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Document # Revision Number

M/s Maini Construction WP/8.5.1/04 00
Equipments Private Limited, Author Date Effective
Palwal, Haryana 02-02-2023

Document Title
Procedure for Steel cutting and holing for plates and pipes

1. SCOPE:
a. This procedure establishes the procedure and tolerance for perpendicularity and
surface roughness after cutting, holing of plates, pipes
2. REFERENCE:
a. EN 1090-2
b. ISO: 9013
3. RESPONSIBILITIES:
a. The concerned Production Engineer is responsible for ensuring that the cutting and
holing process is being conducted as per requirement.
b. Quality team is responsible for ensuring compliance to the specified tolerance
4. GENERAL:
a. This procedure specifies the requirements for cutting, holing (drilling) of constituent
steel components before inclusion into scaffolding components.
b. Cutting shall be carried out in such a way that the requirements for geometrical
tolerances, and smoothness of free edges as specified in EN 1090-2 are met.
c. Cutting of steel pipes and sections are carried out using automated band saws
d. Plates are cut by plasma cutting machine and by shearing.
e. Holing (drilling) process is carried out drilling or punching.
f. Burrs that could cause injury or prevent the proper of sections shall be
removed

5. Cutting Tolerances
Cutting tolerances for plates and pipes shall be as per annexure A.
Tolerances on hole diameter shall comply with the following:
i. holes for fit bolts and fitted pins: class H11.
ii. thermally cut and other holes: –0,5/+0,5 mm.
the hole diameter being taken as the average of the maximum and minimum diameters.
6. Quality Records

1. CHANGE HISTORY LOG

Revision Effective Date Description of Changes

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Annexure A : Tolerances for cutting
Tolerance Table for Cutting (Pipe)
Mean
Perpendicularity
height of
Sr.No. thickness and angularity Remarks
profile
tolerance(mm)
tolerance(µ)
1 2.9 115.22 1.3015
2 3.2 115.76 1.312
3 3.6 116.48 1.326
4 4.0 117.2 1.340
5 4.5 118.1 1.3575

Tolerance Table for Cutting (Plate)

Mean
Perpendicularity
height of
Sr.No. thickness and angularity Remarks
profile
tolerance(mm)
tolerance(µ)
1 1.0 mm 111.80 1.235
2 1.6 mm 112.88 1.256
3 2.0 mm 113.60 1.270
4 3.6 mm 116.48 1.312
5 4.0 mm 117.20 1.340
6 5.0 mm 119.00 1.375

Annexure B : Tolerances for Holing (drilling)

Nominal Clearance for Holing
Nominal Holing diameter d 8,10,12,14 16,18,20,22 24 27 to 36
(mm)
Normal round holes c 1de 2 3
Oversize round holes 3 4 6 8
Short slotted holes 4
(On the overall length) f 6 8 10

Long slotted holes

(On the overall length) f 1,5 d