IS 1056 : 2004 Commercial Weights - Specification

ICS 01.060 PGD 26
Reaffirmed 2021

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes the requirements of the following categoriesof solid and sheet metal weights intended for use in normal commercialtransactions:

a) Iron weights, hexagonal (50 kg to 50 g);
b) Brass and bronze weights (10 kg to 1 g); and
c) Sheet metal weights (500 mg to 1 mg).

1.2 It does not cover proportional weights that are used, for instance, incertain types of weighing machines, weigh-bridges, etc.

2 References

IS 210 : 1993 Grey iron castings - Specification

IS 292 : 1983 Leaded brass ingots and castings

IS 306 : 1983 Tin bronze ingots and castings

IS 319 : 1989 Free-cutting leaded brass bars, rods and sections

IS 410 : 1977 Cold rolled brass sheet, strip and foil

IS 737 : 1986 Wrought aluminium and aluminium alloy sheet and strip for general engineering purposes

IS 1570 : Part 5 : 1985 Schedules for wrought steels: Part 5 Stainless and heat resisting steels

IS 1977 : 1996 Low tensile structural steel - Specification