BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 9163:2005 Textile glass - Rovings - Manufacture of test specimens and determination of tensile strength of impregnated rovings TheEuropeanStandardENIS09163:2005hasthestatusofa British Standard ICS 59.100.10 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSIPERMISSIONEXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BS EN ISO 9163:2005 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN IS0 9163:2005. It is identical with IS0 9163:2005. It supersedes BSI BSENISO9163:1999whichiswithdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/42, Fibre reinforced thermosetting plastics and prepregs, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BsI Catalogue under the section entitled"International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the"Search"facility of the BsI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was Summary of pages Licensed Copy: sheffieldun published under the authority This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN ISO title of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on page, the EN ISO foreword page, the ISO title page, pages ii to iv, pages 1 to 21 12 May 2005 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendmentsissued sincepublication Date Amd. No. Comments @ BSI 12 May 2005 ISBN0580459934 EN ISO 9163 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORME EUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM April 2005 BSI ICS 59.100.10 Supersedes EN ISO9163:1998 Englishversion Textile glass -Rovings -Manufacture of test specimens and determination of tensile strength of impregnated rovings (lso 9163:2005) Verre textile - Stratifils -Fabrication d'eprouvettes et essai de traction sur stratifil impregne (ISO 9163:2005) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 15 March 2005. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European 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 versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FUR NORMUNG Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels @2005CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref.No.ENISO 9163:2005:E worldwide for CEN national Members. ENIS09163:2005 BS Foreword This document (EN ISO9163:2005)has been prepared byTechnical Committee ISO/TC 61"Plastics" in collaborationwithTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC249"Plastics",the secretariat of whichisheldbyIBN. Thisdocument supersedes ENISO9163:1998. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the l