British Standards Institution

Sector: Manufacturing

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee, is responsible for standards for magnetic alloys and steels, flat rolled electrical steels, magnetically hard materials and tests for magnetic materials and the UK input into CEN/TC 459/SC 8, CENELEC/SR/68 and IEC/TC 68.

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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.
PNW 68-711 ED1	Magnetic materials - Part XX: Permanent magnet (magnetically hard) materials - Methods of measurement of the magnetic properties in an open magnetic circuit using a superconducting magnet Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Electrical engineering \| Magnetic materials Proposal begins : 2022-06-13	Proposal
NWIP for a CEN/TR	Methods of determination of the mechanical properties of self-bonding coating assemblies related to non-oriented electrical steels Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Engineering \| Electrical engineering \| Magnetic materials Proposal begins : 2023-01-13	Proposal
CEN/TC 459/SC 8	Measurement of the coating properties of non-oriented electrical steel Categories: Measurement and Science \| Metrology and measurement \| Measurement. Electrical and magnetic \| Testing \| Testing. Electrical and electronic \| Manufacturing \| Metallurgy \| Metal production \| Metal testing \| Metal testing. Non-destructive \| Steels Proposal begins : 2020-02-19	Proposal
BS IEC IEC 60404-8-3:2023	Magnetic materials. Part 8-3: Specifications for individual materials. Cold-rolled non-oriented electrical steel strip and sheet delivered in the semi-processed state Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Public comment begins : 2023-03-17	Public comment
BS IEC 60404-8-7:2017	Magnetic materials. Part 8-7: Specifications for individual materials - Cold-rolled grain-oriented electrical steel strip and sheet delivered in the fully processed state Categories: Magnetic materials Approval begins : 2017-08-31	Approval
BS IEC 60404-8-4:2022 ED4	Magnetic materials. Part 8-4: Specifications for individual materials. Cold-rolled non-oriented electrical steel strip and sheet delivered in the fully-processed state Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials \| Steels. Magnetic properties Public comment begins : 2020-04-06	Public comment
BS IEC 60404-1:2017 Amd 1	BS IEC 60604-1:2017 Amd 1 Magnetic materials. Part 1: Classification Categories: Magnetic materials Public comment begins : 2023-04-26	Public comment
BS EN IEC 60404-18	BS EN 60404-18 Ed 1 Magnetic materials -. Part 18: Permanent magnet (magnetically hard) materials Methods of measurement of the magnetic properties in an open magnetic circuit using a superconducting magne Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Public comment begins : 2023-02-02	Public comment
BS EN IEC 60404-1-1:2004/AMD1:2024	Amendment 1. Magnetic materials. Part 1-1: Classification. Surface insulations of electrical steel strip, sheet and laminations Categories: Magnetic materials Public comment begins : 2023-02-15	Public comment
BS EN 63311 Ed.1.0	Permanent magnet (magnetically hard) materials ? Method of measurement based upon the pulsed field magnetometry (PFM) technique Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-04-15	Drafting

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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.
PD IEC/TR 63114:2018	Electrical steel. Reverse bend test method for electrical steel strip and sheet Categories: Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2018-05-25	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62981:2017	Studies and comparisons of magnetic measurements on grain-oriented electrical steelsheet determined by the single sheet test method and Epstein test method Categories: Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2017-08-18	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62797:2013	International comparison of measurements of the magnetic moment using vibrating sample magnetometers (VSM) and superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometers Categories: Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2013-08-20	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62581:2010	Electrical steel. Methods of measurement of the magnetostriction characteristics by means of single sheet and Epstein test specimens Categories: Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2010-10-05	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62518:2009	Rare earth sintered magnets. Stability of the magnetic properties at elevated temperatures Categories: Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2009-04-15	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62517:2009	Magnetizing behaviour of permanent magnets Categories: Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2009-06-05	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62383:2006	Determination of magnetic loss under magnetic polarization waveforms including higher harmonic components. Measurement, modelling and calculation methods Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2007-03-19	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62331:2005	Pulsed field magnetometry Categories: Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2005-06-10	Published standard
PD IEC TR 63304:2021	Permanent magnet (magnetically hard) materials. Methods of measurement of magnetic properties in an open magnetic circuit using a superconducting magnet Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Published standard begins : 2021-05-12	Published standard
PD CEN/TR 18048:2024	Methods of determination of the mechanical properties of self-bonding coating assemblies related to non-oriented electrical steels Categories: Steels. Flat Published standard begins : 2024-02-29	Published standard

Withdrawn (25)

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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 IEC 60404-1:2000	Magnetic materials. Classification Categories: Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2017-02-21	Withdrawn
BS EN IEC 60404-6:2018	Magnetic materials. Methods of measurement of the magnetic properties of magnetically soft metallic and powder materials at frequencies in the range 20 Hz to 100 kHz by the use of ring specimens Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2018-12-19	Withdrawn
BS EN IEC 60404-16:2018	Magnetic materials. Methods of measurement of the magnetic properties of Fe-based amorphous strip by means of a single sheet tester Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2018-12-19	Withdrawn
BS EN 60404-8-6:2009	Magnetic materials. Specifications for individual materials. Soft magnetic metallic materials Categories: Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2017-11-02	Withdrawn
BS EN 60404-8-1:2015	Magnetic materials. Specifications for individual materials. Magnetically hard materials Categories: Magnetic materials \| Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities Withdrawn begins : 2023-11-01	Withdrawn
BS EN 60404-6:2003	Magnetic materials. Methods of measurement of the magnetic properties of magnetically soft metallic and powder materials at frequencies in the range 20 Hz to 200 kHz by the use of ring specimens Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2018-07-27	Withdrawn
BS EN 60404-5:2007	Magnetic materials. Permanent magnet (magnetically hard) materials. Methods of measurement of magnetic properties Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2010-01-21	Withdrawn
BS EN 60404-4:1997+A2:2008	Magnetic materials. Methods of measurement of d.c. magnetic properties of magnetically soft materials Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2014-10-10	Withdrawn
BS EN 60404-2:1998+A1:2008	Magnetic materials. Methods of measurement of the magnetic properties of electrical steel strip and sheet by means of an Epstein frame Categories: Measurement. Electrical and magnetic quantities \| Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2018-10-24	Withdrawn
BS EN 60404-15:2012	Magnetic materials. Methods for the determination of the relative magnetic permeability of feebly magnetic materials Categories: Electricity. Magnetism. General \| Magnetic materials Withdrawn begins : 2017-03-22	Withdrawn

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ISE/108 - Magnetic Alloys and Steels

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