EN IS0 16120-2 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM February 2017 ICS77.140.60 Supersedes EN IS0 16120-2:2011 English Version Non-alloy steel wire rod for conversion to wire - Part 2: Specific requirements for general purpose wire rod (IsO 16120-2:2017) Fil-machine en acier non allié destiné a la fabrication Walzdrahtausunlegiertem StahlzumZiehen-Teil2: de fils - Partie 2: Exigences speécifiques au fil-machine Besondere Anforderungen an Walzdraht fur d'usage genéral (IS0 16120-2:2017) allgemeine Verwendung (IS0 16120-2:2017) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 15 February 2017. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standardthestatus ofa nationalstandard without any alteration.Up-to-datelistsand bibliographicalreferences concerning 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 Centrehasthe samestatus astheofficialversions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITEEUROPEENDE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHESKOMITEEFURNORMUNG CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000Brussels @2017CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN ISO 16120-2:2017 E worldwidefor CEN national Members. BS EN ISO 16120-2:2017 EN IS0 16120-2:2017 (E) European foreword This document (EN IS0 16120-2:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee IS0/TC 17 "Steel" in collaboration with Technical Committee ECISS/TC 106 “Wire rod and wires" the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2017, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2017. 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 IS0 16120-2:2011. 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, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice The text of IS0 16120-2:2017 has been approved by CEN as ENIS0 16120-2:2017 without any modification. BSENISO16120-2:2017 IS0 16120-2:2017(E) Contents Page Foreword iv 1 Scope. 2 Normative references. 3 Terms and definitions 4 Designation 5 Requirements. 2 5.1 General 5.2 Chemical composition 5.3 Internal soundness and surface quality 5.4 Depth of surfacediscontinuities. 5.5 Core segregation.. 5.6 Tensile strength 5.7 Scale characteristics 5.8 Mechanical damage. Annex A (informative) Steel designations and designation of comparable steel grades. Bibliography 8 @ IS0 2017 - All rights reserved iii