prEN 17931

Gas welding equipment - Manual gas equipment for welding, heating and cutting - Periodic Inspection prEN 17931

Publication date:   Feb 16, 2023

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40.60 Close of voting   May 11, 2023

CEN

CEN/TC 121 Welding and allied processes

European Norm

25.160.30   Welding equipment

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This document provides guidelines for periodic inspections of manual gas equipment for welding, cutting and allied processes placed downstream of the gas cylinder’s valve as shown in Figure 1 or, in the case of centralized distribution, downstream from the tapping point, since commissioning.
NOTE In some cases, gas cylinders can be replaced by cylinder bundles.
This document applies to gas welding equipment intended for professional use which utilizes compressed gases up to 300 bar (30 MPa): acetylene, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), methylacetylene-propadiene mixtures (MPS) and carbon dioxide (CO2) and related mixtures.

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89/665/EEC

Coordination of procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts

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Adopted from UNI 11627:2016 IDENTICAL