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Recent Publications
Welding consumables - Procurement of filler materials and fluxes
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 14344:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS ISO 14344:2025 specifies tools for communication between a purchaser and a supplier of welding consumables within quality systems
History: Originated as AS/NZS ISO 14344:2005. Previous edition 2023. Third edition 2025.
Welding consumables - Covered electrodes - Determination of the efficiency, metal recovery and deposition coefficient (ISO 2401:2018, IDT)
Product Designation: AS/NZS 5557:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS 5557:2025 specifies methods for the determination of the efficiency, weld metal recovery and deposition coefficient of covered electrodes.
History: First published as AS/NZS 5557:2025.
Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 5.2: Transmission protocols - Link transmission procedures
Product Designation: AS 60870.5.2-1998 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 60870.5.2-1998 REC:2025, Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 5.2: Transmission protocols - Link transmission procedures
Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 5.1: Transmission protocols - Transmission frame formats
Product Designation: AS 60870.5.1-1998 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 60870.5.1-1998 REC:2025, Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 5.1: Transmission protocols - Transmission frame formats
Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 4: Performance requirements
Product Designation: AS 60870.4-1998 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 60870.4-1998 REC:2025, Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 4: Performance requirements
Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 3: Interfaces (electrical characteristics)
Product Designation: AS 60870.3-1998 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 60870.3-1998 REC:2025, Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 3: Interfaces (electrical characteristics)
Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 2.1: Operating conditions - Power supply and electromagnetic compatibility
Product Designation: AS 60870.2.1-1998 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 60870.2.1-1998 REC:2025, Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 2.1: Operating conditions - Power supply and electromagnetic compatibility
Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 1.2: General considerations - Guide for specifications
Product Designation: AS 60870.1.2-1998 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 60870.1.2-1998 REC:2025, Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 1.2: General considerations - Guide for specifications
Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 1.1: General considerations - General principles
Product Designation: AS 60870.1.1-1998 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 60870.1.1-1998 REC:2025, Telecontrol equipment and systems, Part 1.1: General considerations - General principles
Soft underlays for textile floor coverings
Product Designation: AS 4288-2003 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 4288-2003 REC:2025, Soft underlays for textile floor coverings
Textile floor coverings - Installation practice, Part 2: Carpet tiles
Product Designation: AS 2455.2:2019 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 2455.2:2019 REC:2025, Textile floor coverings - Installation practice, Part 2: Carpet tiles
Textile floor coverings - Installation practice, Part 1: General
Product Designation: AS 2455.1:2019 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 2455.1:2019 REC:2025, Textile floor coverings - Installation practice, Part 1: General
Textile floor coverings - Terminology
Product Designation: AS 2454-2007 REC:2025
Abstract: RECONFIRMATION OF AS 2454-2007 REC:2025, Textile floor coverings - Terminology
The storage and handling of non-flammable cryogenic and refrigerated liquids
Product Designation: AS 1894:2025
Abstract: AS 1894:2025 specifies requirements and recommendations for non-flammable cryogenic and refrigerated liquids of classified as Class 2.2 (with or without a subsidiary hazard of 5.1) in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and listed in the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (ADG Code).
History: Originated as AS 1894- 1976. Second edition 1997. Reissued incorporating Amendment No 1 (1999). Third edition AS 1894:2025.
Welding consumables - Wire electrodes, strip electrodes, wires and rods for arc welding of stainless and heat resisting steels - Classification
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 14343:2025
Abstract: This document identically adopts ISO 14343:2025, which specifies requirements for the classification of wire electrodes, strip electrodes, wires and rods for gas-shielded metal arc welding, submerged arc welding, electroslag welding and laser beam welding of stainless and heat-resisting steels.
History: Originated as AS 2717.3-1992. Jointly revised and designated as AS/NZS ISO 14343:2006. Previous edition 2022. Third edition 2025.
Welding consumables - Wire electrodes, wires, rods and deposits for gas shielded arc welding of creep-resisting steels - Classification
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 21952:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS 21952:2025 specifies requirements for classification of wire electrodes, wires and rods for gas shielded metal arc welding and tungsten inert-gas welding of creep-resisting steels, and for their deposits in the as-welded or post-weld heat-treated condition
History: Originated in Australia as part of AS 2717.1-1984. First Joint edition, part of AS/NZS 2717.1:1996. Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 21952:2012. Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS ISO 21952:2025.
