BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 15609-4:2009 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure Specification Part 4: Laser beam welding (ISO 15609-4:2009) ICS 25.160.10 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BSENISO15609-4:2009 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN IS0 15609-4: 2009 It supersedes BS EN IS0 15609-4:2004 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeWEE/36,Qualificationofweldingpersonnel and welding procedures. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegalobligations. This British Standard was Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Date Comments Committee on 31 July 2009. BSI 2009 ISBN 978 0 580 57764 2 EUROPEANSTANDARD EN ISO 15609-4 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM May 2009 ICS 25.160.10 Supersedes EN ISO 15609-4:2004 English Version materials - Welding procedure specification - Part 4: Laser beam welding (IsO 15609-4:2009) Descriptif et qualification d'un mode operatoire de soudage Anforderung und Qualifizierung von SchweiBverfahren fur pour les materiaux metalliques - Descriptif d'un mode metallische Werkstoffe - SchweiBanweisung - Teil 4: operatoire de soudage - Partie 4: Soudage par faisceau LaserstrahlschweiBen (ISO 15609-4:2009) laser (IsO 15609-4:2009) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 May 2009. 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 ManagementCentre:AvenueMarnix17,B-1000Brussels @2009CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 15609-4:2009: E worldwide for CEN national Members. BS ENISO 15609-4:2009 ENISO15609-4:2009 (E) Foreword This document (EN ISO 15609-4:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 44"Welding and allied processes" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 121 "Welding" the secretariat of which is heldbyDiN text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at thelatest by November2009. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent This document supersedes EN Is0 15609-4:2004. 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 Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Endorsementnotice The text of ISO 15609-4:2009 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 15609-4:2009 without any modification BS