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Test sieving is specified in a number of national & international standards as an obligatory testing method for a wide variety of analytical and industrial processes. Most of these standards require the used sieves to comply with specific technical requirements outlined in dedicated sieving standards such as ISO 3310 or ASTM E11 / E 323. The following list provides an overview of the sieves required by various standards:
DIN EN 196-6: Methods of testing cement – Part 6: Determination of finenesst
- 90 µm
- 2,00 mm
DIN EN 206: Concrete – Specification, performance, production and conformity
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN 459-2: Building lime – Part 2: Test methods
- 90 µm
- 200 µm
- 2,00 mm
- 5,00 mm
- 10,0 mm
DIN EN 615: Fire protection – Fire extinguishing media – Specifications for powders (other than class D powders)
- 40 µm
- 63 µm
- 125 µm
- 425 µm
DIN EN ISO 658: Oilseeds – Determination of content of impurities (ISO 658:2002)
- 0,5 mm Round
- 1,0 mm Round
- 2,0 mm Round
DIN ISO 706: Rubber latex – Determination of coagulum content (sieve residue) (ISO 706:2004)
- 180 µm
DIN 1045-2: Concrete, reinforced and prestressed concrete structures – Part 2: Concrete – Specification, properties, production and conformity – Application rules for DIN EN 206-1
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN 1015-1: Methods of test for mortar for masonry – Part 1: Determination of particle size distribution (by sieve analysis)
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
Test Sieve Set for the Analysis of Masonry Mortar according to EN 1015
DIN EN 1177: Impact attenuating playground surfacing – Methods of test for determination of impact attenuation
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
Test Sieves for Particle Size Distribution Analysis in Aggregates
DIN EN 1235: Solid fertilizers – Test sieving (ISO 8397:1988, modified) (including Amendment A1:2003)
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN 1367-8: Tests for thermal and weathering properties of aggregates – Part 8: Determination of resistance to disintegration of Lightweight Aggregates
- 8,00 mm
- 16,0 mm
- 31,5 mm
DIN EN 1424: Road marking materials – Premix glass beads
- 53 µm
- 90 µm
- 150 µm
- 250 µm
- 300 µm
- 355 µm
- 425 µm
- 600 µm
- 850 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 1,18 mm
DIN EN ISO 1927-3: Qualitative classification of softwood round timber – Part 3: Larches and Douglas fir
- 63 µm
- 125 µm
- 250 µm
- 500 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 4,00 mm
- 8,00 mm
- 16,0 mm
DIN 1989-2: Rainwater harvesting systems – Part 2: Filters
- 125 µm
- 250 µm
DIN EN ISO 3549: Zinc dust pigments for paints – Specifications and test methods
- 45 µm
- 90 µm
- 125 µm
DIN EN 3875: Aerospace series – Metallic materials, Filler metal for brazing – Technical specification
- 45 µm
- 106 µm
- 125 µm
DIN 4030-2: Assessment of water, soil and gases for their aggressiveness to concrete – Part 2: Sampling and analysis of water and soil samples
- 90 µm
- 2,00 mm
DIN ISO 4497: Metallic powders; determination of particle size by dry sieving
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN ISO 4576: Plastics – Polymer dispersions – Determination of sieve residue (gross particle and coagulum content)
- 45 µm
- 63 µm
- 90 µm
- 125 µm
- 180 µm
DIN 4924: Sands and gravels for well construction – Requirements and testing
- 315 µm
- 400 µm
- 710 µm
- 800 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 1,25 mm
- 1,60 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 2,50 mm
- 3,15 mm
- 4,00 mm
- 5,60 mm
- 8,00 mm
- 16,0 mm
- 31,5 mm
- 63,0 mm
DIN EN ISO 5223: Test sieves for cereals
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN ISO 5529: Wheat – Determination of the sedimentation index – Zeleny test
- 150 µm
DIN ISO 6745: Zinc phosphate pigments for paints – Specifications and methods of test
- 45 µm
DIN EN ISO 8130-1: Coating powders – Part 1: Determination of particle size distribution by sieving
- 32 µm
- 38 µm
- 45 µm
- 53 µm
- 63 µm
- 75 µm
