EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 10163-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 1991
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

UDC 669.14-122.4-41:620.179.11

Descriptors: Iron and steel products, hot rolled products, steels, delivery condition, surface condition, definitions, generalities, defects,
repairs

English version

Delivery requirements for surface condition of hot rolled

steel plates, wide flats and sections —
Part 1: General requirements

Conditions de livraison relatives à l’état de Lieferbedingungen für die

surface des tôles, larges plats et profilés en Oberflächenbeschaffenheit von
acier laminés à chaud — warmgewalzten Stahlerzeugnissen (Blech,
Partie 1: Généralités Breitflachstahl und Profile) —
Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 August 1991. CEN

members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of
a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any
CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French,
German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.

CEN
European Committee for Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels

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Foreword Contents
This draft European Standard has been drawn up Page
by ECISS/TC 10 “Structural steel — qualities” Foreword 2
whose Secretariat is held by NNI.
1 Scope 3
Part 1 and 2 of this European Standard replaces:
2 Normative references 3
EURONORM 163 Delivery conditions for
3 General 3
(1983) surface finish of hot rolled
plates and wide flats 4 Definitions 3
5 General requirements 3
Part 1 and 2 of this document was originally drawn
up as Euronorm 163 under the European Coal and 6 Repair procedures 5
Steel Community. With the formation of ECISS and 6.1 Grinding 5
the establishment of the ECISS work programme 6.2 Welding 5
TC 10 was asked to prepare this document for Annex A (for informative) Description of most
eventual publication as a European Standard. common discontinuities 7
ECISS/TC 10 met 3 and 4 May, 1990 in Brussels and Annex B (for informative) List of equivalent
agreed on the text for publication as a European terms in foreign languages 8
Standard. The following countries were represented
in that meeting: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Annex C (for informative) List of national
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, standards which correspond with
Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom. EURONORMS referenced 9
This European Standard EN 10163-1 was approved Figure 1a — Determination of the area
by CEN on 1991-04-16. affected by an isolated discontinuity 4
According to the Common CEN/CENELEC Rules, Figure 1b — Determination of the areas
the following countries are bound to implement this affected by clustered discontinuities 5
European Standard: Figure 1c — Determination of the areas
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, affected by aligned single or
Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, multiple discontinuities 5
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Table 1 — EURONORMS with corresponding
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. national standards 9

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1 Scope If, during the subsequent descaling or working

operations by the user, the material is found to be
1.1 This European Standard specifies the general
defective because of faulty rolling or processing by
requirements for the surface condition of hot rolled
the producer, the producer shall be allowed to have
steel plates, wide flats and sections. It covers the
the product repaired provided that this is not in
requirements on the type, the permissible depth and conflict with the appropriate material or product
the permissible size of the surface area affected by: standard.
— discontinuities (imperfections and defects) and
— repairs by grinding and/or welding. 4 Definitions
1.2 This European Standard shall be applied so far For the purposes of this European Standard the
as no other requirements for the surface condition following definitions apply.
exist in the appropriate material or product 4.1
standard. The requirements laid down in the imperfections
appropriate material or product standard shall
always prevail. surface discontinuities other than cracks, shell and
seams with a depth and/or area equal to or less than
1.3 This Part 1 covers the general delivery
a specified limiting value
requirements for the surface quality of hot rolled
steel products such as: imperfections may be left without repair
— plates and wide flats, see Part 2; 4.2
— sections, see Part 3. defects
surface discontinuities including all cracks, shell
2 Normative references and seams with a depth and/or area greater than a
specified limiting value
prEN 10021, General technical delivery
requirements for steel and iron and steel products1). defects shall be repaired
EN 10079, Definition of steel products. 4.3
EN 10204, Metallic products — Type of inspection for the most common surface discontinuities see the
documents. descriptions in Annex A. In Annex B the terms can
prEN 287-1, Approval testing of welders — Fusion be found in their respective languages
welding — Part 1: Steels1).
5 General requirements
prEN 288-1, Specification and qualification of
welding procedures for fusion welding — 5.1 To differentiate the surface discontinuities in
Part 1: General rules1). terms of imperfections and defects, the depth of
prEN 288-2, Specification and qualification of representative surface discontinuities shall when
welding procedures for fusion welding — necessary be measured. The measurement shall be
Part 2: Welding procedure specification for arc carried out from the surface of the product. The
welding of metallic materials1). depth of the discontinuities chosen as
representative ones shall be determined after the
prEN 288-3, Specification and qualification of discontinuity has been removed by grinding.
welding procedures for fusion welding —
Part 3: Welding procedure test for arc welding of 5.2 Areas affected by surface discontinuities shall
steels1). when necessary be determined as follows.
a) For isolated discontinuities (Figure 1a) the
3 General affected area is obtained by drawing a continuous
line which follows the circumference of the
Responsibility for the required surface quality rests
discontinuity at a distance of 50 mm or by
with the material producer, who has to take the
drawing a rectangle whose sides are 50 mm from
necessary precautions. the edges of the discontinuity.
The producer can only take account of b) For discontinuities appearing in a cluster
discontinuities which are visible to the naked eye.
(Figure 1b), the affected area is obtained by
Rolling or heat-treatment scale may conceal surface
drawing a continuous line which follows the
discontinuities.
circumference of the cluster at a distance
of 50 mm or by drawing a rectangle whose sides
are 50 mm from the continuous line which follows
the cluster or by the product edge if this is closer.
1)
Draft is under discussion.

