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EVS-EN 12081:2017

Railway applications - Axleboxes - Lubricating greases

General information

Withdrawn from 31.12.2025
Base Documents
EN 12081:2017
ICS Groups
75.100 Lubricants, industrial oils and related products
Directives or regulations
2016/797 Interoperability of the rail system

Although the standard’s status is withdrawn, it still has the presumption of conformity in the meaning of regulation 2016/797 and conformance with the regulation ’s requirements can be guaranteed by using the withdrawn version of the standard. The presumption of conformity is valid until a corresponding amendment is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
 
To view the latest lists of harmonised standards published in the Official Journal of the European Union, visit: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/european-standards/harmonised-standards/

Standard history

Status
Date
Type
Name
31.12.2025
Main
EVS-EN 12081:2025
18.09.2017
Main
EVS-EN 12081:2017
05.01.2011
Main + amendment
EVS-EN 12081:2008+A1:2010
This European Standard specifies the quality requirements of greases intended for the lubrication of axlebox rolling bearings according to prEN 12080, required for reliable operation of trains on European networks. It covers the approval procedure for a not yet approved grease, the management of modification for an approved grease and the method of quality batch control of the grease. The grease requirements are given for two speed classes.

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Standards designation

EVS Estonian standard
EN European standard (published by an CEN or CENELEC)
EN ISO International standard adopted as an European standard
ISO International Organization for Standardization’s standard
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission’s standard
HD CENELEC’s harmonisation document
   
EVS-EN European standard implemented in Estonia
EVS-EN ISO International standard adopted in Europe and implemented in Estonia
EVS-EN ISO/IEC International standard/International electrotechnical standard adopted in Europe and implemented in Estonia
EVS-IEC International electrotechnical standard implemented in Estonia
EVS-ISO International standard implemented in Estonia
   
A, AMD amedment
+A a full standard plus the amendment
/A only amendment
COR, AC corrigendum
+COR a full standard plus the corrigendum
NA national annex
+NA a full standard plus the national annex
/NA only national annex
TS technical specification
TR technical report
CWA agreement, developed by a CEN or CENELEC
prEVS-EN (etc) draft standard
   
et the standard is in Estonian only
en the standard is in English only
et-en the standard is in Parallel text Estonian-English