UDG 669.14-422.1: 601.714 1091.328:0014:62-777 DEUTSCHE NORM September 1984 OIN 488 Partt Reinforcing steel Grades, properties, marking stonstahl; Sorten, Eigenschaften, Kennzeichnung Supersedes April 1972 edition In keeping with current practice in stenderds published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), «a comms has been used throughout as the decimal marker. : ‘This standard has been recommended to the Laender building inspectorates by the Institut fir Bautechnik (Institute ‘for Building Technology). Berlin, fr inclusion in the Laendler building regulations. ‘The April 1972 edition of this standard, which has been superseded, may still be used until the publication ofall the 5 revised editions of the other Parts of DIN 428. ‘ce Explanatory notes forthe connection with FURONORM 80 published by the European Coe and Ste! Community. ‘See Explanatory notes for the connection with a standard in preparation by the Internationel Organization for Standardization (ISO). E ‘The DIN 488 series includes: DIN 488 Part 2. (at present at the stage of draft) DIN 488 Part 3 (at present at the stage of draft) DIN 488 Part 4 construction, dimensions and masses (at protent at the stage of draft) resting DIN 488 Part 5 DIN 488 Port 6 DIN 488 Part 7. (at prasent at the stage of draft) ‘bars; test pracedure and avelustion 1 Scope 1.1 This standard applies to the weldable stee! grades described in clause 3 end table 1 used for the reinforcement of concrete. This standard does not apply to prestressing tee! for the reinforcement of prestrested concrete as specified in DIN 4227 Pare 1 1.2. According to the Laender building regulations, the Uso of reinforcing steels not complying with this standard requires the agreement of the Laender building inspec: torates or of the authority appointed by it in each case, unless @ general bullding inspectorate approval has been granted, 2 Concepts technically straight bars for single bar reinforcement. % 2A Reinforcing stoei ribbed eeinforcng stel bars (see subclouse 2.2). 3 2 2.1.1. Reinforcing stesl is a steel with a practically 3.8.4 [circular cross section ved for reinforcing concrete 32. Reinforcing ste! grade BSt 500 M as specified in BH 1 | 2.1.2 Reinforcing steel is supplied in the form of table 1 shall be supplied in the form of a welded steel Es 2 | Tantorcing ste! bars (SI, eeinforelng sta fabric (M) or ‘eiforcng fabric (ste subelaune 2:3) made from ribbed AS By | reintorcing wir bars £33 vere iE £1 | 22 Reinforcing tee bar 32. Reinforcing stel grades St $00 G and BSt 500 P | 8 34 | Reinforcing tel tars are a reinforcing tel supplied in Hy ‘Geum verag GPM. Berin 30. War Grsone sean for German Sandor DMNormen) ones Reinforcing stee; reinforcing steet bars; dimensions and masses Relnforcing stee; reinforcing stee! bars; testing {at present at the stage of draft) Reinforcing steel ‘reinforcing steel fabrics and reinforcing wire; Reinforcing steel {at pretent atthe stage of draft) Reinforcing stee!; inspection sainforcing steal fabrics and reinforcing wire; ferification of weldabilty of reinforcing 23. Reinforcing steel fabric ‘A reinforcing steel fabrie isa reinforcement prefsbricated Jn'a workshop from bars assembled in a cross-wise fashion, Joined together at the crossover points by means of resistance spot welding to give resistance to shear 2A Reinforcing wit Reinforcing wire is a smooth or profiled reinforcing steel produced in the form of coil and fabricated into feinforcaments in # workshoo (see subclause 3.3 and clause 8) 3. Classification into grades 3.1 Reinforcing steal grades BSt 420 $ and 8St S008 4: specified in table 1 shall be supplied In the form of 235 specified in clause 8 shall be supplied in the forrn of smooth and profiled reinforcing wire (see subclause 2.4). Continued on pages 2 to 8 ‘DIN 488 Part 1 Engl. Price group 7 ‘Sate No.0107Page 2 OIN 488 Part 1 Table 1, Classification into graces and properties of reinforcing steals 1 2 3 a = ‘Abbravietion