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For discontinuities appearing in a line (Figure 1c), Aligned discontinuities shall be at least 10 times
the affected area is obtained by drawing a rectangle their biggest width. Single or multiple appearing
the sides of which are 50 mm in the longitudinal discontinuities whose edges are closer together
direction and 20 mm in the transverse direction than 100 mm shall be considered as one
from the edge of the discontinuity or by the product discontinuity. Aligned discontinuities, whose edges
edge if this is closer. in the longitudinal direction have a distance smaller
than 100 mm or in the transverse direction smaller
than 40 mm, shall be considered as one
discontinuity.

Figure 1a — Determination of the area affected by an isolated discontinuity

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Figure 1b — Determination of the areas affected by clustered discontinuities

Figure 1c — Determination of the areas affected by aligned single or multiple

discontinuities

6 Repair procedures 6.2 Welding

6.1 Grinding Defects shall be completely eliminated before any
weld repair is commenced. This procedure shall not
If a discontinuity has to be repaired, it shall be
reduce the thickness of the product to less than 80 %
removed completely by grinding to its full depth.
of its nominal thickness.
The ground areas shall have a smooth transition to
the surrounding surface of the product. In case of Prior to weld repair of edges of flat products, the
dispute complete elimination of the defect may be depth of the groove, measured from the edge inward,
demonstrated by magnetic particle or by dye shall not exceed the nominal thickness of the
penetrant test techniques. product with a maximum of 30 mm.

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The welding shall be carried out by operators When the method has not been specified by the
qualified in accordance with prEN 287-1. Welding purchaser, the choice of the method is at the
procedures shall be carried out in accordance with manufacturers options.
prEN 288-1, prEN 288-2 and prEN 288-3. If requested at the time of enquiry and order for
The weld shall be free of any lack of fusion, every welding repair the producer shall provide
undercutting, cracks and other defects which could reports containing a sketch, showing dimensions
impair the workability of use of the product in and location of the defect and full details of the
question as specified by the purchaser. repair procedure, including the welding
The deposited weld material shall reach above the consumables, eventual post-weld heat treatment
plate surface and shall subsequently be ground and non-destructive testing.
smooth and level with the product surface. After NOTE In certain applications, such as otherwise unwelded
grinding smooth, ordered product thickness components of structures for which the choice of steel grade with
respect to notch ductility would be determined by the presence or
tolerances apply to the ground area. absence of welding or in which permissible stresses are limited by
After repair a post-weld heat treatment may be considerations of fatigue, repair by welding may not be
satisfactory or may require special inspection after completion.
agreed between the producer and the purchaser.
Proper repair shall be verified by ultrasonic,
radiographic, magnetic particle or dye penetrant
inspection.

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Annex A (for information) A.4 spills, slivers: Minute surface discontinuities

Description of most common of an irregular and flake-like nature.
discontinuities Spills and slivers are elongated in the direction of
rolling, their extent depending on the degree of
For the most common surface discontinuities the
reduction. They are still connected, as minute
following descriptions apply.2) particles of shell, to the base metal at certain points.
A.1 rolled-in scale and pitting: Marks on the A.5 blister: Blow hole located closely beneath the
rolled surface varying in shape, thickness and
surface.
frequency.
Blisters often appear during hot-rolling.
Rolled-in scale results from the inherent surface
scaling of the stock before or during hot-rolling or A.6 sand patches: Non-metallic internal
processing. inclusions, elongated in the direction of rolling and
distinctly coloured.
A.2 indentations and roll marks: Indentations
(depressions) or hot roll marks (protuberances) are A.7 crack: Narrow line of fracture on the surface.
normally attributed to the natural wear of rolls or Cracks are due mainly to material stresses which
pinch rolls. often develop during the cooling of the feedstock.
These discontinuities can be distributed at definite A.8 shell: Overlapping material partially connected
distances apart or irregularly throughout the length with the base material.
and width of the stock. There is a preponderance of non-metallic inclusions
A.3 scratches, grooves: Mechanical scoring at the and/or scale among the shell.
surface. A.9 seams: Seams are caused mainly when
Scratches are mostly parallel or at right angles to imperfections in the semi-product are elongated and
the rolling direction. They may be slightly rolled extended during rolling.
over and seldom contain scale.
This scoring is caused by friction between the stock
and parts of the equipment due to relative
movements.

