National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 12162:2001+A1:2009. It supersedes BS EN 12162:2001 which is withdrawn.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags. Tags indicating changes to CEN text carry the number of the CEN amendment. For example, text altered by CEN amendment A1 is indicated by .

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MCE/6, Pumps and pump testing.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 May 2001

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 January 2001 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 19 April 2009.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 12162:2001+A1:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN /TC 197, "Pumps", the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2009.

This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2009-04-19.

This document supersedes EN 12162:2001.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags .

This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this document.

Annex A is informative.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Introduction

CEN have prepared a series of related machinery safety standards, some of which are to be harmonised European Standards, in order to implement the essential requirements for health and safety set down in the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Directive. This European Standard is one of this series and provides the procedure to be used for a specific verification requirement of EN 809.

The subject of this European Standard is the proving of the integrity of pump parts intended to withstand internal pressure. It refers, therefore, to the in-process testing of pump parts so that each item may be considered to have been examined.

This European standard is a type C standard as stated in EN 1070.

1 Scope

This standard specifies the hydrostatic test procedure to be applied to pressure containing parts of all types of liquid pumps including any auxiliary equipment making up a pump unit as described in the scope of EN 809:1998, except :

domestic water pumps within the scope of EN 60335‑2‑41:1996 or EN 60335‑2‑51:1997 ;
domestic circulation pumps within the scope of EN 1151:1999 ;
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fire-fighting pumps with primers within the scope of EN 1028‑1:2002+A1:2008 and EN 1028‑2:2002+A1:2008;
pump parts with a maximum allowable working pressure below 0.1 bar.

Requirements are included for applying a hydrostatic test at different pressures to separate zones within a pump which are subject to different allowable maximum working pressures.

This standard is for pumps and pump units which are placed upon the market after the publication date of the standard.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 General

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

5 Timing of the test

6 Preparation for testing

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

7 Test equipment

7.1

7.2

8 Test liquid

8.1

8.2

9 Test pressure

9.1

9.2

10 Test procedure

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.7

11 Acceptance criteria

11.1

11.2

12 Repairs

13 Test Records

13.1

13.2 Test certificate

13.3 Test report

Bibliography

BS EN 12162:2001+A1:2009

Liquid pumps. Safety requirements. Procedure for hydrostatic testing

Current

Published:

15 May 2001