest byOctober2004. Withinitsprogrammeofwork,TechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC132hasentrustedCEN/TC132WG9“ Aluminium andaluminiumalloycastandwroughtproductsincontactwithfood “topreparearevisionofthefollowing standard: EN601, AluminiumandaluminiumalloysCasti
16、ngsChemicalcompositionofcastingsforuseincontactwith food. Thisrevisionconsistsmainlyintheadditionofanewclause6. ThisdocumentsupersedesEN601:1994. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belg
17、ium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark, Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta, Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EN601:2004(E) 4 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardspecifiesthemaximummasscon
18、tentofalloyingelementsandimpuritiesinaluminiumand aluminiumalloycastmaterialsandarticlesdesignedtobeincontactwithfoodstuff.Itcontainsprovisionsforthe demonstrationofconformityofproductswiththepresentstandard. NOTE1 Materialsincludeingotsandliquidmetal.Articlesarefinishedgoods. NOTE2 Someoftheproduct
19、slistedinthepresentstandardcanbesubjecttopatentorpatentapplications,andtheirlisting hereindoesnotinanywayimplythegrantingofalicenceundersuchpatentright. CEN/TC132affirmsitisitspolicythatinthecasewhenapatenteerefusestograntlicensesonstandardized standardproductsunderreasonableandnotdiscriminatorycond
20、itions,thenthisproductshallberemovedfromthe correspondingstandard. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetext,andthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences
21、,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN1706, AluminiumandaluminiumalloysCastingsChemicalcompositionandmechanical
22、properties . EN10204:1991, MetallicproductsTypesofinspectiondocuments . EN122581:1998, AluminiumandaluminiumalloysTermsanddefinitionsPart1:Generalterms . 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thetermsanddefinitionsgiveninEN122581:1998andthefollowing apply. 3.1 aluminium metalwit
23、haminimumcontentof99,0%bymassofaluminium,providedthatthecontentbymassofanyother elementdoesnotexceedthelimitspecifiedinTable1 Table1AluminiumOtherelements Element Maximumcontent %(bymass) Iron+Silicon 1,0 Copper 0,10(ifCrand/orMn 0,05) 0,20(ifCr0,05andMn0,05) Otherelements a each 0,10 a Otherelement
24、sareforexample,Cr,Mg,Mn,Ni,Zn.EN601:2004(E) 5 3.2 aluminiumalloy metallicsubstanceinwhichaluminiumpredominatesbymassovereachoftheotherelements,providedthat: a) thecontentbymassofatleastoneoftheotherelements,orironplussilicontakentogether,isgreaterthan thelimitsspecifiedinTable1;or b) thetotalcontent
25、bymassofsuchotherelementsexceeds1,0% 3.3 casting unwroughtproductatornearfinishedshape,formedbysolidificationofametaloralloyinamould 4 Maximumpermissiblecontentofelementsforfoodstuffapplication 4.1 Castaluminium Thecontentbymassoftheotherelementswhicharepresentincastaluminiumshallnotexceedthefollowi
26、ng limits: iron + silicon chromium,magnesium,manganese,nickel,zinc,titanium,tin copper providedthatneitherthechromiumnormanganesecontentexceeds0,05%; other elements 4.2 Castaluminiumalloys Thecontentbymassoftheelementswhichareaddedtoformaluminiumalloycastmaterialsandarticlesorwhich arepresentasimpur
27、ities,shallnotexceedthemaximumvaluesgiveninTable2.EN601:2004(E) 6 Table2AluminiumalloysMaximumcontentofelements Element Maximumcontent %(bymass) Silicon 13,5 Iron 2,0 Copper 0,6 Manganese 4,0 Magnesium a 11,0 Chromium 0,35 Nickel 3,0 Zinc 0,25 Antimony 0,2 Tin 0,10 Strontium 0,2 Zirconium 0,3 Titani
28、um 0,3 Otherelements b 0,05each 0,15intotal a Alloyscontainingmorethan5%magnesiumshallnotbeusedforthe productionofpressureresistingpartsinpressurecookingapplications. b Forsomealloyingelements(e.g.Ag)asmentionedunder“Other elements“themaximumcontentislimitedat0,05%becauseofinsufficient knowledgeabou
29、tbehaviourincontactwithfood.Higherlimitsmaybe introducedwhenmoreinformationisavailable. 5 Selectionofcastaluminiumandaluminiumalloys Thecastaluminiumandaluminiumalloyswhichshallbeusedforthefabricationofarticlesforuseincontactwith foodstuffarethosewhichconformwiththerequirementsin4.1or4.2asapplicable
30、. Foreveryuseofastandardisedcastaluminiumoraluminiumalloyforthefabricationofarticlesforuseincontact withfoodstuff,theconformitywiththisEuropeanStandardshallbeestablishedbycheckingthemaximumcontents specifiedinEN1706againsttherequirementsin4.1or4.2asapplicable. NOTE Itisstronglyrecommendedtousestanda
31、rdisedaluminiumoraluminiumalloys. Theselectionofthealuminiumoraluminiumalloyforagivenapplicationshallbetheresponsibilityoftheend productmanufacturer,dependingontheintendedfinaluse.EN601:2004(E) 7 6 Demonstrationofconformitywiththepresentstandard Themanufactureofcastingsusedforthefabricationofarticle
32、sforusedesignatedtobeincontactwithfoodstuff shallbecarriedoutintheframeworkofaqualityassurancesystem.Withinthisqualityassurancesystem,the manufacturershallmaintainaproceduretocontroltherequirementsofthepresentstandard(seeclause4). Specialattentionshallbegivento: thequalificationofrawmaterialsenterin
33、gintotheformulationoftheproducts;andto traceabillityofdeliveredproductstothemeasurementofthechemicalcompositionofthematerialsused (seeclause5). NOTE Thequalificationofrawmaterialscanbebasedeitheronactualmeasurementsdonebytheproduceroron certificatesofconformityobtainedfromthesupplierofsaidrawmateria
34、l. Themanufacturershallestablishaninspectioncertificate3.1accordingtoEN 10204:1991,whichcertify complianceofthedeliveredproductswiththerequirementsofthepresentstandard.Unlessotherwiseagreedupon betweenmanufacturerandpurchaser,thiscertificatecanbeissuedatthediscretionofthemanufacturereitherfor eachde
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