BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 9606-2:2004 Qualification test of welders- Fusion welding - Part 2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys The European Standard EN IS0 9606-2:2004 has the status of a British Standard Confirmed July2009 IeS 25.160.10 BSi British Standards BS EN ISO 9606-2:2004 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN ISO 9606-2:2004. It is identical with ISO 9606-2:2004. It supersedes BS EN 287-2:1992 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical eommittee WEE/36, Qualification of welding personnel and welding procedures, which hastheresponsibilityto: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/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. A list of organizations represented on this committee 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 Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards eorrespondence Index", or by using the "Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance witha British Standard does not ofitselfconfer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN ISO title page, pages 2 to 39 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. This British Standard was published under the authority Amendments issued since publication of the Standards Policy and Strategy eommittee on Amd. No. Date eomments 17December2004 @BSI17December2004 ISBN 0 580 45160 7 EN ISO 9606-2 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM December 2004 ICS2.60.0 Supersedes EN 2 -2: 992 Englishversion Qualification test of welders - Fusion welding - Part 2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys (iSO 9606-2:2004) Epreuve de qualification des soudeurs - Soudage par Prufung von Schweir3ern - Schmelzschweir3en - Teil 2: fusion - Partie 2 : Aluminium et alliages d'aluminium (ISO Aluminium und Aluminiumlegierungen (ISO 9606-2:2004) 9606-2:2004) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 23 September 2004. 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, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. cer EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDENORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels @2004CEN Ref. No. EN ISO 9606-2:2004: E worldwideforCENnational Members. EN ISO 9606-2:2004 (E) Contents page Foreword. .4 Introduction 5 Scope .6 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions.. Symbols and abbreviated terms . 4.1 General..... 4.2 Reference numbers of welding processes 4.3 Abbreviations... 5 Essent