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WEE/46/9 - Acoustic Emission Testing

Sector: Manufacturing

Categories: Testing | Measurement. Acoustics. General | Testing. Non-destructive

Overview: Under the direction of WEE/46, is responsible for standards relating to acoustic emission testing. It also provides the UK input into CEN/TC 138/WG 7 and ISO/TC 135/SC 9.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (5)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
ISO/TC 135/SC 9 N 170, ISO/NP 24543 Non-destructive testing -- Acoustic emission testing -- Determination of the receiving sensitivity spectrum of a piezoelectric acoustic emission sensor stimulated by a directly

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Measurement and Science | Testing | Testing. General | Testing. Non-destructive

Proposal begins : 2019-08-19 		Proposal
ISO/TC 135/SC 9 N 168, - ISO/NP 24489 Non-destructive testing - Acoustic emission testing - Corrosion of atmospheric pressure metallic storage tank floor

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Measurement and Science | Testing | Testing. General | Testing. Non-destructive

Proposal begins : 2019-07-17 		Proposal
ISO/NP 24367 ISO/TC 135/SC 9 N 163, ISO/NP 24367 - Non-destructive testing - Acoustic emission testing - Metallic pressure equipment

Categories: Measurement and Science | Testing | Testing. General | Testing. Non-destructive

Proposal begins : 2019-06-05 		Proposal
BS ENISO 12716 ISO 12716 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing. Vocabulary

Categories: Testing | Testing. Non-destructive

Public comment begins : 2025-06-04 		Public comment
BS EN 13477-1 Non-destructive testing - Acoustic emission - Equipment characterisation. Part 1: Equipment description

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2026-03-06 		Drafting
Published (10)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
BS ISO 24543:2022 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing. Verification of the receiving sensitivity spectra of piezoelectric acoustic emission sensors

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2022-11-09 		Published standard
BS ISO 24489:2024 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing. Detection of corrosion at atmospheric and low-pressure metallic storage tank floors

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2024-02-23 		Published standard
BS ISO 24367:2023 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing. Metallic pressure equipment

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2024-01-09 		Published standard
BS ISO 18249:2015 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing. Specific methodology and general evaluation criteria for testing of fibre-reinforced polymers

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2015-04-29 		Published standard
BS EN ISO 18081:2024 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing (AT). Leak detection by means of acoustic emission

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2024-07-17 		Published standard
BS EN 17391:2022 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing. In-service acoustic emission monitoring of metallic pressure equipment and structures. General requirements

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2022-08-08 		Published standard
BS EN 15857:2010 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission. Testing of fibre-reinforced polymers. Specific methodology and general evaluation criteria

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2010-01-27 		Published standard
BS EN 15856:2010 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission. General principles of AE testing for the detection of corrosion within metallic surrounding filled with liquid

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2010-01-27 		Published standard
BS EN 13554:2011 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing. General principles

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2011-02-10 		Published standard
BS EN 13477-2:2021 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing. Equipment characterisation. Verification of operating characteristics

Categories: Measurement. Acoustics. General | Testing. Non-destructive

Published standard begins : 2021-10-21 		Published standard
Withdrawn (1)
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 18081:2016 Non-destructive testing. Acoustic emission testing (AT). Leak detection by means of acoustic emission

Categories: Testing. Non-destructive

Withdrawn begins : 2024-07-17 		Withdrawn