ISO/TC17/SC15 N096

Date: 2014-04-18
ISO TC 17 / SC 15 Report

1. SC Title Railway rails, rails fasteners, wheels and wheelsets

2. SC Scope Standardization of railway rails and their fasteners work,

including terminology, test methods, dimensions and
tolerances, technical requirements of rails and their
fasteners.

3. SC Chairman Mr. Yiping Zhou (until end 2014)

Panzhihua Steel Company, Anshan, Liaoning, China
Tel:+86 812 339 3393
Fax:+86 812 339 2222
E-mail: zhouyp@pzhsteel.com.cn

4. SC Secretary Ms. Hongbin Zhu(Secretary)

Ms. Cuiying Ren (Acting Secretary)
China Metallurgical Standardization Institute (CMSI)
T +86 10 6528 9339
F +86 10 6512 0776
E-mail:rencuiying@cmisi.cn / isotc17sc17@gmail.com

5. SC Membership
As of 2014-04-18
P-Members: 10 O-Members: 3
Austria (ASI) Iran, Islamic Republic of (ISIRI)
China (SAC) Netherlands (NEN)
France (AFNOR) Poland (PKN)
Germany (DIN) Romania (ASRO) * since 2014.03
Italy (UNI)
Japan (JISC)
Korea, Republic of (KATS)
Portugal (IPQ)
Ukraine (DTR)
United Kingdom (BSI)

* change in membership
- Romania (ASRO) : Changed status from P-member to O-member. (2014.03)

6. WG

WG Title Convenor Other information

WG 1 Railway rails Dr.Norbert
(ASI)

7. Liaisons

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Liaison Committee to ISO/TC 17/SC 15
(The below committees may see the documents of ISO/TC 17/SC 15)
ISO committees in liaison:
None

Liaison Committee from ISO/TC 17/SC 15

(ISO/TC 17/SC 15 can access the documents of the below committees)
ISO committees in liaison:
None

Organizations in liaison
UIC

8. Standards published in 2013-2014 (list)

ISO number Title Publish date

-None

9. Standards withdrawn in 2013-2014 (list)

ISO number Title withdrawn date

- None

Details of withdrawal voting;

ISO number Affirmative Negative Abstain

- None

10. Details of voting activity in 2013-2014

10.1 CD, DIS, FDIS

ISO number Start date Affirmative Negative Abstain Did not vote
End date
ISO/CD 5003 2013-03-18 12 0 3 0
2013-06-18

<Major reason of “abstain”> (if possible)

- None

10.2 SR
ISO number withdraw Revise/ Confirm Abstain Abstain with Did not vote
Amend survey replies

<Major reason of “abstain”> (if possible)

-None

10.3 NWIP

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 N xxxx Start date Affirmative Negative Abstain Did not vote Participate
(ISO number) End date

<Major reason of “abstain”> (if possible)

- None

11. P-Members did not vote on CD, DIS, FDIS, SR, NWIP

Total number of required vote in 2013 -2014 = “1”

P-member CD-1 DIS-0 FDIS-0 SR-0 CIB-0 NWIP-0 Total
Country

Action taken by Secretariat

- None

12. Progress of items (WD, CD, DIS, FDIS)

As of 2014-03-07
ISO No Title Stage Target date
ISO/CD 5003 40.00 DIS: 2013-12-28
Flat bottom railway rails and special rail
FDIS: 2015-06-28
sections for switches and crossings of
PUB: 2015-12-28
non-treated steel -- Technical delivery
requirements

13. Meetings in 2013-2014 Country, City, Date

Year No. Country City Date

2013 （WG01） Austria Vienna 2013-01-22/23

th
2014 13 Germany Dusseldorf 2014-06-16

14. Topics

14.1 Meeting feedback survey

At its meeting in February 2013, the ISO/TMB decided that circulation of a
meeting survey during each committee meeting is mandatory in order to offer
participants the option of giving feedback (TMB resolution 26/2013).
Participants shall complete this short survey (17 questions) within two weeks
after closure of the meeting. The feedback is collected by the Central
Secretariat and sent to the Secretary and the Chairman of ISOTC17/SC17.

14.2 Single foreword to use in all ISO deliverables

During the process of WD text drafting, please note that ISO uses now a single
foreword whatever the type of the ISO deliverables. You are kindly to take the
file (see annex A) into account in drafting.

14.3 Dealing with aging standards

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The status of standards’ age under ISO/TC17/SC15 is as follows(Table 1), from
it we could see that the aging standard is a big problem in SC15. Dealing with
the aging standard is a key issue in SC15.

According to the latest ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1(Fourth edition,2013), there

are 2 efficient ways to initiate the revision standards:
1) Proposal stage (2.3.1)
NEW: Form 4 not required providing that the committee passes a resolution
including:
---- target dates;
---- confirmation of the scope (including whether it will be expanded, in
which case the process for new proposals applies);
---- convenor or project leader;
and the committee must launch a call for experts.
2) Maintenance stage (2.9.3.2)
NEW: If a simple majority of the P members consider there is a need for
revision/amendment, item may be registered at 10.99. A Call for experts must
be launched, but there is no minimum requirement of experts.

