European Welding Standards For Railroad Georg Wackerbauer PDF

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Railroad
Railway Vehicles according

EN 15085
D. Haberberger / G.Wackerbauer
EN 15085
Welding of Railway vehicles and components
European Quality Requirements of EN 15085

Abstract
Welding in railway vehicle manufacturing is an

important process regarding to safety in public
transport.
In this case the EN 15085-2 is an established element of
quality assurance. [1]
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From German Regulations to EN 15085
History of Regulations in Germany [1]

DV 952 Regulations for state railways (Deutsche Reichsbahn) DR
and later on (Deutsche Bundesbahn) DB
DS 952 Regulations for state railways DB

later
DS 951 01 Regulations for state railways DB and later on
(Deutsche Bahn AG) DB AG
and
DS 952 02 Welding outside DB
DIN 6700 German liberalised system
EN 15085 European liberalised system

EN 15085
Standards and Guidelines
Obligatory Standards and Guidelines
EN 15085 Railway applications – Welding of railway vehicles

and components –
Part 1: General (Jan. 2008)
Part 2: Quality requirements and certification of
welding manufacturer (Jan. 2008)
Part 3: Design requirements (Jan. 2010)
Part 4: Production requirements (Jan. 2008)
Part 5: Inspection, testing and
documentation (Jan. 2008)
Guideline of the Railway Vehicles Coordination Committee (KoA)

(Nov. 2011)
EN 15085
Obligatory Guidelines
(link: www.en15085.net )

EN 15085
Additional rules and regulations for welding repair of

railway vehicles:

EN 15085
Additional regulations for welding repair of railway

vehicles:

EN 15085
Certificate according EN 15085-2 [2]

Starting April 2008, the series of standards EN 15085 parts 1 to 5
( issued October 2007 ) has been introduced by the German National
Safety Authority, the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA) as generally accepted
rules of technology for the area of competence of the EBA.
Workshops intending to carry out welding works in new building, conversion

and repair including finishing welding of rail vehicles must have proved their
competence according to EN 15085 Part 2 and - for repair - DIN 27201-6.
The evidence is taken as granted if the certificate has been issued by the
manufacturer certification body (HZS for example SLV Munich branch of
GSI mbH).
These HZS bodies in Germany are authorised by EBA and in near future
by DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH).

EN 15085
Contents
Contents
1. Classification of the certificates (CL)
1.1 Class of Performance (CP)
1.2 Class of Testing (CT)
2. Requirements
2.1 Quality requirements
2.2 Staff requirements
2.2.1 Welding coordinators
2.2.2 Welders/welding operators
2.2.3 Inspection personnel
3. Welding procedure specifications (WPS)
4. Welding procedure test (WPQR)

EN 15085
Contents
Contents
5. Certification procedure and verification
5.1 Application for certification
5.2 Audit
5.3 Documentation of result
5.4 Issuance of the certificate
5.5 Online Register Railway Vehicles
5.5.1 European Committee for Welding on Railway Vehicles
5.6 Period of validity of the certificate

EN 15085
Classification of the certificates
1. Classification of the certificates
The certificates are classified based on the certification levels (CL) .

According to EN 15085-2, section 4, these certification levels
depend on the weld performance class (CP) of the welded joints
and the safety relevance of the components and subassemblies.
The certification levels should be specified in the relevant drawing
(see EN 15085-3).

EN 15085
Classification of the certificates
Certification Level and examples of parts acc. EN 15085-2:
CL 1 (highest level)
Bogies, underframes, supporting frames for external
equipment parts
CL 2 supporting frame for internal parts, steps, hand rails
CL 3 seating frames, window frames, ventilation grilles
CL 4 (only for companies without an own welding-workshop but

design railway vehicles or buy and assemble them or buy
and sell spare parts)

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Class of Performance
1.1 Class of Performance (CP)

CP A Applies only to welds with full penetration and full accessibility
for inspection (NDT) in production and maintenance.
CP B For safety category "high": Requirements see CP A
For safety category "medium": Applies to welds without full
accessibility for NDT. Testing for surface cracks in
production and maintenance must be possible.
CP C1 Welds without full penetration and without volumetric test

Only testing for surface cracks.
CP C2; CP C3 and CP D
Welds without special requirements for NDT; only visual
inspection is sufficient.
B, C and D “Quality level for imperfections“ acc. EN ISO 5817

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Class of Testing
1.2 Class of Testing (CT)

Tests which have to be performed during production
[3]

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Correspondence CP with CT
Correspondence between CP and

inspection classes CT
[3]

EN 15085
Requirements
2. Requirements
2.1 Quality requirements
With regard to the EN 15085 series of standards, the welding

manufacturer must demonstrate his compliance with the
requirements of EN ISO 3834 (Quality requirements for fusion
welding of metallic materials) to the manufacturer certification body.
EN ISO 3834-2 Comprehensive quality requirements for level CL1

EN ISO 3834-3 Standad q. r. for level CL2 and CL4
EN ISO 3834-4 Elementary q. r. for level CL3
No certificate acc. EN 3834 is required!

