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There are a lot of steel standards, there are tens of thousands of steel grades. As a stockist of
heavy carbon steel plates these are the 40 key EN steel standards that we tend to use most
often.
An EN Steel standard is a European standard or euro norm that specifies the requirements for a
product or process. Generally EN Steel standards apply when working in the EU, when working
for an EU company (directly or indirectly) or when the country doesnt specify its own standards
but instead uses one of the competing suites of standards ASTM, EN, JIS, GOST or
previously BS and DIN.
Weve linked the EN Steel standards back to the BSI website where you can buy these
standards. Weve divided the page into sections about steel grades, general requirements,
dimensions and tolerances; and, testing.
For each steel standard the first two letters EN denote that it is a European Steel standard, the
number after that is the standard number. The next number is the part of the standard. Some
standards like EN10025 have multiple parts. Then the next four digits are the date that the latest
standard was issued; if a supplementary annex has been issued this will appear next and
include the date that the annex was issued.. Finally the standard title and if relevant the part
sub title.
If the standard has ISO in its title it is an international standard and may have wide applicability
than just the EU. for example EN ISO 9001 is applicable in the US as and ISO standard not as
an EN standard. But it is identical.
In each section we have ordered the standards by number to make them easy to find. For
simplicity if we have never, or very rarely used a EN Steel standard we havent included it.
Likewise if parts of standards are not of day to day relevance to steel stock-holding or using
steel plates then we havent included it.
Finally we have added OWN for the standards that you should keep in your desk drawer. Each
standard costs about $250 to buy so all 40 are a big budget item. Weve cut that down to 12 that
complement the key steel standards (EN10025, EN10028 and EN10225) that you are likley to
be using most often.
The links on the standards take you to the BSI website where you can check out more details or
buy them if required