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Abstract

The EN 4500 series specifies the rules for the drafting and presentation of metallic material standards for aerospace applications.
This Part 006 specifies the "Specific rules for filler metals for brazing".

Status
Not Published
Publication Date
06-Oct-2026
Technical Committee
ASD-STAN - Aerospace
Current Stage
6055 - CEN Ratification completed (DOR) - Publishing
Start Date
03-Aug-2026
Completion Date
03-Aug-2026

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Overview

EN 4500-006:2026 is part of the European standard series for aerospace metallic materials, published by CEN. This standard addresses the rules for drafting and presentation of material standards specific to filler metals for brazing in aerospace applications. It guides technical committees and standard writers on how to create consistent, comprehensive, and clear material standards for filler metals used in brazing processes. Adhering to these rules ensures harmonization, quality, and traceability across metallic materials qualifying for aerospace use.

Key Topics

EN 4500-006:2026 focuses on the following core standards drafting principles for filler metals and brazing:

  • Material Designation: Specifies how to consistently name and reference filler metals, including possible use of ECISS designations in standards.
  • Chemical Composition: Outlines how to present elements in a standard order - establishing clarity and alignment with other aerospace standards.
  • Production Method and Form: Details required descriptions for methods of melting (e.g., vacuum melted, air melted) and forms (e.g., borided foil, paste, powder, wire).
  • Additional Processing and Dimensions: Includes structured rules for recording intended processing, limit dimensions, delivery and use conditions.
  • Technical and Dimensional Specifications: Mandates precise referencing of applied technical and dimensional standards relevant for aerospace brazing materials.
  • Inspection and Qualification: Emphasizes requirements for marking, dimensional inspection, and qualification processes to ensure product conformity.

These topics are addressed using a prescribed continuous table format, ensuring that all relevant information is presented in a uniform, accessible way.

Applications

EN 4500-006:2026 is a foundational document for anyone involved in:

  • Drafting new aerospace filler metal standards: Ensures new and revised standards for brazing materials meet European and international consistency.
  • Quality assurance in aerospace supply chains: Supports material traceability and uniformity, enabling manufacturers and suppliers to demonstrate compliance and meet procurement specifications.
  • Material certification and qualification: Provides templates for documenting critical properties such as chemical composition, production process, and delivery condition, all essential for product acceptance in regulated aerospace environments.
  • Harmonization across standards: Facilitates interoperability and easier cross-reference among related metallic material standards, improving efficiency for engineers, standard developers, and regulators.

By guiding the drafting process, EN 4500-006 helps ensure all aerospace brazing filler metals meet stringent operational, safety, and performance requirements.

Related Standards

EN 4500-006:2026 should be used in conjunction with several related standards in the aerospace series:

  • EN 4500-001: General rules for drafting and presentation of material standards for metallic materials.
  • EN 4259: Defines general terms for metallic materials in aerospace.
  • EN 4500 series:
    • EN 4500-002: Specific rules for aluminium, aluminium alloys, and magnesium alloys.
    • EN 4500-003: Specific rules for heat-resisting alloys.
    • EN 4500-004: Specific rules for titanium and titanium alloys.
    • EN 4500-005: Specific rules for steels.
  • EN 3875: Technical specification for filler metals for brazing.
  • EN 2043: General requirements for semi-finished product qualification (excluding forgings and castings).
  • EN 4258: Overview of the organization of standardization for aerospace metallic materials.

For effective standardization, adherence to CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations – Part 3 is also required.


Keywords: EN 4500-006, aerospace, metallic materials, brazing, filler metals, material standards, standard drafting, CEN, quality assurance, material qualification

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Effective Date
11-Jun-2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

EN 4500-006:2026 is a draft published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Aerospace series - Metallic materials - Rules for drafting and presentation of material standards - Part 006: Specific rules for filler metals and brazing". This standard covers: The EN 4500 series specifies the rules for the drafting and presentation of metallic material standards for aerospace applications. This Part 006 specifies the "Specific rules for filler metals for brazing".

The EN 4500 series specifies the rules for the drafting and presentation of metallic material standards for aerospace applications. This Part 006 specifies the "Specific rules for filler metals for brazing".

EN 4500-006:2026 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 01.120 - Standardization. General rules. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

EN 4500-006:2026 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 4500-006:2024. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-oktober-2025
Aeronavtika - Kovinski materiali - Pravila za načrtovanje in predstavljanje
standardov za materiale - 6. del: Posebna pravila za kovinska polnila za spajkanje
Aerospace series - Metallic materials - Rules for drafting and presentation of material
standards - Part 006: Specific rules for filler metals and brazing
Luft- und Raumfahrt - Metallische Werkstoffe - Regeln für das Erstellen und die
Gestaltung von Werkstoffnormen - Teil 006: Besondere Regeln für Hartlote
Série aérospatiale - Matériaux métalliques - Règles pour la rédaction et la présentation
des normes de matériaux - Partie 006 : Règles spécifiques aux métaux d’apport de
brasage
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 4500-006
ICS:
01.120 Standardizacija. Splošna Standardization. General
pravila rules
25.160.20 Potrošni material pri varjenju Welding consumables
49.025.05 Železove zlitine na splošno Ferrous alloys in general
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

