BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12560-1:2001Flangesandtheirjoints—GasketsforClass-designatedflanges—Part1:Non-metallicflatgasketswithorwithoutinsertsTheEuropeanStandardEN12560-1:2001hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.040.80NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,MonApr1610:41:32GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIwww.bzfxw.comBSEN12560-1:2001ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsCommitteeandcomesintoeffecton15March2001©BSI03-2001ISBN058037050XNationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12560-1:2001.ItsupersedesBS7076-1:1989whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePSE/2,Jointingmaterialandcompounds,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSIStandardsCatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Find”facilityoftheBSIStandardsElectronicCatalogue.ABritishStandarddoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.UsersofBritishStandardsareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleEuropeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to17andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,MonAp...