BS EN 12863-2005 Transportable gas cylinders — Per

BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12863:2002IncorporatingAmendmentNo.1Transportablegascylinders—PeriodicinspectionandmaintenanceofdissolvedacetylenecylindersTheEuropeanStandardEN12863:2002,withtheincorporationofamendmentA1:2005,hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.020.30BSEN12863:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon9August2002©BSIAugust2006ISBN0580401405NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12863:2002,includingamendmentA1:2005.ItsupersedesBS6071:1981whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePVE/3,Gascontainers,toSubcommitteePVE/3/7,Gascylinder(receptacle)operations,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to26andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateComments16330August2006Replacementoftextin6.2.3andadditionofnewAnnexFEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN12863June2002+A1November2005ICS23.020.30EnglishversionTransportablegascylinders-PeriodicinspectionandmaintenanceofdissolvedacetylenecylindersBouteillesàgaztransportables-Contrôleetentretienpériodiquesdesbouteillesd'acétylènedissousOrtsbeweglicheGasflaschen-WiederkehrendePrüfungundInstandhaltungvonGasflaschenfürgelöstesAcetylenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon6March2002.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050BRUSSELS©2002CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGRef.No.EN12863:2002EEN12863:2002(E)2ContentspageForeword....................................................................................................................................................................3Introduction...............................................................................................................................................................41Scope.............................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences...................................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions..................................................................................................................................54General..........................................................................................................................................................65Preparationofgascylinder.........................................................................................................................76Inspectionandmaintenance.......................................................................................................................87Identificationofcontent.............................................................................................................................118Markings......................................................................................................................................................119Records..............................