Welding consumables - Wire electrodes, wires, rods and deposits for gas shielded arc welding of high strength steels - Classification
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 16834:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS ISO 16834:2025 identically adopts ISO 16834:2025, which specifies requirements for the classification of wire electrodes, wires, rods and all-weld metal deposits in the as-welded, and post-weld heat-treated (PWHT), condition for gas shielded metal arc welding and tungsten inert-gas welding of high-strength steels with a minimum yield strength greater than 500 MPa, or a minimum tensile strength greater than 570 MPa.
History: Originated as AS 2717.1-1984. Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 2717.1:1996. Jointly revised in part and redesignated as AS/NZS 16834:2013. Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS ISO 16834:2025.
Welding consumables - Solid wire electrodes, tubular cored electrodes and electrode-flux combinations for submerged arc welding of high strength steels - Classification
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 26304:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS ISO 26304:2025 identically adopts ISO 26304:2025, which specifies the requirements for classification of solid wire electrodes, tubular cored electrodes, and electrode-flux combinations (the all-weld metal deposits) in the as-welded condition and in the post-weld heat-treated condition for submerged arc welding of high strength steels with a minimum yield strength greater than 500 MPa or a minimum tensile strength greater than 570 MPa.
History: Originated as part of AS 1858.2-1989. Jointly revised in part and redesignated as AS/NZS ISO 26304:2013. Third edition 2025.
Welding consumables - Test methods, Part 1: Preparation of all-weld metal test pieces and specimens in steel, nickel and nickel alloys
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 15792.1:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS ISO 15792.1:2025 specifies the preparation of test pieces and specimens for all-weld metal tests in steel, nickel and nickel alloys
History: First published as AS/NZS ISO 15792.1:2025.
Welding consumables - Test methods, Part 2: Preparation of single-run and two-run technique test pieces and specimens in steel
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 15792.2:2025
Abstract: This document identically adopts ISO 15792 2:2020, which specifies the preparation of butt weld test pieces and specimens.
History: First published as AS/NZS ISO 15792.2:2025.
Welding consumables - Test methods, Part 3: Classification testing of positional capacity and root penetration of welding consumables in a fillet weld
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 15792.3:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS ISO 15792.3:2025 identically adopts ISO 15792.3:2011, which specifies the preparation and assessment for conformity assessment of positional usability and root penetration requirements for consumables classification standards for welding non-alloy and fine grain steels, low alloy steels, stainless steels, and nickel base alloys.
History: First published as AS/NZS ISO 15792.3:2025.
Arc welding and cutting - Nonconsumable tungsten electrodes - Classification
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 6848:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS ISO 6848:2025 specifies requirements for classification of non-consumable tungsten electrodes for inert gas shielded arc welding, and for plasma welding, cutting and thermal spraying
History: First published as AS/NZS ISO 6848:2025.
Welding consumables - Tubular cored electrodes and rods for gas shielded and non-gas shielded metal arc welding of stainless and heat-resisting steels - Classification
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 17633:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS ISO 17633:2025 identically adopts ISO 17633:2025, which specifies requirements for the classification of tubular flux and metal cored electrodes and rods.
History: Originated as AS/NZS ISO 17633:2006. Previous edition 2022. Third edition 2025.
Brazing - Filler metals
Product Designation: AS/NZS ISO 17672:2025
Abstract: AS/NZS ISO 17672:2025 specifies the compositional ranges of a series of filler metals used for brazing.
History: Originated as AS 1167-1971. Revised and redesignated as AS 1167.1-1984. Second edition 1993. Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 1167.1:2005. Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS ISO 17672:2023. Second edition 2025.
Garden equipment - Safety requirements for combustion-engine-powered lawnmowers, Part 1: Terminology and common tests (ISO 5395-1:2013, MOD)
Product Designation: AS 2657.1:2025 Amd 1:2025
Abstract: This Amendment applies to the Preface.
History: First published as AS 2657.1:2025 Amd 1.
Garden equipment - Safety requirements for combustion-engine-powered lawnmowers, Part 2: Pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers (ISO 5395-2:2013, MOD)
Product Designation: AS 2657.2:2025 Amd 1:2025
Abstract: This Amendment applies to the Preface.
History: First published as AS 2657.2:2025 Amd 1.