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Staff requirements
2.2 Staff requirements

2.2.1 Welding coordinators
The welding manufacturer must demonstrate its compliance with

the requirements of section 5.1.2 of EN 15085-2.
EN 15085-2 contains the minimum requirements on the availability
of welding coordinators (responsible coordinators and depuites).
The independence of the welding coordinators must be clearly
shown in an organisation chart.
The welding manufacturer should have suitably experienced
welding coordinators with the relevant technical knowledge
according to EN ISO 14731 (welding coordination)

EN 15085-2
Welding Coordinators
Level A
Welding coordinators with comprehensive technical knowledge
1. Personnel with experience of welding supervision for the production of
railway vehicles for at least three years
and proof of comprehensive technical knowledge
2. EWE or IWE
3. EWT or IWT only with comprehensive technical knowledge
Level B
Welding coordinators with specific technical knowledge
1. Personnel with experience of welding supervision for railway vehicles for
at least three years and proof of specific technical knowledge
2. EWT or IWT
3. EWS or IWS only with specific technical knowledge

EN 15085-2
Welding Coordinators
Level C
Welding coordinators with basic technical knowledge
1. Personnel with experience of welding supervision for railway vehicles for
at least three years and proof of basic technical knowledge
2. EWS or IWS
3. EWP or IWP
Subcontracted welding coordinator is possible.

The Guideline of the Railway Vehicles Coordination Committee (KoA)
is limiting the job as welding coordinator in more than 1 or 2 companies .

EN 15085
Welders and Operators
2.2.2 Welders/welding operators

For each
-welding process acc. ISO 4063
-material group acc. ISO/TR 15608
-joint type BW and/or FW
-dimension e.g. t=3-25mm
in the Certificate at least two welders/welding operators with valid
qualification pursuant to the applicable standards
(EN 287-1; EN ISO 9606-2 or EN 1418) must be available.

EN 15085
Inspection personnel
2.2.3 Inspection personnel
The existence of certified inspection personnel acc. to

ISO 9712
(VT, PT, MT, UT and RT)
must be demonstrated if inspections in the inspection
classes CT 1 and CT 2 according to EN 15085-3 are
required.
Subcontracting is possible.
Qualification acc. ISO 9712 for Visual Test in CT 3 and

CT 4 is not necessary.
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WPS and WPQR
3. Welding procedure specifications (WPS)

WPS in line with EN ISO 15607 (EN ISO 15609ff, EN ISO 14555
stud welding, EN ISO 15620 friction welding) are required for welds
of weld performance classes CP A to CP C3.
4. Welding Procedure test (WPQR)

A procedure qualification test with WPQR according to
ISO 15614-1 (steel) or ISO 15614-2 (aluminium) is necessary for
butt weld and fillet weld.
Qualification acc. ISO 15613 (pre-production welding test)
is possible in accordance with KoA-Guideline.

EN 15085-2
Requirements for the welding manufacturer [3]

EN 15085
Certification procedure and verification
5. Certification procedure and verification
5.1 Application for certification for welding of

railway vehicles and components according to EN
15085-2
The application for the initial or renewed certification must be

addressed by the welding manufacturer to one of the manufacturer
certification bodies recognized by the national safety authority

EN 15085
5.2 Audit
5.2.1 Site inspection
with welding test to demonstrate practical knowledge of the
welding coordinators
5.2.2 Checking the

- Qualification of welding coordinators
- Qualification of welders
- NDT personnel
- Documentation of the welding planning
- WPS
- WPQR
- Compliacse with EN ISO 3834
5.2.3 Interview with welding coordinators
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5.3 Documentation of the results
Audit Report
An official copy of this report is given to the welding manufacturer
and a copy is posting into the “Online-Register Railway Vehicles”
5.4 Issuance of the certificate

Upon a successful audit, the manufacturer certification body issues
the certificate which states that the welding manufacturer is
qualified to perform welding work in line with the requirements of
the standard
and the manufacturer certification body posts the certificate in the
“Online Register Railway Vehicles”
Only certificates posted in this Register are valid.