- 90 µm
- 106 µm
- 125 µm
- 150 µm
- 180 µm
- 212 µm
- 250 µm
- 300 µm
DIN EN ISO 10082: Plastics – Phenolic resins – Classification and test methods
- 250 µm
- 1,00 mm
DIN 10355: Milled cereal products – requirements, types and testing
- 160 µm
- 224 µm
- 315 µm
- 500 µm
- 800 µm
DIN V 10376: Analysis of tobacco and tobacco products – Determination of size of the fillers of cigars and cigarillos by means of sieve analysis
- 1,40 mm
- 1,80 mm
- 2,50 mm
DIN 10451: Determination of “fixed ash” of caseins; reference method
- 500 µm
DIN 10765: Analysis of coffee and coffee products – Determination of particle size of ground roasted coffee – Air-jet sieving method
- 40 µm
- 63 µm
- 100 µm
- 250 µm
- 500 µm
- 1,00 mm
DIN 10806: Analysis of tea – Preparation of ground sample of defined dry matter content
- 500 µm
DIN EN ISO 11125-1: Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products – Test methods for metallic blast-cleaning abrasives – Part 1: Sampling
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN ISO 11127-1: Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products – Test methods for non-metallic blast-cleaning abrasives – Part 1: Sampling
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN ISO 11277: Soil quality – Determination of particle size distribution in mineral soil material – Method by sieving and sedimentation
- 63 µm
- 150 µm
- 212 µm
- 300 µm
- 425 µm
- 600 µm
- 1,18 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 3,35 mm
- 5,00 mm
- 6,30 mm
- 10,0 mm
- 14,0 mm
- 20,0 mm
- 28,0 mm
- 37,5 mm
- 50,0 mm
DIN 11540: Peats for horticulture and landscape gardening – Properties, test methods, specifications
- 200 µm
- 500 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 4,00 mm
- 10,0 mm
- 16,0 mm
- 31,5 mm
DIN EN 12130: Feather and down – Test methods – Determination of the fill power (massic volume)
- 180 µm
DIN EN 12192-1: Products and systems for the protection and repair of concrete structures – Granulometry analysis – Part 1: Test method for dry components of premixed mortar
- 63 µm
- (90 µm)
- 125 µm
- 250 µm
- 500 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 4,00 mm
- (5,60 mm)
- 8,00 mm
DIN EN 12485: Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption – Calcium carbonate, high-calcium lime, half-burnt dolomite, magnesium oxide, calcium magnesium carbonate and dolomitic lime – Test methods
- 90 µm
- 600 µm
- 2,00 mm
DIN EN 12620: Aggregates for concrete; German and English version
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN 12697-2: Bituminous mixtures – Test methods – Part 2: Determination of particle size distribution
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN 12860: Gypsum based adhesives for gypsum blocks – Definitions, requirements and test methods
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
Test Sieves for the Norm-Compliant Reference Check of Gypsum & Mortar
DIN EN 12878: Pigments for the colouring of building materials based on cement and/or lime – Specifications and methods of test
- 63 µm
- 90 µm
- 2,00 mm
DIN EN 12902: Products used for treatment of water intended for human consumption – Inorganic supporting and filtering materials – Methods of test
- 25 µm aufwärts
DIN EN 12904: Products used for treatment of water intended for human consumption – Silica sand and silica gravel
- Siehe EN 12902
DIN EN 12948: Liming materials – Determination of size distribution by dry and wet sieving
- Aus ISO 565 nach DIN ISO 3310-1 und 3310-2
DIN EN 13040: Soil improvers and growing media – Sample preparation for chemical and physical tests, determination of dry matter content, moisture content and laboratory compacted bulk density
- 2,00 mm Round
- 20 mm
- 25 mm
- 40 mm
DIN EN 13043: Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments for roads, airfields and other trafficked areas
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN 13055: Lightweight aggregates
- Primary & Expansion Sets 1 & 2 (ref. DIN 12620)
DIN EN 13108-21: Bituminous mixtures – Material specifications – Part 21: Factory Production Control
- 63 µm
- 2,00 mm