Beeazos__| _eses008 BSes00 MA) Syentol) nm ma WN a ‘Material number —_ 1.0828 a 08 |, [Product form enforcing sel ar] Felaforing sel bar_[linfrcngsel fab?) 7 [Nominal diameter dy ram 610.28 6128 #70124) eS { Vieus strengeh R, (8) 2| 010.2% proof stress) N/mm? axe 500 500 50 Roz Wfo2)®) TTectie strength . : ; 7 4 3] he wet Nir 5008) 3608) 5509 50 Elongation afer fracture y 7 T a neta % 10 10 8 50 Ferigue strength of Nim 8 | straight bars?) Amplitude 218 25 = 109 |_| Bon (2105) “| | benvbars Bon (2-108) 170 | 170 = 100 7 | Straight bar taken from 22a 12-108) = = 10) 10.0 S| 2fibric, with velé point 394 12-105) = 1 = 200 10.0 @| Bend mandrel diameter, 6 10 12 Ba, | omnia as = 10 invram, in rebond test for 7 TO ee OT 14 and 16 8a, ba, - 19 11 | inmmen 20%028 84, 8a = 10 Bend mandrel diameter, in mm | | 12] in bend test at the weld point - 7 ee oa 13 | Shear force of the joineS N = = 034 | 8 I~) Permissible minus 14 | deviation from the 4 4 4 50 fominal cross section A) 15 | Relative rib area fa Sea DIN 406 Port | See DIN ABB Part? | See VG8OParn4 | 0 16 | Chemie composition (022 0,261 022 (024) ore 0m | — 17] inthe cast analysis and 0.050 10055) | 0.08010,088 | 0.050 (0,068) |= [rej sroduccanavsssi.§ 0,05010,088) | _ 0,050 (0.056) 0,0500,055)__ | — 9) eacearetseteemreene oe NOS) Gooom | _ooiieora | o.or2(o.0r3) | = Sakeabiliey for welding =. MAG, GP, EMAG, GP, | 613), mac - 20 | by processes} Ra, AP RA, RP Canad 1) For drawings and static calculations. 2) The raquirements speeified in this column shall also apply tor reinforcing wire with the restrictions specified in subclause 8 3. 3) p value for a statistical probability W = 1 ~2= 0,80 (one-sided! (see also subclause 5.2.2). 4) The limiting conditions specified in the application standards shall apply for reinforcing steel fabrics with nominal diameters of 4,0 and 4,$ mm; tis aot necessary to verify the fatigue strength, 5) Symbols used in the past. 6) “The actual values of Rm In the tensile test shall be not less thn 1,05 - Ry (or Ryp,a), and not less than 1,08 R, {or Ry 2) In the case of reinforcing “tee BS:S00 W with yield strength values exceeding 550 N/men2 7) "The fatigue strength required of straight bars shall be considered givan if the values in line 6 are achieved, 8} Production shalt be set up such that the average cross-section corresponds at least to the nominal cross-section, 9) ‘The values in brackets shall apply for the product analysis. 10) ‘The values shall apply for the total nitrogen content. Higher values are only permitted if sufficient quantities of nitrogen fixing elements are present. 19) The code letters signify: & = metal manual are welding; MAG = metal active gas welding: GP = gas pressure welding; RA = flash butt welding; RP = resistance spot welding. 12) The nominal diameter of the bars inthe faeric shall be not less than 6mm for the MAG process and not lest than B mm for the E process, if bars from fabries ara to be welded together or welded to steel bars of not more than 14 em nominal diameter4 Designation 4.1 The standard designation of products camplying with the standards in the DIN 488 series shall be formed 28 follows in the sequence stated: = term (reinforcing ste! bar, reinforcing steel fabric, oF reinforcing wire); — number of this DIN Standard (DIN 488); = aboceviation oF material aumber of the reinforcing steal grade (sce table 1 — nominal dismeter of reinforcing stee! bars and rein forcing wire or characterizing nominal dimensions in the case of reinforcing steel Fabrics. 4.2. Examples of the standard designation {800 also OIN 488 Part 2 and DIN 488 Part 4) 4} Designation of ribbed reinforcing steel bars made from grade 8St500 S, with a nominal diameter of d,= 20 mm: Reinforcing stee! bar DIN 488 — BSt 500 S — 20 Reinforcing steel bar DIN 488 — 1.0438 — 20 Designation of smooth reinforcing wire made from grade BSt 500 G, witha nominsl diameter of 4 = 8 mm: Reinforcing wire DIN 488 — BSt 500 G —6 or Reinforcing wire DIN 488 — 1.0464 —6 ‘See DIN 488 Part 4 for the designation of reinforcing steel fabrics. ) 5 Requirements 5.1. Manufacturing process 5.1.1 Reinforcing stee! bars complying with this standard shall be produced as follows: = hot rolled, without subsequent treatment, oF = not rolled and heat treated with the hezt of rolling, or — cold formed (by twisting or drawing the hot rolled ‘original products). 