National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 1802:2002. It supersedes BS 5430‑3:1990 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PVE/3, Gas containers, to Subcommittee PVE/3/7, Gas cylinder (receptacle) operations, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

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

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Engineering Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 25 March 2002

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 8 November 2001.

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 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 Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document EN 1802:2002 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 23 "Transportable gas cylinders", the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

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 August 2002, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2002.

In this standard the annexes B, C, D, E, F, G and H are normative and the annexes A and I are informative.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports the objectives of the framework Directives on Transport of Dangerous Goods.

This European Standard has been submitted for reference into the RID and/or the technical annexes of the ADR. Therefore in this context the standards listed in the normative references and covering basic requirements of the RID/ADR not addressed within the present standard are normative only when the standards themselves are referred to in the RID and/or the technical annexes of the ADR.

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

Introduction

The principal aim of a periodic inspection and testing procedure is that at the completion of the test the cylinders may be reintroduced into service for a further period of time.

Experience of the inspection and testing of cylinders which is specified in this European Standard is an important factor when determining whether a cylinder should be returned into service.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies the requirements for periodic inspection and testing of seamless aluminium alloy transportable gas cylinders (single or those from bundles) intended for compressed and liquefied gases under pressure, of water capacity from 0,5 l up to 150 l.

NOTE As far as practicable, this standard may also be applied to cylinders of less than 0,5 l water capacity.

This standard specifies the requirements for periodic inspection and testing to verify the integrity of such gas cylinders to be reintroduced into service for a further period of time. It also defines a procedure to qualify existing gas cylinders for free movement between member states of the European Union (see annex A).

This standard does not apply to periodic inspection and testing of acetylene cylinders or composite (fully wrapped or hoop-wrapped) aluminium alloy cylinders.

2 Normative references

3 Intervals between periodic inspection and test

4 List of procedures for periodic inspection and test

5 Identification of cylinder and preparation for inspection and test

6 External visual inspection

6.1 Preparation for external visual inspection

6.2 Inspection procedure

7 Internal visual inspection

8 Supplementary tests

9 Inspection of cylinder neck/shoulder

9.1 Internal neck thread

9.2 Other neck and shoulder surfaces

9.3 Damaged internal neck threads

9.4 Neck ring and collar attachment

10 Pressure test or ultrasonic test

10.1 General

10.2 Pressure test

10.3 Ultrasonic test

11 Inspection of valve

12 Final operations

12.1 Drying, cleaning and painting

12.2 Re-valving of the cylinder

12.3 Check on cylinder tare

12.4 Stampmarking

12.5 Reference to next test date

12.6 Identification of contents

12.7 Records

13 Rejection and rendering cylinder unserviceable

Bibliography

BS EN 1802:2002

Transportable gas cylinders. Periodic inspection and testing of seamless aluminium alloy gas cylinders

Current

Published:

25 Mar 2002