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755-4:1996

Aluminium and
aluminium alloys —
Extruded rod/bar, tube
and profiles —
Part 4: Square bars, tolerances on
dimensions and form

The European Standard EN 755-4:1995 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 77.120.10; 77.140.90

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Committees responsible for this

British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted to Technical

Committee NFE/35, Light metals and their alloys, upon which the following
bodies were represented:

Aluminium Federation
Aluminium Stockholders’ Association
London Metal Exchange
Magnesium Industry Council

The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard,
through subcommittees and panels:

Association of British Welded Aluminium Tube Makers

Association of Light Alloy Refiners Limited
Institution of Structural Engineers
Metal Packaging Manufacturers’ Association

This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Engineering
Sector Board, was published
under the authority of the
Standards Board and comes
into effect on Amendments issued since publication
15 June 1996
Amd. No. Date Comments
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The following BSI references

relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference NFE/35
Draft for comment 92/47294 DC

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Contents

Page
Committees responsible Inside front cover
National foreword ii
Foreword 2
Text of EN 755-4 3

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National foreword

This Part of BS EN 755 has been prepared by Technical Committee NFE/35 and
is the English language version of EN 755-4:1995 Aluminium and aluminium
alloys — Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles — Part 4: Square bars, tolerances
on dimensions and form.
This Part of BS EN 755 is published with:
BS EN 755, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Extruded rod/bar, tube and
profiles.
BS EN 755-3, Round bars, tolerances on dimensions and form.
BS EN 755-5, Rectangular bars, tolerances on dimensions and form.
BS EN 755-6, Hexagonal bars, tolerances on dimensions and form.
BS EN 754, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Cold drawn rod/bar and tube.
BS EN 754-3, Round bars, tolerances on dimensions and form.
BS EN 754-4, Square bars, tolerances on dimensions and form.
BS EN 754-5, Rectangular bars, tolerances on dimensions and form.
BS EN 754-6, Hexagonal bars, tolerances on dimensions and form.
As a result, the following standards are partially superseded by those listed
above. The European standards should be used in preference whenever possible.
BS 1474:1987, Specification for wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys for
general engineering purposes — Bars, extruded round tubes and sections.
BS 4300, Wrought aluminium alloys for general engineering purposes
(supplementary series).
BS 4300-4:1973, 6463 Solid extruded bars and sections suitable for bright
trim/reflector applications.
BS 4300-5:1973, 2011 Free cutting bar and wire.
BS 4300-12:1969, 5454 Bars, extruded round tube and sections.
BS 4300-15:1973, 7020 Bar, extruded round tube and sections.
BS 2898:1970, Specification for wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys for
electrical purposes — Bars, extruded round tube and sections.
When the following European Standards are published the above British
Standards will be withdrawn.
BS EN 755, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Extruded rod/bar, tube and
profiles.
BS EN 755-1, Technical conditions for inspection and delivery.
BS EN 755-2, Mechanical properties.
BS EN 754, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Cold drawn rod/bar and tube.
BS EN 754-1, Technical conditions for inspection and delivery.
BS EN 754-2, Mechanical properties.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.

Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
the EN title page, pages 2 to 5 and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on
the inside front cover.

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NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM June 1995

ICS 77.120.10; 77.140.90

Descriptors: Extruded products, rolled products, aluminium, aluminium alloys, metal bars, square bars, dimensions, dimensional
tolerances, form tolerances

English version

Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Extruded rod/bar, tube

and profiles —
Part 4: Square bars, tolerances on dimensions and form

Aluminium et alliages d’aluminium — Barres, tubes Aluminium und Aluminiumlegierungen —

et profilés filés — Stranggepreβte Stangen, Rohre und Profile —
Partie 4: Barres carrées, tolérances sur dimensions Teil 4: Vierkantstangen, Grenzabmaβe und
et forme Formtoleranzen

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1995-05-14. CEN members

are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any
CEN member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French,
German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.

