Overview

This document (EN 15328:2020+A1:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 256 "Railway applications", the secretariat of which is held by DIN (Germany). The responsible national standardization committee is Working Committee NA 087-00-03 AA "Bremse" ("Brake") at DIN Standards Committee Railway (FSF). This document specifies requirements for pads for disc brakes of railway rolling stock. The document defines requirements and generic test programs for brake pads on dynamometer. This document does not cover mandatory tests to verify stopping distances in addition to laboratory, bench test and in-service tests. In order to qualify the brake pad performance in accordance with the classification the standard provides fixed parameter figures as categories defined in paragraph classification scheme. This standard differs from DIN EN 15328:2020-10 as follows: a) the Introduction has been modified; b) the new terms 3.7 "continuous brake application 1" and 3.8 "continuous brake application 2" have been added; c) 5.1 "Classification of brake pads" has been modified; d) in 5.13.1 "Classification scheme for locomotives, MUs, high-speed trains, freight wagon and coaches", Table 5 has been modified; e) 5.14 "Interchangeability of brake pads" has been modified; f) Clause A.9 "Methods of temperature measurements" has been modified; g) Annex B "Test programs for classes A1 to G1" and Tables B.2 to B.11 have been modified; h) in Annex C "Test programs for coaches", Table C.1 has been modified; i) in Annex E, E.1 "Use of the generic test programs", Table E.1, E.2.2 "Brake steps", E.2.4 "Continuous brake applications", Table E.5 and E.3.5 "Power for continuous brake applications" have been modified; j) the new informative Annex I "Example of the declaration of conformity" has been added; k) Annex ZA has been deleted; l) the standard has been editorially revised.

Responsible national committee

NA 087-00-03 AA - Braking  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 256/SC 3/WG 47 - Braking