5.1.2 The bars for reinforcing ste! fabrics complying With the standard shall be produced by cold forming (ie, by drawing andlor cold rolling the hot rolled original products). 3.1.3. The specifications in subclause 8.1 shall apply for the production of reinforcing wire 5.1.4. The manufacturing process remains atthe discr (of the producer within the framework specified in sub- ‘clauses 5.1.1 to 5.1.3, at long as he has furnished the proofs specified in DIN 488 Part 6. 5.2 Properties 52.1 Reinforcing steel shall have the properties and meet the requirements specified in DIN 488 Part 1 to Part 7, Steels failing to fulfil these requirements shall not bbe designated reinforcing steel complying with DIN 488 Part 1 10 Part? ‘The proper production af rsinforcing stee! complying with this standard ond exhibiting the properties required DIN 488 Part 1 Page 3 shall be supervised in accardance with the specifications of DIN 488 Port 6, The methods of test for demon: strating the properties are specified in DIN 488 Part 3 and Part 5, 622 The data given In table 1 {pertaining to lines 2 to 16 in columns 2 to 4} are p-fractiles of the overall ‘population. The averall population isthe production of the works over the period specified in DIN 488 Part 6, “The requirements shall be deemed to have been fulfilled if the petractiles specified in columns 2 to 4 are not achieved by a proportion of the overall population aot exceeding the value of 2 specified in column 6. 5.23 The deformation properties including the suitability for bending under the conditions specified in DIN 1048 sha'l be contidered given if the requirements on the rabond test or the bend test t the weld point as specified in table 1 (tines 9 to 12) are fulfilled. 5.24 The data given in table 1 (lines 16 10 1) shall apply for the chemical composition (cast analysis an ‘product analysis) In conjunction with the specifications given in DIN 488 Part 7 5.2.5 The reinforcing steel grades complying with thi standerd shall be suitable for welding by the processes listed ia table 1 (line 20). ‘The specifications given in DIN 488 Part 7 shall apply for the verification of weldability of rainforcing stae! grades BSt420S and BSt 5005. Proof of weldability shall be considered furnished for feinforcing steel grade BSt 800 M and for reinforcing wire if the values pertaining to the chemical composition specified in table 1 are maintained. 5.2.6 The requirements on the surface geometry, on the dimensions and permissible dimensional deviations are specified in DIN 488 Port 2 for reinforcing steel bars and jn DIN 498 Part 4 for reinforcing tee! fabries and rein- Forcing wire. 6 Product labelling 6.1. Marking the steel grade 6.1.1 Goneral ‘The different grades of reinforcing stel are distinguished by way of the surface geometry and/or the processing form of the product (see also DIN 488 Part 2 and Part 4), 6.1.2. Reinforcing steel bars 4) Grade 88t 420 S reinforcing tee! bars shall be marked by means of two opposed rows of parallel oblique ribs, Except in the 268 of reinforcing steel bars made by cold twisting, the oblique ribs shall be at differing Intervals on either half of the circumference (see figure 1), b) Grade @St 600 $ reinforcing steel bars shall be marked by two rows of oblique ribs, one row consisting of parallel oblique ribs and the other of ribs with alter- ‘ating angles of inclination towerds the axis of the” bar (see figure 2). 6.13. Reinforcing ste! fabric Grade BSt S00 M reinforcing steel fabrics can be identified by their form and the ribbing on their bars;Page 4 DIN 488 Part 1 the bara in the rainforcing steel fabrics shal have three rows of oblique ribs, each over a portion of the circum ference of approximately d «7/3. 