This European Standard applies to steel castings:
- for general engineering uses. Its uses include machinery (mechanical, electrical...), automotive industries, railroad, armament, agricultural equipment, mining, etc.
In cases where castings are joined by welding by the founder, this document applies.
In cases where castings are welded:
- to wrought products (plates, tubes, forgings...), or
- by non-founders,
this document does not apply.