Gießereiwesen 2: Nichteisenmetallguss

Foundry Practice 2: Non-ferrous metal casting
Tolerances and drawing specifications; inspection documents; technical delivery conditions; test standards; accessories

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The two volumes of DIN Taschenbuch 455 contain the most important standards for non-ferrous metal casting in foundry practice. This Part 1 is published in its 2nd edition and features two documents included for the first time as well as three revised standards. The new standards are DIN 50125 for testing using tensile pieces and DIN EN 12681-2 for radiographic testing; the two important testing standards complete this edition of “Foundry Practice 2: Non-ferrous metal casting”.

There were also changes to the technical delivery conditions for magnesium alloy castings and in the dimensional, shape and position tolerances for moulded parts.

The 21 documents compiled in DIN Taschenbuch 455/1 cover the following subject areas:

• Tolerances and drawing details
• Inspection documents
• Testing standards
• Technical delivery conditions
• Accessories

DIN Taschenbuch 455/1 provides a list of the standards contained in DIN Taschenbuch 455/2.
 

Knowledge of the foundry industry

Across almost 600 pages, this book brings together the most important standards in the field of non-ferrous metal casting in a compact volume that provides valuable services to practitioners and people in training and research. The topics covered include:

• Geometric product specification (GPS)
  The collection of standards offers a range of documents on GPS, including the terminology standard DIN EN ISO 8062-1 as well as standards on basic rules, general tolerances and machining allowances and information on product documentation.
   
• Standards for testing
  In addition to DIN EN 10204 on the types of inspection documents, this compendium of standards contains many other documents, including on tensile test pieces and shrinkage measurement as well as on liquid penetrant and radiographic testing.
   
• Technical delivery conditions
  The printed documents provide comprehensive information on the requirements for castings made of various alloys.
   
• And more
  Various useful documents, for example on the production of lost patterns, round off this compendium of standards.
   

Newly included standards:

DIN 50125
DIN EN 12681-2
 

Revised standards:

DIN EN 1559-5
DIN EN 12681-1
DIN EN ISO 8062-3
 

This book is for:
Foundries, suppliers and manufacturers of materials, experts and testing institutes