EN 15085
5.6 Period of validity of the certificate
The certificate has a maximum validity of 3 years with

annual verifications.

EN 15085
Online Register Railway Vehicles
5.5 Online Register Railway Vehicles -

Online Database EN 15085
(link: www.en15085.net )
The database provides transparency regarding the

validity of certificates as well as technical information
like
-Welding process
-Material group
-Dimensions
-Welding coordinators
It is possible for everybody to have a look at all
certificates in the database and also load them down.
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At the moment national certification bodies from
- Germany (GSI mbH / 9 SLV´s) and 4 other bodies

- Italy 1 body
- France 1 body
- Czech Republic 1 body
- Switzerland 1 body
- Slovakia 1 body
- Sweden 1 body
- Austria 2 bodies
are posting certificates in the register.

EN 15085
Online Register Railway Vehicles (01.10.2012)

2101 companies
1. Germany 868
2. China 298
3. Switzerland 115
4. France 99
5. Poland 94
6. Czech Rep. 93
7. Austria 92
8. Italy 61
9. Turkey 58
10. Hungary 50
11. Slovakia 39
12. Romania 26
and 28 other contries [USA 14]

EN 15085
Online Register Railway Vehicles (01.10.2012)

2101 Companies
CL1 1415
CL2 364
CL3 34
CL4 288

EN 15085
ECWRV
5.5.1 ECWRV – European Committee for

Welding on Railway Vehicles
Manufacturers, operators, national safety authorities as
well as manufacturer certification bodies from more
than 10 countries are members of the ECWRV.
ECWRV was established in 2010.
In May 2012 the 2nd Internatonal Conference

JOIN –TRANS 2012 has take in place at SLV Halle
(Saale) with a meeting of ECWRV.
Next International Conference: 2014 at SLV Halle

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Reference
[1] S. Keitel - European Quality Requirements of EN 15085 –

Welding in Railway Vehicle Construction
(Congress Okt. 2011 in Antalya, Turkey)
[2] Guideline of the Railway Vehicles Coordination Committee (KoA)

(link: www.en15085.net/docs/KoA Richtlinie
Ausgabe 2011-11 english.pdf)
[3] DIN EN 15085-2 Railway applications – Welding of railway vehicles

and components – Part 2: Quality requirements and
certification of welding manufacturer (Jan. 2008)

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Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH

Niederlassung SLV München

Railway Vehicles according

European Quality Requirements of EN 15085

Welding in railway vehicle manufacturing is an

Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH - Niederlassung SLV München 2

History of Regulations in Germany [1]

DS 952 Regulations for state railways DB

DIN 6700 German liberalised system

EN 15085 European liberalised system

Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH - Niederlassung SLV München 3

Obligatory Standards and Guidelines

EN 15085 Railway applications – Welding of railway vehicles

Guideline of the Railway Vehicles Coordination Committee (KoA)

Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH - Niederlassung SLV München 5

Additional rules and regulations for welding repair of

Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH - Niederlassung SLV München 6

Additional regulations for welding repair of railway

Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik International mbH - Niederlassung SLV München 7

Certificate according EN 15085-2 [2]

Workshops intending to carry out welding works in new building, conversion

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1. Classification of the certificates

The certificates are classified based on the certification levels (CL) .

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Certification Level and examples of parts acc. EN 15085-2:

CL 2 supporting frame for internal parts, steps, hand rails

CL 3 seating frames, window frames, ventilation grilles

CL 4 (only for companies without an own welding-workshop but

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1.1 Class of Performance (CP)

CP C1 Welds without full penetration and without volumetric test

B, C and D “Quality level for imperfections“ acc. EN ISO 5817

1.2 Class of Testing (CT)

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Correspondence between CP and

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With regard to the EN 15085 series of standards, the welding

EN ISO 3834-2 Comprehensive quality requirements for level CL1

No certificate acc. EN 3834 is required!

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2.2 Staff requirements

The welding manufacturer must demonstrate its compliance with

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Subcontracted welding coordinator is possible.

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2.2.2 Welders/welding operators

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2.2.3 Inspection personnel

The existence of certified inspection personnel acc. to

Qualification acc. ISO 9712 for Visual Test in CT 3 and

3. Welding procedure specifications (WPS)

4. Welding Procedure test (WPQR)

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5. Certification procedure and verification

5.1 Application for certification for welding of

The application for the initial or renewed certification must be

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5.2.2 Checking the