BS EN 14876-2007 Transportable gas cylinders — Per

BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN14876:2007Transportablegascylinders—PeriodicinspectionandtestingofweldedsteelpressuredrumsTheEuropeanStandardEN14876:2007hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.020.30  BSEN14876:2007ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon30April2007©BSI2007ISBN9780580505041NationalforewordThisBritishStandardwaspublishedbyBSI.ItistheUKimplementationofEN14876:2007.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePVE/3,Gascontainers,toSubcommitteePVE/3/7,Gascylinder(receptacle)operations.AlistoforganizationsrepresentedonPVE/3/7canbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandardcannotconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN14876January2007ICS23.020.30EnglishVersionTransportablegascylinders-PeriodicinspectionandtestingofweldedsteelpressuredrumsBouteillesàgaztransportables-ContrôlesetessaispériodiquesdesfûtsàpressionsoudésenacierOrtsbeweglicheGasflaschen-WiederkehrendePrüfungvongeschweißtenFässernausStahlThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon11November2006.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2007CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN14876:2007:EEN14876:2007(E)2ContentsPageForeword..............................................................................................................................................................3Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................41Scope......................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences............................................................................................................................53Intervalsbetweenperiodicinspectionandtest..................................................................................54Listofproceduresforperiodicinspectionandtest...........................................................................65Identificationofpressuredrumandpreparationforinspectionandtest........................................66Depressurizationandde-valvingprocedures.....................................................................................77Externalvisualinspection....................................................................................................................78Internalvisualinspection......................................................................................................................89Supplementarytests.............................................................................................................................810Inspectionofopenings.........................................................................................................................811Pressuretest..........................................................................................................................................912Pressuredrumrepair..........................................................................................................................1013Inspectionofvalves............................................................................................................................1114Finaloperations...................................................................................................................................1115Rejectionandrenderingpressuredrumunserviceable..................................................................13AnnexA(informative)PressuredrumsmanufacturedaccordingtoNationalRegulations....................14AnnexB(normative)Inspectionperiods..............................