British Standards Institution

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical | Metallic coatings | Testing. Mechanical

Overview: Under the direction of ISE/101, is responsible for the UK input to ISO/TC 164/SC 3 and ECISS/TC 101 and the preparation, revision and amendment of British Standards for indentation hardness testing of metals.

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In Progress (12)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
ISO/TC 164/SC 3 N 1713, ISO/NP 14577-7	Metallic materials -- Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters Part 7: Instrumented indentation test at elevated temperature -- Part 7: Instrumented indentation test at elevated temperature Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Manufacturing engineering \| Manufacturing \| Metallurgy \| Metal testing \| Metal testing. Mechanical Proposal begins : 2021-10-26	Proposal
ISO/TC 164/SC 3 N 1645 , ISO/NP 14577-7	Metallic materials - Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters - Part 7: Instrumented indentation test at elevated temperature Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Manufacturing engineering \| Metallic coatings \| Manufacturing \| Metallurgy \| Metal testing \| Metal testing. Mechanical Proposal begins : 2020-08-19	Proposal
ISO/TC 164/SC 3 N 1613, ISO/NP 14577-6	Metallic materials -- Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters -- Part 6: Evaluation of stress change using indentation force differences Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Manufacturing engineering \| Metallic coatings \| Manufacturing \| Metallurgy \| Metal testing \| Metal testing. Mechanical Proposal begins : 2020-01-09	Proposal
BS ISO 14577-6	Metallic materials — Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters — Part 6: Instrumented indentation test at elevated temperature Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Approval begins : 2025-09-22	Approval
BS EN ISO 6506-3:2014	Metallic materials. Brinell hardness test. Calibration of reference blocks Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Approval begins : 2014-08-26	Approval
BS EN ISO 6506-3	Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks Categories: Testing. Mechanical \| Metal testing. Mechanical Comment resolution begins : 2025-09-19	Comment resolution
BS EN ISO 6506-2	Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines Categories: Testing. Mechanical \| Metal testing. Mechanical Comment resolution begins : 2025-09-19	Comment resolution
BS EN ISO 6506-1	Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 1: Test method Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Comment resolution begins : 2025-10-22	Comment resolution
BS EN ISO 14577-5	Metallic materials — Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters. Part 5: Linear elastic dynamic instrumented indentation testing (DIIT) Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-07-11	Drafting
BS EN ISO 14577-3	Metallic materials — Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters —. Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Public comment begins : 2024-07-31	Public comment

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 14577-5:2022	Metallic materials. Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters. Linear elastic dynamic instrumented indentation testing (DIIT) Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2022-11-09	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6508-3:2023	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Calibration of reference blocks Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2024-01-02	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6508-2:2023	Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test. Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines and indenters Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2024-01-02	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6508-1:2023	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Test method Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2024-01-02	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6507-4:2018	Metallic materials. Vickers hardness test. Tables of hardness values Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2018-04-19	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6507-3:2018	Metallic materials. Vickers hardness test. Calibration of reference blocks Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2018-03-28	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6507-2:2018	Metallic materials. Vickers hardness test. Verification and calibration of testing machines Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2018-03-19	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6507-1:2023	Metallic materials. Vickers hardness test. Test method Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2023-10-30	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6506-4:2014	Metallic materials. Brinell hardness test. Table of hardness values Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2014-09-30	Published standard
BS EN ISO 6506-2:2018	Metallic materials. Brinell hardness test. Verification and calibration of testing machines Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Published standard begins : 2019-01-04	Published standard

Withdrawn (13)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS EN ISO 6508-3:2015	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Calibration of reference blocks Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2015-03-06	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6508-3:1999	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Calibration of reference blocks (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T) Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2006-01-09	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6508-2:2015	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Verification and calibration of testing machines and indenters Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2024-01-02	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6508-2:1999	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Verification and calibration of testing machines (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T) Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2006-01-09	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6508-1:2016	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Test method Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2024-01-02	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6508-1:2015	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Test method Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2016-09-05	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6508-1:1999	Metallic materials. Rockwell hardness test. Test method (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T) Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2006-01-04	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6507-1:2018	Metallic materials. Vickers hardness test. Test method Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2023-10-30	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6506-3:1999	Metallic materials. Brinell hardness test. Calibration of reference blocks Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2006-01-09	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 6506-2:2014	Metallic materials. Brinell hardness test. Verification and calibration of testing machines Categories: Metal testing. Mechanical Withdrawn begins : 2019-01-04	Withdrawn

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ISE/101/5 - Indentation hardness testing

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