EUROPEANSTANDARD ENISO15548-3 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM September2008 ICS 19.100 Supersedes EN 13860-3:2003 English Version Non-destructive testing-E Equipmentfor eddycurrent examination - Part 3: System characteristics and verification (ISO 15548-3:2008) Essais non destructifs - Appareillage pour examen par Zerstorungsfreie Prufung - Prufeinrichtung fur courants de Foucault - Partie 3: Caracteristiques du Wirbelstromprufung - Teil 3: KenngroBen des Systems und systeme et verifications (ISO 15548-3:2008) Verifizierung (ISO 15548-3:2008) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 July 2008. CEN members are bound to comply with 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 This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FUR NORMUNG Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels ?2008CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 15548-3:2008: E worldwide for CEN national Members. EN ISO 15548-3:2008 (E) Foreword This document (EN ISO 15548-3:2008)has been prepared byTechnical Committee CEN/TC138“Non- ISO/TC 135"Non-destructive testing". text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 20o9, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at thelatestbyMarch2009 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 13860-3:2003. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard:Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. ISO15548-3:2008(E) Foreword ISsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies technicalcommittees.Eachmemberbodyinterestedinasubjectforwhichatechnicalcommitteehasbeer Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75%of the memberbodies casting a vote. rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO15548-3 was prepared by European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee testing,Subcommittee SC 4, Eddy current methods, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperationbetweenISOand CEN(ViennaAgreement). currentexamination: Part1:Instrumentcharacteristicsandverification Part2:Probecharacteristicsandverificatior Part3:Systemcharacteristicsandverification @ISO 2008 - All rights reserved ili ISO 15548-3:2008(E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Non-destructive testing - Equipment for eddy current examination- Part 3: System characteristics and verification Scope This part of