2) Photographs of the most common surface discontinuities can be found in the VDEh brochure “Oberflächenfehler von
warmgewalzten Flachstahlerzeugnissen” (edition 1978) published by Verlag Stahleisen GmbH, Sohnstraße 65, D-4000
Düsseldorf, Germany.

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List of equivalent terms in foreign languages

English French German Italian Spanish Dutch

imperfections imperfections Unvollkommenheiten imperfezioni imperfeccións onvolkomenheden

defects défauts Fehler difetti defectos fouten
rolled-in scale and incrustations de calamine, Zundereinwalzungen, scaglia impressa e incrustaciones de ingewalst oxide, putjes
pitting marques de calamine Zundernarben vaiolatura cascarilla
indentations and roll empreintes et marques de Eindrücke und incisione e impronte marcas de cilindros indrukkingen en
marks laminage Abdrücke di cilindro walsafdrukken
scratches and grooves stries et rayures Schrammen und graffi e rigature rozaduras krassen en groeven
Riefen
spills and slivers gravelures Schuppen paglie hojas schubben
blisters soufflures de peau Blasen soffiature ampollas blazen
sand patches inclusions de sable Sandstellen inclusioni terrose incrustaciones no zandplekken
metálicas
cracks criques Risse cricche grietas superficiales scheuren
shell pailles Schalen doppia pelle pliegues bladders
seams repliures Schalenstreifen solchi, ripiegature costuras overwalsingen
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List of national standards which correspond with EURONORMS referenced

Until the following EURONORMS are transformed into European Standards, they can either be implemented or reference made to the
corresponding national standards as listed in Table 1.
Table 1 — EURONORMS with corresponding national standards
EURONORM Corresponding national standard in
Germany France United Spain Italy Belgium Portugal Sweden Austria Norway
Kingdom
19 DIN 1025 T5 NF A 45 205 — UNE 36-526 UNI 5398 NBN 533 NP-2116 SS 21 27 40 M 3262 —
21a DIN 17 010 NF A 03 115 BS 4360 UNE 36-007 UNI-EU 21 NBN A 02-001 NP-2149 SS 11 00 01 M 3101 NS 10 010
DIN 59 049 SS 21 93 01
24 DIN 1025 T1 NF A 45 210 BS 4 UNE 36-521 UNI 5679 NBN 632-01 — SS 21 27 25 M 3261 NS 911
DIN 1026 UNE 36-522 UNI 5680 SS 21 27 35
34a DIN 1025 T2 NF A 45 211 BS 4 UNE 36-527 UNI 5397 NBN 633-02 NP-2117 SS 21 27 50 DIN 1025 T2 NS 1907
DIN 1025 T3 UNE 36-528 SS 21 27 51 DIN 1025 T3 NS 1908
DIN 1025 T4 UNE 36-529 SS 21 27 52 DIN 1025 T4
44a DIN 1025 T5 NF A 45 206 BS 4 UNE 36-526 UNI 5398 NBN 632-04 — SS 21 27 40 M 3262 NS 1910
53 DIN 1025 T2 NF A 45 201 BS 4 UNE 36-527 UNI 5397 NBN 633 NP-2117 SS 21 27 50 — NS 1907
DIN 1025 T3 UNF 36-528 SS 21 27 51 NS 1908
DIN 1025 T4 UNE 36-529 SS 21 27 52
54 DIN 1026 NF A 45 007 BS 4 UNE 36-525 UNI-EU 54 NBN A 24-204 NP-338 — M 3260 —
55 DIN 1024 NF A 45 008 BS 4
b UNE 36-533 UNI-EU 55 NBN A 24-205 NP-337 SS 21 27 20 — NS 1905
56 DIN 1028 NF A 45 009 BS 4848 UNE 36-531 UNI-EU 56 NBN A 24-201 NP-335
b SS 21 27 11 M 3246 NS 1903
57 DIN 1029 NF A 45 010b BS 4848 UNE 36-532 UNI-EU 57 NBN A 24-202 NP-336 SS 21 27 12 M 3247 NS 1904
91 DIN 59 200 NF A 46 012 BS 4360 — UNI-EU 91 NBN A 43-301 — SS 21 21 50 M 3231 —
a
These EURONORMS are being transformed in European Standards.
b
NF A 45 001 and NF A 45 101 shall be added for the tolerances.

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