6.1.4 Reinforcing wis See subclause 8.4 6.2 entification af the producer works 6.2.1 General ‘The reinforcing steels shall bear the producer's symbol specitied for the relavant producer works 1. 6.2.2 Reinforcing steel bars 6.2.2.1 The country in which the stee! was produced and the producer works shall each be identified by a specific number of normal oblique ribs between thickened oblique ribs in accordance with the system illustrated in figures 1 and 2. 6.2.2.2 The works symbol shall begin with two thickened oblique ribs. The flld for Identifying the country shall follow with a specified number of normal oblique rips finishing with a thickened rib, The works number shall then follow giving a specified number of normal ‘oblique ribs (soe figures 1 and 2, example a); this field ‘can also be divided into 0 tens and a units field by means of 2 thickened oblique rib (see figures 1 and 2, example bi ‘Again, @ thickened oblique rib shall be used to indicate the end of the marking. 6.2.2.3. The works symbol shall be repeated along the bar at intervals of approximately 1 m. 1) The fastitut fir Boutechnik, Reichpletschuter 72—76, 10-1000 Berlin 30 keeps an index of valid works symbols, Direction of reading a TITITTTTTITTLTATIT ITT A ————— VANAAANAAA AANA i Start Country ‘1 Works LTITILITTTTTTTITITT TIT) Nee Es ae Stet Country Works Figure 1. Labelling of reinforcing steel bar grade BSt 4205 Exampie a): country No. 2, works No. . Example 0}; country No. 3, works No. 21. Direction of reading (VAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVATAL AMAA, rr Ee DAMA, Ve Start County Works Figure 2. Laballing of reinforcing steel bar grade BSt 600 Example a): country No. 1, works No. 8. Exampie 6): country No. 5, works No. 16,8.2.3 Reinforcing stoe fabrics 6.2.3.1 Reinforcing steel fabrics shal be provided with 12 weather-resistont label showing the producer works number and the fabric designation. 62.3.2 In addition, one of the thrae rows of ribs on the boars shall be marked in accordance with the system illustrated in Figure 3. 62.3.3. The works symbol is determined by the number of oblique ribs Iying batwaen shorter or poirt-form, additional ribs (ze figure 3, example a). Labelting may also be effected by means of increased distances between ‘the ribs {omission of a rib, see figure 3, exemple b) inst: ad of these thorter ribs or points, 7. Delivery certificate 7.1 Reinforcing steel produced in sccordance with this standard hall be supplied with a numbered delivery certificate providing the following information: a) producer and works; bb) works symbol or works number; €) inspection mark; 4) full designation of the reinforcing steel; ) quantity supplied; #) delivery date: 9) recipient. 72. Where reinforcing ste! is supplied by a stockist or from a bending rill, the supplier shall confirm in the delivery certificate éhat he only obtains reinforcing steel from producer works which ere subject to inspection in accordance with DIN 488 Part 6. & Reinforcing wire 8.1. Classification into grades, manufacturing process, form of wire on delivery Reinforcing wire shall be produced by cole forming in the steet grades listed {n subclause 3.3 and normally supplied in the form of wire (in coils). a ae DIN 4a8 Part 1 Page S “The products shall have a smooth surface (grade BSt 500 G, material number 1.0464, symbol IV G), or a profiled surfacs (grade BSt 500 P, material number 1.0465, symbol IV P) (see also DIN 488 Part 4) 82. Delivery and application 82.1. Reinforcing wire shall only be supplied by works producing welded reinforcing steel fabrics. It shall be supplied to the processor directly from the producer works 8.2.2 Processing of reinforcing wire shall be restricted 10 factory-made reinforcements, the fabrication, super- vision and use of which is subject to technical building specifications (e.g, DIN 4035 or DIN 4223), 83. Requirements The reouirements specified in columns 4 and 6 of tabla 1 shall é ply for reinforcing wire with the exception of the specifications givan in lines 7,8, 12, 13 and 18, 8.4 Labelling 8.4.1 The individual colls shell be provided with a ‘weather-resistant label giving the producer works aumber and the nominal diameter of the product. 