Table 1 The status of standards' age under ISO/TC17/SC15

Standard ages Number Standard
-5 years 2009-2013 0
6-10 years 2004-2008 1 ISO 6305-2:2007
Railway components -- Technical delivery requirements
-- Part 2: Non-alloy carbon steel baseplates
11-15years 1999-2003 0
16-20 1994-1998 3 1） ISO 1005-1:1994
years Railway rolling stock material -- Part 1: Rough-rolled
tyres for tractive and trailing stock -- Technical delivery
conditions
2）ISO 1005-6:1994
Railway rolling stock material -- Part 6: Solid wheels for
tractive and trailing stock -- Technical delivery conditions
3）ISO 5948:1994
Railway rolling stock material -- Ultrasonic acceptance
testing
21-25 1989-1993 0
years
26-30 1984-1988 6 1）ISO 1005-2:1986
years Railway rolling stock material -- Part 2: Tyres, wheel
centres and tyred wheels for tractive and trailing stock --
Dimensional, balancing and assembly requirements
2）ISO 1005-4:1986
Railway rolling stock material -- Part 4: Rolled or forged
wheel centres for tyred wheels for tractive and trailing
stock -- Quality requirements
3）ISO 1005-8:1986
Railway rolling stock material -- Part 8: Solid wheels for
tractive and trailing stock -- Dimensional and balancing
requirements
4）ISO 1005-9:1986
Railway rolling stock material -- Part 9: Axles for tractive
and trailing stock -- Dimensional requirements

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 5）ISO 6305-4:1985
Railway components -- Technical delivery requirements
-- Part 4: Untreated steel nuts and bolts and high-
strength nuts and bolts for fish-plates and fastenings
6）ISO 6933:1986
Railway rolling stock material -- Magnetic particle
acceptance testing
31-35 1979-1983 4 1）ISO 1005-3:1982
years Railway rolling stock material -- Part 3: Axles for tractive
and trailing stock -- Quality requirements
2）ISO 1005-7:1982
Railway rolling stock material -- Part 7: Wheelsets for
tractive and trailing stock -- Quality requirements
3）ISO 5003:1980
Flat bottom railway rails and special rail sections for
switches and crossings of non-treated steel -- Technical
delivery requirements
4）ISO 6305-3:1983
Railway components -- Technical delivery requirements
-- Part 3: Steel sleepers

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Annex A Single foreword to use in all ISO deliverables

Single foreword for ISO publications - for everything other than documents
done with other organizations

Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of

national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International
Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body
interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right
to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-
governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with
the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical
standardization.

The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further
maintenance are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different
approval criteria needed for the different types of ISO documents should be noted. This
document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives,
Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be
the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
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document will be in the Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received
(see www.iso.org/patents).

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and does not constitute an endorsement.

For an explanation on the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions related to
conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the WTO
principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see the following URL: Foreword -
Supplementary information

The committee responsible for this document is ISO/XXX

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Annex B List of published standards
As of 2014-04-18
ISO Number Title
ISO 1005-1:1994 Railway rolling stock material -- Part 1: Rough-rolled tyres for
tractive and trailing stock -- Technical delivery conditions
ISO 1005-2:1986 Railway rolling stock material -- Part 2: Tyres, wheel centres and
tyred wheels for tractive and trailing stock -- Dimensional, balancing
and assembly requirements
ISO 1005-3:1982 Railway rolling stock material -- Part 3: Axles for tractive and trailing
stock -- Quality requirements
ISO 1005-4:1986 Railway rolling stock material -- Part 4: Rolled or forged wheel
centres for tyred wheels for tractive and trailing stock -- Quality
requirements
ISO 1005-6:1994 Railway rolling stock material -- Part 6: Solid wheels for tractive and
trailing stock -- Technical delivery conditions
ISO 1005-7:1982 Railway rolling stock material -- Part 7: Wheelsets for tractive and
trailing stock -- Quality requirements
ISO 1005-8:1986 Railway rolling stock material -- Part 8: Solid wheels for tractive and
trailing stock -- Dimensional and balancing requirements
ISO 1005-9:1986 Railway rolling stock material -- Part 9: Axles for tractive and trailing
stock -- Dimensional requirements
ISO 5003:1980 Flat bottom railway rails and special rail sections for switches and
crossings of non-treated steel -- Technical delivery requirements
ISO 5948:1994 Railway rolling stock material -- Ultrasonic acceptance testing
ISO 6305-2:2007 Railway components -- Technical delivery requirements -- Part 2:
Non-alloy carbon steel baseplates
ISO 6305-3:1983 Railway components -- Technical delivery requirements -- Part 3:
Steel sleepers
ISO 6305-4:1985 Railway components -- Technical delivery requirements -- Part 4:
Untreated steel nuts and bolts and high-strength nuts and bolts for
fish-plates and fastenings
ISO 6933:1986 Railway rolling stock material -- Magnetic particle acceptance testing

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