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IS 14246 : 2024

CONTINUOUSLY PRE-PAINTED GALVANIZED STEEL SHEETS AND STRIPS - SPECIFICATION (Second Revision) Amendment - 1

Current edition: 2024

BIS department: MTD

What this standard covers

This standard covers the requirement of continuously pre-painted hot-dip galvanized steel sheets and coils. 1.2 Sheets and coils produced by uniformly coating and baking durable organic coating, for example, alkyd, epoxy, polyester, acrylic, etc; over one or both surfaces of galvanized steel sheets and coils using cold rolled steel sheets and coils as base.

Scope, quoted from IS 14246 : 2013 — the 2013 edition in the public archive, not the current IS 14246 : 2024. Read the full standard

The BIS registry lists the current edition as IS 14246 : 2024. The publicly archived copy quoted here is the 2013 edition, so wording and requirements may have changed since. Check the official BIS listing for what is in force.

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

  • 6.1 Sampling of Test Specimen
  • 6.2 Bend Test
  • 6.3 Pencil Hardness Test
  • 6.4 Impact Resistance Test
  • 6.5 Cross Hatch Test
  • 6.6 Other Tests
  • 9.4 Tolerances
  • 9.4.1 Thickness
  • 9.4.2 Width
  • 9.4.3 Length
  • 9.4.4 Mass

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “TESTS FOR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC COATING”, “DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES” in IS 14246 : 2013 (the 2013 archived edition; BIS lists 2024 as current). Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

  • 3 SUPPLY OF MATERIAL
  • 4 MANUFACTURE
  • 5 CLASSIFICATION OF DURABILITY OF ORGANIC COATING
  • 6 TESTS FOR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC COATING
  • 7 APPEARANCE
  • 8 SALT SPRAY TEST
  • 9 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES
  • 10 SHAPE
  • 11 INSPECTION
  • 12 PACKING AND TRANSPORTATION
  • 13 STORAGE AND HANDLING

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

  • IS 14246 : 2024 — current edition

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

Listed by product makers

3 products in the NirmanDost catalogue name this standard on their spec sheets — Cross T, Main T, Wall Angle. That is the maker’s own claim, copied as printed; we have not tested these products against the standard, and a spec sheet can cite the wrong code.

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Notes

  • Status and titles come from the official BIS published/withdrawn standards registry (standards.bis.gov.in exports, July 2026 snapshot). Editions change — verify on the BIS portal before contractual use.
  • The standard text is copyright BIS. NirmanDost shows registry metadata and links to the official source only — it never rehosts the document.
  • Generated 2026-07-27.