BS EN ISO 15011-4:2006+A1:2008 Health and safety in welding and allied processes. Laboratory method for sampling for fume and gases. Fume data sheets
Welding and allied processes produce airborne particles and gaseous by-products that can be harmful to human health. Knowledge of the quantity and composition of the airborne particles and gases emitted can be useful for occupational hygienists in assessing workplace exposure and in determining appropriate control measures.
BS EN ISO 15011-4 covers health and safety in welding and allied processes. It specifies requirements for determination of the emission rate and chemical composition of welding fume in order to prepare fume data sheets.
BS EN ISO 15011-4 applies to all filler materials used for joining or surfacing by arc welding using a manual, partly mechanised or fully automatic process, depositing unalloyed steel, alloyed steel and non-ferrous alloys. Manual metal arc welding, gas-shielded metal arc welding with solid wires, metal-cored and flux-cored wires and arc welding with self-shielded flux-cored wires are included within the scope of BS EN ISO 15011-4.
Contents of BS EN ISO 15011-4:
- Introduction
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- Principle
- Procedure
- Test conditions
- Generic test parameters
- Testing of manual metal arc welding electrodes
- Testing of solid, metal-cored and flux-cored wires used in gas-shielded metal arc welding
- Testing of flux-cored wires used in self-shielded metal arc welding
- Reporting of results
- Fume data sheet
- Transitional arrangements
- Retesting
- Data sharing
- Validation of fume data sheets
- Fume data sheet
- Optional additional section of a fume data sheet
- Examples of performance data
- Uses of welding fume data
- Principal and key components of welding fume
- Example of a welding consumable classification system
- Example of a fume data sheet for a stainless steel manual metal arc
- welding electrode (including the optional additional section
- Bibliography
