EN 462-1 Wire Type
EN 462-1 Wire Type
EN 462-1 Wire Type were introduced as a EUROPEAN STANDARD to supersede the German Standards (DIN 54.109) and the British Standards Institute (BS3971:1980 type 1) Image Quality Indicators. Each indicator consists of a series of seven parallel wires of different thichkness mounted and encapsulated between two thin sheets of transparent, flexible PVC. A lead monogram indicates the number of the thickest wire, the material and the EN symbol.
Wire Diameters:
Radiography: Wire Penetrometer,
Indicator Sizes: There are four sizes of EN Image Quality Indicators.
Size 1 – contains wire numbers 1 to 7 and used for material thicknesses in the range of 40 to 160mm
Size 6 – contains wire numbers 6 to 12 and used for material thicknesses in the range of 12.5 to 50mm
Size 10 – contains wire numbers 10 to 16 and used for material thicknesses in the range of 5 to 20mm
Size 13 – contains wire numbers 13 to 19 and used for material thicknesses in the range 2.5 to 10mm