8.42. In addition to the requirements of subclause 8.4.1, ‘grade BSt 500 P protiled reinforcing wire shall bear a ‘works symbo! in accordance with the system illustraned in figure 4, In thet system, the works number is intro- duced either by an indented square, sex perpendicular ‘0 the axis (figure 4, example a), or by two indented parallelepipeds (figure 4, example b), and is to be read by counting the raised spaces between the following indentations. oo » EEEEEPEPEEEPEPEEPTPR 4 Dirsetion of rading Start Tens > Units Dirgotion of reading fp Ditgotion of reading Figure 3, Worke aymbol for reinforcing stel fabrics Example a): works No, 45. Example 6): works No. 40 (= 3- 10+ 10),Page 6 DIN 488 Part 1 Start Tens Units a Direction of reading Start Tens Units att — » Z Direction of reading pee es weir ot ee Figure 4. Works symbol for profiled reinforcing wire Example a): works No. 35. Example b): works No. 68. Standards referred to DIN. 488 Part2 (at present at the stage of draft) Reinforcing steel; reinforcing stee! bars; dimensions and masses DIN 488 Part (at present atthe stage of draft) Reinforcing ste IN 488 Pert 4 [at present at the stage of draft) Reinforcing steel; reinforcing steel fabrics and reinforcing wi corstruction, dimensions and masses reinforcing steel bars; resting DIN. 486 Part (at present at the stage of draft) Reinforcing steel; reinforcing steel fabrics and reinforcing wire; testing DIN. 488 Part6 at present at the stage of draft) Reinforcing steel; inspection DIN 488 Part 7 (at present et the stage of draft) Reinforcing steel verification of weldability of reinforcing steet boars; test procadure ang evaluation Reinforced concrete pipes, reinforced concrete pressure pipes and associated reinforced concrete DIN 1045, Conerete and reinforced concrete; design and construction DIN 4036 fittings; dimensions, technical daivery conditions DIN 4223 {at present at the stage of draft] Autoclaved aerated conere inforcad components DIN 4227 Part 1 Prestressed concrete; partially or fully prestressed structural components made from normal concrete Previous editions DIN 498: 07.23, 05.92, 03.99; DIN 488 Part 1: 04.72 Amendments ‘The amendments made in comparison with the April 1972 edition relate to the following: 2) classification into stee! grades; b) weldabitiry of the steels: €) mechanical and technological properties: ¢) see Explanatory notes for further amendments. Explanatory notes ‘This revised edition of DIN 488 Part 1 was prepared in 2 joint committne of the Normenausschuss Eisen und Seah! (Iron and Steel Standards Committee) and the Normensu:schuss Bauweten (Building Standarés Committee), in which the producers and users of rein- forcing steel, the bullding authorities, test institutes and universities are represented. This joint committee is also dealing with the revision of the previous editions of DIN 488 Part 2 to Part 6 and the preparation af a naw Part 7 with spacificatiane relating to the verification of woldsbility of eeinforcing steel. Italso acts as the national committee reflacting the international standardization werk on reinforcing steel. Discussions an the revision of EURONORM 80 (Relnforcing bars, not for prestressing) (present edition, March 1969) and on the preparation of 4 first editior, of @ corresponding ISO Standard (DP 6935/2, a present fifth proposal, September 1981, Document number tSO/TC 17/SC 16 N 211) are at pret tent in progress and have been taken Into consideration. in the discussions dealing with the revision of the DIN 488 series of standards, ‘The main alms of the revision of the