- Characertistic Coarse Grain Sieve
- Characertistic Fine Grain Sieve
DIN EN 13139: Aggregates for mortar
- 63 µm
- 125 µm
- 250 µm
- 500 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 4,00 mm
- 8,00 mm
DIN EN 13242: Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials for use in civil engineering work and road construction
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN 13279-1: Gypsum binders and gypsum plasters – Part 1: Definitions and requirements
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
Test Sieves for the Norm-Compliant Reference Check of Gypsum & Mortar
DIN EN 13285: Unbound mixtures – Specifications
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN 13450: Aggregates for railway ballast
- 63 µm
- 500 µm
- 8,00 mm
- 16,0 mm
- 22,4 mm
- (25,0 mm)
- 31,5 mm
- 40,0 mm
- 50,0 mm
- 63,0 mm
- 80,0 mm
DIN EN 13639: Determination of total organic carbon in limestone
- 90 µm
DIN EN 13963: Jointing materials for gypsum boards – Definitions, requirements and test methods
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
Test Sieves for the Norm-Compliant Reference Check of Gypsum & Mortar
DIN EN 14016-2: Binders for magnesite screeds – Caustic magnesia and magnesium chloride – Part 2: Test methods
- 90 µm
- 1,25 mm
DIN EN 15346: Plastics – Recycled plastics – Characterization of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) recyclates
- 250 µm
- 500 µm
- 850 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 3,15 mm
- 4,00 mm
- 6,30 mm
- 8,00 mm
- 12,5 mm
DIN EN 15415-1: Solid recovered fuels – Determination of particle size distribution – Part 1: Screen method for small dimension particles
- 200 µm
- 400 µm
- 800 µm
- 1,60 mm
- 3,15 mm
- 6,30 mm
- 12,5 mm
- 25,0 mm
- 50,0 mm
- 100 mm
- 125 mm
DIN EN 15428: Soil improvers and growing media – Determination of particle size distribution
- 1,00 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 4,00 mm
- 8,00 mm
- 16,0 mm
- 31,5 mm
DIN EN 15587: Cereal and cereal products – Determination of Besatz in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.), rye (Secale cereale L.), triticale (Triticosecale Wittmack spp.) and feed barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
- 1,0 x 20,0 mm Slotted Aperture
- 1,8 x 20,0 mm Slotted Aperture
- 1,9 x 20,0 mm Slotted Aperture
- 2,0 x 20,0 mm Slotted Aperture
- 2,2 x 20,0 mm Slotted Aperture
- 3,55 x 20,0 mm Slotted Aperture
DIN EN 15928: Fertilizers – Determination of the fineness of grinding (dry procedure)
- 160 µm
- 630 µm
DIN CEN/TS 16305:2012-04;DIN SPEC 10786: Liming materials – Determination of the dust content of granular liming materials before and after simulated handling conditions
- 1,00 mm
DIN EN 16811: Winter service equipment and products – De-icing agents – Part 1: Sodium chloride – Requirements and test methods
- 125 µm
- 800 µm
- 1,60 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 3,15 mm
- 5,00 mm
- 6,30 mm
- 10,0 mm
- 20,0 mm
DIN EN ISO 17225: Solid biofuels – Fuel specifications and classes – Part 1: General requirements
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN ISO 17827-1: Solid biofuels – Determination of particle size distribution for uncompressed fuels – Part 1: Oscillating screen method using sieves with apertures of 3,15 mm and above
- 63,0 mm
- 45,0 mm
- 16,0 mm
- 8,00 mm
- 3,15 mm Round
DIN EN ISO 17827-2: Solid biofuels – Determination of particle size distribution for uncompressed fuels – Part 2: Vibrating screen method using sieves with aperture of 3,15 mm and below (formerly DIN EN 15149)
- 250 µm
- 500 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 1,40 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 2,80 mm
- 3,15 mm Round
DIN EN ISO 17892-4: Geotechnical investigation and testing – Laboratory testing of soil – Part 4: Determination of particle size distribution
- 38 µm
- 63 µm
- 125 µm
- 150 µm
- 212 µm
- 250 µm
- 300 µm
- 355 µm
- 425 µm
- 500 µm
- 600 µm
- 710 µm
- 1,18 mm
- 1,40 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 3,35 mm
- 4,00 mm
- 5,00 mm
- 5,60 mm
- 6,30 mm
- 8,00 mm
- 10,0 mm
- 11,2 mm
- 14,0 mm
- 16,0 mm
- 20,0 mm
