Stahlinstitut VDEh https://vdeh.de/en/standardisation/stahl-eisen-blatter/stahl-eisen-prufblatter/sep-1220-1/ – 11.08.2026

SEP 1220-1

Testing and Doc­u­ment­a­tion Guideline for the Join­ab­ility of thin sheet of steel – Part 1: General spe­cific­a­tions. 

This first part of the series of SEP 1220 spe­cific­a­tions contains general require­ments. It is meant as a basis for unified material char­ac­ter­iz­a­tion and shall stand­ardize the exchange of data between the mater­ials sup­pliers and cus­tomers.

Described are the char­ac­ter­iz­a­tion of the base mater­ials, location of sampling, general test con­di­tions, including recom­mend­a­tions for cyclic testing. The data format for data exchange of tests (data header) is explained in detail.

2nd edition November 2024