BS EN ISO 8503-2:2012 BSl Standards Publication Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products - Surface roughness characteristics of blast-cleaned steel substrates Part 2: Method forthe grading of surface profileofabrasive blast-cleaned steel- Comparator procedure bsi. ..making excellence a habit' BS EN ISO 8503-2:2012 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of . It supersedes BS EN IS0 8503-2:1995 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeSTi/21,Surfacepreparationofsteel. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @ The British Standards Institution 2012. Published by BSI Standards Limited2012 ISBN9780580634697 ICS17.040.20;25.220.10 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 March 2012. Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected EN ISO 8503-2 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM February 2012 ICS25.220.10 Supersedes EN ISO 8503-2:1995 English Version Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products - Surface roughness characteristics of blast- cleaned steel substrates - Part 2: Method for the grading of surface profile of abrasive blast-cleaned steel - Comparator procedure (ISO 8503-2:2012) Preparationdes subjectiles d'acieravant application de VorbereitungvonStahloberflachenvordemAuftragenvon peintures etde produits assimilés -Caracteristiques de Beschichtungsstoffen - RauheitskenngroBen von rugosite des subjectiles d'acier decapés - Partie 2: Methode gestrahlten Stahloberflachen - Teil 2: Verfahren zur Prufung de classification d'un profil de surface en acierdecapeepar der Rauheit von gestrahltem Stahl; projection d'abrasif - Utilisation des comparateurs viso- Vergleichsmusterverfahren (ISO8503-2:2012) tactiles (ISO 8503-2:2012) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 February 2012. CEN members are bound to complywith 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 standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCEN-CENELECManagementCentreortoanyCENmember This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German).A version in any other language made by translation underthe responsibility of a CENmember into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centrehas the same status as the official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,lceland, Ireland, Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland, cer EUROPEAN COMMITTEEFOR STANDARDIZATION COMI TEEUROPEENDENORMALISA TI ON EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG ManagementCentre:AvenueMarnix17,B-1000Brussels 2012CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 8503-2:2012: E worldwideforCENnational Members.