- 22,4 mm
- 28,0 mm
- 31,5 mm
- 37,5 mm
- 45,0 mm
- 50,0 mm
- 63,0 mm
DIN 18035-7: Sports grounds – Part 7: Synthetic turf areas
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
Test Sieves for Particle Size Distribution Analysis in Aggregates
DIN 18123: Baugrund, Untersuchung von Bodenproben – Bestimmung der Korngrößenverteilung (Retracted)
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN EN ISO 18846: Solid biofuels – Determination of fines content in quantities of pellets
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN 18946: Earth masonry mortar – Requirements, test and labelling
- 125 µm
- 250 µm
- 500 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 2,00 mm
- 4,00 mm
- 8,00 mm
DIN 19573: Mortar for construction and rehabilitation of drains and sewers outside buildings
- ref. DIN EN 12192-1
DIN 22019-1: Investigations of the raw material in hard-coal-mining; determination of the particle-size-distribution >20 µm by sieve-analysis
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN 44872: Testing of electromagnesia
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN 51030: Testing of ceramic raw and basic materials – Determination of dry bending strength of unfired products
- 1,00 mm
- 2,00 mm
DIN 51938: Testing of carbonaceous materials – Determination of particle size distribution by sieving – Solid matters
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN 52098: Aggregates test methods – Determination of particle size distribution by wet sieving
- Ref. DIN 66165 and EN-933
DIN 52115-2: Test methods for aggregates – Part 2: Impact test on crushed and broken aggregates larger than 32 mm
- 8,00 mm
- 31,5 mm
- 40,0 mm
DIN 53477: Testing of plastics – Determination of particle size distribution of moulding materials by dry sieving analysis
➡ Details & Sieve Specifications
DIN 53583: Testing of pigments – Determination of fines content and of loss in mass by abrasion of pelletized carbon black pigments
- 125 µm
DIN 54407: Testing of ion exchange resins – Determination of bead size distribution
- 250 µm
- 315 µm
- 400 µm
- 500 µm
- 630 µm
- 710 µm
- 800 µm
- 1,00 mm
- 1,12 mm
- 1,25 mm
- 1,60 mm
DIN 55473: Auxiliary means of packaging – Desiccant in bag – Technical delivery conditions
- 250 µm
- 6,30 mm
DIN 55607: Pigments and extenders – Dispersion of pigments in powder coatings and their colorimetric evaluation after application
- 100 bis 125 µm
DIN 55625-4: Extenders for plastics – Part 4: Whiting, specifications and methods of test
- 45 µm
DIN 55625-5: Extenders for plastics – Part 5: Natural crystalline calcium carbonate (NCC), specifications and methods of test
- 45 µm
DIN 55625-6: Extenders for plastics – Part 6: Precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), specifications and methods of test
- 45 µm
DIN 55625-7: Extenders for plastics – Part 7: Dolomite, specifications and methods of test
- 45 µm
DIN 55902: Pigments – Zinc chromate pigments, requirements and test methods
- 40 µm
DIN 55903: Pigments – Strontium chromate pigments, requirements and test methods
- 40 µm
DIN 55910: Pigments – Lithopone – Specifications and methods of test
- 45 µm
DIN 55923: Pigments; aluminium pigments and aluminium pigment pastes for paints; technical delivery specifications
- 40 µm
- 71 µm
- 160 µm
DIN 55968: Pigments – Industrial carbon blacks (lamp black, furnace black, gas black) – Requirements and methods of test
- 45 µm
DIN 58751-1: Production in optical engineering – Abrasives for optical engineering – Part 1: Requirements
- 50 µm
- 63 µm
- 71 µm
- 90 µm
- 100 µm
- 125 µm
- 140 µm
- 180 µm
- 200 µm
- 250 µm
- 355 µm
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 7: Agriculture
- 2.5⁄64 in (0,992 mm) RL
- 4⁄64 in (1,587 mm) RL
- 1⁄13 in (1,9 mm) RL
- 5⁄64 in (1,98 mm) RL
- 6⁄64 in (2,381 mm) RL
- 6.5/64 in (2,58 mm) RL
- 8⁄64 in (3,175 mm) RL
- 5⁄32 in (3,97 mm) RL
- 12/64 in (4,76 mm) RL
- 1,00 mm QL
- 5⁄64 in (1,98 mm) DL
- 0.064 x 3/8 in (1,63 x 9,53 mm) SL
- 5⁄64 x 3/4 in (1,98 x 19,0 mm) SL
- 5.5⁄64 x 3/4 in (2,18 x 19,0 mm) SL
- 6⁄64 x 3/4 in (2,38 x 19,0 mm) SL
- No. 30 Sieve (600 µm mesh)