CEN
European Committee for Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels

© 1995 All rights of reproduction and communication in any form and by any means reserved in all
countries to CEN and its members.
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Foreword According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal

Regulations, the following countries are bound to
This European Standard has been prepared by the implement this European Standard: Austria,
Technical Committee CEN/TC 132, Aluminium and Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
aluminium alloys, the secretariat of which is held by Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
AFNOR. Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
This European Standard shall be given the status of Switzerland, United Kingdom.
a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by Contents
December 1995, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 1995. Page
Within its programme of work, Technical Foreword 2
Committee CEN/TC 132 entrusted 1 Scope 3
CEN/TC 132/WG 5, Extruded and drawn products, 2 Tolerances on dimensions and form 3
to prepare the following standard: 2.1 Width across flats 3
EN 755-4, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — 2.2 Corner radii 3
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles —
Part 4: Square bars, tolerances on dimensions and 2.3 Squareness 3
form. 2.4 Convexity – concavity 3
This standard is part of a set of nine standards. The 2.5 Straightness 3
other standards deal with: 2.6 Twist 4
EN 755-1, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — 2.7 Length 4
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles — 2.8 Squareness of cut ends 5
Part 1: Technical conditions for inspection and
delivery. 3 Alloy groups 5
EN 755-2, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Figure 1 — Measurement of deviation from
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles — square 3
Part 2: Mechanical properties. Figure 2 — Measurement of deviation from
EN 755-3, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — straightness 4
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles — Figure 3 — Measurement of twist 4
Part 3: Round bars, tolerances on dimensions and Table 1 — Width across flats tolerances 3
form.
Table 2 — Maximum corner radii 3
EN 755-5, Aluminium and aluminium alloys —
Table 3 — Squareness tolerances 3
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles —
Part 5: Rectangular bars, tolerances on dimensions Table 4 — Straightness tolerances 4
and form. Table 5 — Twist tolerances 4
EN 755-6, Aluminium and aluminium alloys — Table 6 — Fixed length tolerances 5
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles — Table 7 — Alloy groups 5
Part 6: Hexagonal bars, tolerances on dimensions
and form.
EN 755-7, Aluminium and aluminium alloys —
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles —
Part 7: Seamless tubes, tolerances on dimensions
and form.
EN 755-8, Aluminium and aluminium alloys —
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles —
Part 8: Porthole tubes, tolerances on dimensions and
form.
EN 755-9, Aluminium and aluminium alloys —
Extruded rod/bar, tube and profiles —
Part 9: Profiles, tolerances on dimensions and form.

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1 Scope Table 2 — Maximum corner radii

This Part of EN 755 specifies the tolerances on Dimensions in millimetres
dimensions and form for aluminium and aluminium Width across fiats S Maximum corner radii
alloy extruded square bars having widths across
Over Up to Alloy group I Alloy group II
flats from 10 mm up to 220 mm.
≥ 10 25 1,0 1,5
2 Tolerances on dimensions and form 25 50 1,5 2,0
2.1 Width across flats 50 80 2,0 3,0
The tolerances on width across flats are specified 80 120 2,5 3,0
in Table 1.
120 180 2,5 4,0
For the purposes of this standard the alloys are
distributed into two groups which correspond to 180 220 3,5 5,0
varying difficulty when manufacturing the
2.3 Squareness
products.
The division into group I and group II of the most The deviation from square shall be measured as
commonly used general engineering alloys is shown in Figure 1.
specified in Table 7. Squareness tolerances are specified in Table 3.
Table 1 — Width across flats tolerances Table 3 — Squareness tolerances
Dimensions in millimetres Dimensions in millimetres
Width across flats S Tolerances Width across flats S Maximum deviation from
Over Up to square Z
Over Up to Alloy group I Alloy group II
≥ 10 18 ± 0,22 ± 0,30 ≥ 10 100 0,01 × width
18 25 ± 0,25 ± 0,35 100 180 1,0
25 40 ± 0,30 ± 0,40 180 220 1,5
40 50 ± 0,35 ± 0,45 2.4 Convexity — concavity
50 65 ± 0,40 ± 0,50 The convexity — concavity for square bars shall be
65 80 ± 0,45 ± 0,70 included within the width across flats tolerances.

