British Standards Institution

Source:: CEN
Committee:: RAE/1 - Railway Applications
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Railway engineering | Railway engineering. General

Scope

This document defines the performance requirements and acceptance criteria for paint used in the railway sector for passenger rail vehicles and their locomotives. It also provides guidelines for the use of a paint applicator to describe its painting processes, product selection, surface preparation, coating application, verification and inspection methods, repairs, and tests to obtain the minimum performances for the final product. This document applies to all types of paints used on: - railway vehicle bodies; - on-board equipment and constituent parts.

Purpose

It is required to register a Work Item in the CEN ProjeX system to support the Vienna Agreement with ISO TC 269, on the subject of “Painting of vehicles”.

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

22/06/2023

Proposal end date:

03/08/2023

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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C43/2023 – WG57 Adoption NWI Railway applications – Painting of passenger rail vehicles under Vienna Agreement (VA)

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