oSIST prEN 4500-006:2025
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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 4500-006
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2025
ICS 01.120 Will supersede EN 4500-006:2024
English Version
Aerospace series - Metallic materials - Rules for drafting
and presentation of material standards - Part 006: Specific
rules for filler metals and brazing
Série aérospatiale - Matériaux métalliques - Règles Luft- und Raumfahrt - Metallische Werkstoffe - Regeln
pour la rédaction et la présentation des normes de für das Erstellen und die Gestaltung von
matériaux - Partie 006 : Règles spécifiques aux métaux Werkstoffnormen - Teil 006: Besondere Regeln für
d'apport de brasage Hartlote
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee ASD-
STAN.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, 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.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN 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 CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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© 2025 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 4500-006:2025 E
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Contents Page
Foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Rules for drafting a European standard for aerospace metallic materials. 6
4.1 General. 6
4.2 Title . 6
4.2.1 General. 6
4.2.2 Method of melting . 6
4.2.3 Form entries . 7
4.3 Introduction . 8
4.4 Scope, normative references, terms and definitions, requirements . 8
4.5 Table 1 . 8
4.5.1 Line 1: Material designation . 8
4.5.2 Line 2: Chemical composition. 8
4.5.3 Line 3: Method of melting . 8
4.5.4 Line 4.1: Form . 8
4.5.5 Line 4.2: Method of production . 8
4.5.6 Line 4.3: Further intended processing . 8
4.5.7 Line 4.4: Limit dimension(s) . 8
4.5.8 Line 5.1: Technical specification . 9
4.5.9 Line 5.2: Dimensional standard . 9
4.5.10 Line 6.1: Delivery condition and Heat treatment . 9
4.5.11 Line 6.2: Delivery condition code . 9
4.5.12 Line 7: Use condition and Heat treatment . 9
4.5.13 Line 8.1: Test sample(s) . 9
4.5.14 Line 8.2: Test piece(s) . 9
4.5.15 Line 8.3: Heat treatment . 9
4.5.16 Line 9: Dimensions concerned . 9
4.5.17 Line 10: Thickness of cladding on each face . 9
4.5.18 Line 11: Direction of test piece . 9
4.5.19 Lines 12 to 16: Tensile (T) . 10
4.5.20 Line 17: Hardness . 10
4.5.21 Line 18: Shear strength . 10
4.5.22 Line 19: Bending . 10
4.5.23 Line 20: Impact strength . 10
4.5.24 Lines 21 to 26: Creep (C) . 10
4.5.25 Line 27 . 10
4.5.26 Line 29: Reference heat treatment . 10
4.5.27 Lines 30 to 94 . 10
4.5.28 Line 95: Marking inspection . 10
4.5.29 Line 96: Dimensional inspection . 10
4.5.30 Line 97 . 10
4.5.31 Line 98: Notes . 10
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4.5.32 Line 99: Typical use . 10
4.5.33 Line 100: Product qualification . 11
4.6 Bibliography . 11
Annex A (informative) Completion of title page . 12
Annex B (informative) Completion of the introduction . 13
Annex C (informative) Completion of the scope, normative references, terms and
definitions, and requirements . 14
Annex D (informative) Completion of Table 1 . 15
Annex E (informative) Completion of the bibliography. 18
Bibliography . 19
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Foreword
This document (prEN 4500-006:2025) has been prepared by the Technical Committee ASD-STAN/D04
“Material”.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry
This document will supersede EN 4500-006:2024.
prEN 4500-006:2025 includes the following significant technical changes with respect
to EN 4500-006:2024:
— addition of the missing text in the scope;
— addition of the lines 4.3 "Further intended processing" and 5.2 "Dimensional standard" in the body
of the document and in Annex D;
— addition of introductory sentences to Table 1 in Annex C to highlight the fact that the table is a
normative element and that all the documents that it lists shall be applied;
— overall editorial modifications to give clarity on the normative or informative nature of the
references made to other documents or Annexes;
— restructuring of the document and simplification of the Template to achieve a single continuous
table.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
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Introduction
This document is part of the series of EN metallic material standards for aerospace applications. The
general organization of this series is described in EN 4258.
The EN 4500 series (Aerospace series — Metallic materials — Rules for drafting and presentation of
material standards) is composed by the following documents:
— General rules EN 4500-001;
— Specific rules for aluminium, aluminium alloys and EN 4500-002;
magnesium alloys
— Specific rules for heat-resisting alloys EN 4500-003;
— Specific rules for titanium and titanium alloys EN 4500-004;
— Specific rules for steels EN 4500-005;
— Specific rules for filler metals for welding EN 4500-002 to EN 4500-005;
— Specific rules for filler metals for brazing EN 4500-006.
Basis for the drafting of all European standards is CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations — Part 3:
Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of CEN and CENELEC documents.
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prEN 4500-006:2025 (E)
1 Scope
The EN 4500 series specifies the rules for the drafting and presentation of metallic material standards
for aerospace applications.
This Part 006 specifies the “Specific rules for filler metals for brazing”.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of thi
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