1 Scope
This European Standard specifies the requirements for the operation of a cylinderfilling plant to ensure that filling of transportable refillable LPGcylinders is carried out in a controlled and safe manner.
This document is applicable to the filling of cylinders complying with RID/ADR [10][11] (including pi marked cylinders) and also to existing non RID/ADR cylinder populations.
This document is applicable to the following:
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— welded and brazed steel LPGcylinders with a specified minimum wall thickness (see EN 1442 [1] and EN 12807 [2] or an equivalent standard);
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— welded steel LPGcylinders without specified minimum wall thickness (see EN 14140 [4] or an equivalent standard);
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— welded aluminium LPGcylinders (see EN 13110 [3] or an equivalent standard);
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— composite LPGcylinders (see EN 14427 [5] or an equivalent standard); and
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— over-moulded cylinders (OMC).
This document does not cover the requirements for filling LPGcylinders that are designed and equipped for filling by the user.