BS EN ISO 17653:2012 BSl Standards Publication Resistance welding - Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials Torsion test of resistance spot welds (ISO 17653:2012) bsi. ..making excellence a habit. BRITISH STANDARD BSENISO17653:2012 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 17653:2012. It supersedes BS EN ISO 17653:2003 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee WEE/29, Resistance welding. 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. @The British Standards Institution 2012.Published by BSI Standards Limited2012 ISBN 9780580704741 ICS 25.160.40 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunityfrom legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31May 2012 Amendments issued since publication Date Textaffected EUROPEANSTANDARD ENISO17653 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM May 2012 ICS25.160.40 SupersedesENISO17653:2003 English Version Resistancewelding-Destructivetestson welds in metallic materials - Torsion test of resistance spot welds (isO 17653:2012) Soudage par resistance - Essais destructifs des soudures Widerstandsschweisen - Zerstorende Prufung von sur materiaux metalliques - Essai de torsion de soudure par Schweisverbindungen an metallischen Werkstoffen - resistance par points (ISO 17653:2012) Torsionsversuch an Widerstandspunktschweiverbindungen (ISO 17653:2012) This European Standardwas approved byCENon20April 2012 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 concerming such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member. 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-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, 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, Turkey and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FUR NORMUNG Management Centre:Avenue Marnix 17,B-1000 Brussels 2012CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 17653:2012: E worldwide for CEN national Members. BSENISO17653:2012 ENISO17653:2012 (E) Foreword This document (EN ISO 17653:2012)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 held by DIN. textorbyendorsement,atthelatestbyNovember2o12,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawn at the latest by November 2012 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent This document supersedes EN ISO 17653:2003. 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, Croatia, 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, Swi