BS EN 12863:2002
Transportable gas cylinders - Periodic inspection and maintenance of dissolved acetylene cylinders
- Standard No.
- BS EN 12863:2002
- Release Date
- 2002
- Published By
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- Status
- 2013-12
- Replace By
- BS EN ISO 10462:2013
- BS EN 12863:2002(2006)
- Latest
- BS EN ISO 10462:2013
- BS EN 12863:2002(2006)
- Scope
- This European Standard specifies seamless and welded steel or seamless aluminium alloy cylinders intended for the transport of acetylene in cylinders of water capacity up to 150 l and specifies the requirements for the periodic inspection and maintenance of acetylene cylinders, regardless of the method of manufacture of the shell. This European Standard also applies to solvent free acetylene cylinders. This European Standard also specifies a procedure to qualify existing gas cylinders for free movement between member states of the European Union (see annex A).
BS EN 12863:2002 history
- 2013 BS EN ISO 10462:2013 Gas cylinders. Acetylene cylinders. Periodic inspection and maintenance
- 2002 BS EN 12863:2002 Transportable gas cylinders - Periodic inspection and maintenance of dissolved acetylene cylinders