DIN Standard were ‘to reduce the number of grades covered by the standards, to include weldable reinforcing steels only and to adopt, the reinforcing steel bar BSt 500 § (IV 5).Classification into grades 8} The transverse ribbed reinforcing steel bar BSt 22/34 AU (Jf whieh has not been produced fer some years has now been withdrawn from the stendard bb) The smooth reinforcing steel bar BSt 22/94 GU (1G) which is nx systematically produced! under continuous Inspectior has similarly been omitted. In future, its © place can be taken by the weldable structural stee! $t 37-2 complying with DIN 17 100 (see DIN 1013 Part 1 end Part 2 for dimensions and permissible deviations). The question of which reinforcing ste’ grades should be specified for single bar reinforcement was of particular importance. At first, a majority in the tachnical committee supported the proposal of specifying just one grade, having regerl to the adven- ‘tages for the simplification of production and stock keeping, the harmonization of the conditions of provessing and utilization and the avoidance of materials identity problems. This grade was 10 be grade BSt 500 (reinforcing steel bar IV) with 2 characteristic yield strength of 500 N/enm2, winien has been generally approved by the building in spectorates in Germany for about ten years, has been specified in EURONORM 80 since 1969 and i intended also to be Included in the proposed 1S0 Standerd. However, this proposal was rejected By the ‘everwheliaing majority of the users in their comments fon the draft for DIN 488 Part 1 published in February 4983 on this basis. Most contractors, professional associations in the construction industry and fngineering offices could see no substential technical ‘or econemie advantages in the restriction to grade BSt 800: they requested, also having regard to harmonization with international delivery conditions ‘and the simpler application of the DIN Standard when building abroad, the retention of a reinforcing stee} with a eharseteristic yield strength of 420 Nim? [BSt 420), for which st present there is the greatest demand. Following this request, it was decided in the conciuc: ing discussions to include both grades of reinforcing steal in the final version of the revised edition of DIN 488 Part 1, The relevant manufacturing processes {are mentioned in subclause 5.1.1 4) In sccordance with today’s demand, only the ribbed grade of welded reinforcing steel fabrics BSt 500 M {previously BSt 50/85 RK) has been s..ndardized, Non-welded reinforcing steel fabrics have not been produced in Germany for many years “The delivery and application conditions described in clause 8 specify steel grades BSt 500 G (smooth) and BSt 500 P (profiled) for reinforcing wire, which has been included for the firs time, ‘ ‘The ronge of nominal diameters for reinforcing ste! bars has remained unchanged at dy = 6 to 28 mim. The same applies for the range of nominal diameters 4, = 4 to 12 mm for reinforcing steel fabrics; however, there are restricting conditions for the use of nominal diameters d, = 4 and 4,5 mm (see footnote 4 to table 1 5) Both EURONORM 80 (present draft for the revised edition, June 1983) and the proposes ISO Stendard DIN 488 Part 1 Page 7 specify two grades with yiold strength values of 400 ‘and 500 N/mm2 and nominal diameters up t0 4, © 50 mm for single bar ralntorcament. The 1S0 Standard is intended also to cover a hot ralled rein- forcing steel bar with @ nominal yield strength of 300 N/men2, for which there is no interest in Germany. ‘The grades for the reinforcing steel fabrics have not vet been standardized on the International lev’. Properties of the steals hi All grades of reinforcing steel specified in this standare are suitable tor welding by the processes stated in ‘able 1 [line 20) (see also subclause 5.2.6). The standard thereby takes account of the fact that the umber of unplanned, uncontrolled and sometimes Lunavoidable welds on site has also increased for