80 100 ± 0,55 ± 0,90 2.5 Straightness

Deviations from straightness, hs and ht, shall be
100 120 ± 0,65 ± 1,0
measured as shown in Figure 2 with the bar placed
120 150 ± 0,80 ± 1,2 on a horizontal baseplate so that its mass decreases
150 180 ± 1,0 ± 1,4 the deviation.
180 220 ± 1,15 ± 1,7 The straightness tolerances are specified in Table 4.
The straightness tolerances apply to bars in all
2.2 Corner radii tempers except O and T × 510. If a straightness
Maximum corner radii are specified in Table 2. tolerance is required for either O or T × 510 temper,
it shall be agreed between purchaser and supplier.

Figure 1 — Measurement of deviation from square

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Figure 2 — Measurement of deviation from straightness

Figure 3 — Measurement of twist

Table 4 — Straightness tolerances Table 5 — Twist tolerances
Dimensions in millimetres Dimensions in millimetres
Width across flats S Maximum Maximum Width across flats S Twist tolerances T
deviation from localised kink
Over Up to straightness ht in any 300 mm Over Up to Per 1 000 mm of Over the total
mm/m portion hs length length

≥ 10 80 2 0,8 ≥ 10 30 1 3
80 120 2 1,0 30 50 1,5 4
120 220 3 1,5 50 120 2 5
120 220 3 6
2.6 Twist
The twist measurement shall be carried out as 2.7 Length
shown in Figure 3. If fixed lengths are to be supplied, this shall be
The twist tolerances are specified in Table 5. stated on the order. The fixed length tolerances are
The twist tolerances apply to bars in all tempers specified in Table 6.
except O and T × 510. If a twist tolerance is required
for either O or T × 510 temper, it shall be agreed
between purchaser and supplier.

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Table 6 — Fixed length tolerances 2.8 Squareness of cut ends

Dimensions in millimetres The squareness of cut ends shall be within half of
Width across flats S Tolerances on length the fixed-length tolerance range (Table 6) for both
fixed and random lengths, e.g. for a fixed length
Over Up to L ≤ 2 000 2 000 < L L > 5 000
tolerance of +10 mm the squareness of cut ends
≤ 5 000 shall be within05 mm.
≥ 10 100 +5 +7 +10
0 0 0 3 Alloy groups
100 200 +7 +9 +12 The division into group I and group II of the most
0 0 0 commonly used general engineering alloys is
200 220 +8 +11 +14 specified in Table 7. Grouping of other alloys is
0 0 0 subject to agreement between purchaser and
supplier.
If no fixed or minimum length is specified in the
order, square extruded bars may be delivered in
random lengths. The actual lengths and tolerances
on random lengths shall be agreed between
purchaser and supplier.
Table 7 — Alloy groups
Group I EN AW-1050A, EN AW-1070A, EN AW-1200, EN AW-1350
EN AW-3003, EN AW-3103
EN AW-5005, EN AW-5005A, EN AW-5015A, EN AW-5251
EN AW-6101A, EN AW-6101B, EN AW-6005, EN AW-6005A, EN AW-6106, EN AW-6012,
EN AW-6018, EN AW-6351, EN AW-6060, EN AW-6061, EN AW-6261, EN AW-6262,
EN AW-6063, EN AW-6063A, EN AW-6463, EN AW-6081, EN AW-6082
Group II EN AW-2007, EN AW-2011, EN AW-2011A, EN AW-2014, EN AW-2014A, EN AW-2017A,
EN AW-2024, EN AW-2030
EN AW-5019a EN AW-5052, EN AW-5154A, EN AW-5454, EN AW-5754, EN AW-5083,
EN AW-5086
EN AW-7003, EN AW-7005A, EN AW-7020, EN AW-7022, EN AW-7049A, EN AW-7075
a
EN AW-5019 is the new designation for EN AW-5056A.

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