the ‘grades which were not previously considered weldable in the DIN 488 series of standards, Furthermore, development in the techniques of reinforcement in Germany have led to reinforcement being pre- dominantly supplied to the site ready bert and pre- fabricated into unite by bending mills. Joints are increasingly made by welding (processet € and RF) in this process. The decision only to cover weldable steels in DIN 488 Pare 1 isin line with the desire or imoroved satety and harmonization of processing onditions; at he same time, It permits a reduction in the previous multiplicity af grades, Ix should be noved that only weldable stels will be specified in the ravised edition of EURONORM £0. 1) The new grade 8St 420 § {III S) also includes the previous grade BSt 42/50 RK (II) X). tis essentially istinguished from grade BSt42/50 RU ill U) previously standardized, as regards the chemicel composition {see table 1, ines 16 to 19) which has been specified in order to ensure weldability. 7) rrominal values of yield steength, tensile strength and elongation after fracture, besic for dimensioning ir ‘accordance with DIN 1045, have not been amended from those for grade HI U. “The values of elongttion after fracture in the inter- national delivery conditions relate to proportional barswith a gauge length Lo = 5 do (Ag). However the standards in the DIN 48 series will continue to specify the long proportional bar (Lo = 10dp or ‘Ayg). The view of the technical cornmittee wes that the short bar was less sultable for an assessment of ‘the steels as the proportion of necking elongation ‘vould be mare likely teconceal the uniform elongation in tho 2 consequence of measuring errors, the Randord deviat ons would be sreater than those for long proportional bars. i) No values have been specified for the uniform elon gation of the steels, An international research ro Cramme is at present under way on the Europesn level to establish the most suitable method of termining the uniform elongation and to collect the associated test values; the results ofthis programme ‘are nat yet available 1) The specifications relating to the rebend test (table 1, lines to 71) do not stand ia a direct relationship to the minimum values specified in DIN 1048, December 1978 ecivion, table 18, for the bend mandrel diameter ‘or brackets, loops and binders as well as for bent surements and,Page 8 DIN 488 Part 1 beams. The rebend testis solely intended to test the deformability of the reinforcing stel. Suitability for bending under the cunditions specified in DIN 1045 is considered assured if the requirements of table 1 are complied with. It should be noted that the international standards specify greater bend mandrel diameters for the rebend test than does DIN 488 Part 1 ml Experiments carried out under laboratory conditions fon the bending behaviour of the ceinforcing steels at ‘temperatures of 250°C to 110°C gave a very wide scatter of results, very dependent on the method by which the products were produced, a8 was also the case with peoperty changes atter cooling. Conclusions regarding the properties of the steel during and after high temperature bending under site conditions are only conditionally possible as the circumstances International Patent Classification Eoacso1 heating, cooling) are not defined in such a case. It has, therefore, not been possible to define genera applicable specifications in this standard, Labelling of the products 1) The specifications relating to the labelling of reinforcing steals BSt 420 § and BSt 600 $ by means of a specific arrangement of the oblique ribs (see subclause 6.1.2), correspond to current practice in labelling weldable Grades. Identical specifications are Included in EURO- NORM 80. ‘The nature of the labelling of the producer works remains essentially the same axcept that the start of ‘the symbol for reinforcing steel bars in the DIN 488 series of standards consists of two consecutive ‘thickened oblique ribs.