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| Leitlinie B-01 |
15.03.2016 | There is a contradiction between the requirements in article 4 paragraph 1 (d) and those in Annex II point 3. Can pressure accessories be classified as “article 4.3” as indicated in the tables in annex II or must all of them satisfy the essential requirements as indicated in article 4 paragraph 1 (d) ? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-02 |
15.03.2016 | The Directive uses the notion of DN (defined in Article 2 (11) for the classification of piping or piping accessories (cf. Article 3 paragraph 1(c)). How to apply the Directive for classifying the tubular products or accessories for which the notion of DN does not exist (copper tubes, plastic valves, pressure regulators, hollow sections…)? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-03 |
15.03.2016 | How should vessels and piping for superheated water be classified? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-04 |
08.01.2016 | Which type of pressure equipment is a heat exchanger ? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-05 |
08.01.2016 | Some warm water generators having a volume greater than 2 L are intended to generate water at a temperature less than 110 °C, but are fitted with a safety temperature limiter which is set to a temperature of 120 °C. What value of maximum allowable temperature, TS, shall be declared by the manufacturer? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-06 |
15.03.2016 | How should fired or otherwise heated equipment be classified if a fluid other than water is being heated? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-08 |
15.03.2016 | How should a vessel which is intended to contain water below 100 °C be classified when there is a marginal gas cover? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-09 |
08.01.2016 | Which pressure and volume values must be used to determine the category of vessels used as gas-loaded accumulators, or other vessels with a flexible or non fixed membrane, given that these are made up of two chambers with different fluids? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-10 |
08.01.2016 | If a vessel contains a fluid which meets the conditions of the introductory paragraph to Article 4, paragraph 1(a)(i) (e.g. air) and a liquid which meets the conditions of the introductory paragraph to Article 4, paragraph 1(a)(ii) (e.g. water) - how shall the vessel be classified? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-11 |
15.03.2016 | When is it possible for a manufacturer to apply a module from a higher category and what are the consequences? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-12 |
15.03.2016 | For warm water boilers which are controlled by a temperature thermostat and protected by a safety temperature limiter, does the maximum allowable temperature (TS) mean: a) the maximum intended operating temperature under normal conditions as controlled by the thermostat; or; b) the temperature setting of the ultimate over-temperature safety device i.e. the limiter? |
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| Leitlinie B-13 |
08.01.2016 | How can manufacturers use Article 4 paragraph 1 to determine the appropriate conformity assessment Tables in Annex II? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-14 |
08.01.2016 | Article 4 paragraph 1(a)(i) second indent, states that all portable extinguishers must comply with the essential safety requirements (ESRs) and be assessed according to Annex II, Table 2. In addition, Table 2 states that portable extinguishers must exceptionally be classified at least in category III. To what parts of a portable extinguisher do these requirements apply? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-15 |
15.03.2016 | Does the classification of the pressure cookers in category III for the assessment of the design mean that also the essential safety requirements are linked to category III? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-16 |
15.03.2016 | Are pressure regulators safety accessories in the sense of PED? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-17 |
08.01.2016 | How are pressure accessories classified? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-18 |
08.01.2016 | Article 14 paragraph 3 states that a manufacturer may choose to apply one of the conformity assessment procedures which apply to a higher (conformity assessment) category, if available. Does this mean that a manufacturer of pressure equipment covered by Article 4 paragraph 3, referred to as Sound Engineering Practice (SEP), can choose to apply Module A for example and hence apply a CE Marking? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-19 |
20.06.2016 | Do two housings, designed to contain fluids under pressure and which have a common boundary (e.g. separating wall), constitute two vessels, or two chambers of the same vessel and what requirements apply to such an item of pressure equipment ? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-21 | 11.03.2015 |
How does one define an unstable gas as referred to in Tables 1 & 6 of Annex II of PED? |
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| Leitlinie B-22 | 15.03.2016 | What does overheating mean in Article 4 paragraph 1(b)? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-23 | 15.03.2016 | How should a solar panel be classified? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-25 | 21.03.2017 | Is it possible to classify pressure equipment in a Category higher than the category resulting from the application of tables in Annex II ? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-26 | 08.01.2016 | How to classify a vessel which contains a "non-suspended" solid group 1 blanketed by a group 2 gas ? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-27 | 15.03.2016 | How to classify pressure equipment containing one or more fluids when a chemical or physical reaction takes place therein ? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-28 | 31.05.2020 | How shall a "piping" (as defined in Article 2 (3)), comprising pipes with different DNs, be classified? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-29 | 08.01.2016 | A pressure vessel (PS > 0,5 bar) has a vacuum relief valve mounted to protect against collapsing (external pressure) when drained. Is this valve a safety accessory? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-30 | 08.01.2016 | How should a fluid containing a suspension of a solid be classified? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-32 | 15.03.2016 | A quick opening closure on a pressure vessel is “fitted with a device to prevent it being opened whenever the pressure or temperature of the fluid presents a hazard” in accordance with Annex I Section 2.3. Is such a preventive device to be considered as a safety accessory according to the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-33 | 13.09.2018 | When a safety accessory consists of a safety chain which itself includes “items of pressure equipment” (for example a valve or a cylinder), in which category shall these "items of pressure equipment” be classified? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-34 | 15.03.2016 | How to determine the category of a hermetically sealed refrigeration compressor ? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-35 | 15.03.2016 | Some piping is provided with a double envelope . How do these double envelopes have to be considered? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-36 | 15.03.2016 | Are hot blast stoves, which heat incoming cold air to a blast furnace by a regenerative process, covered by the exclusion in Article 1 paragraph 2 (k)? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-37 | 15.03.2016 | How to consider, for the application of PED, a condensate trap installed on piping? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-38 | 15.03.2016 | What kind of silencers is covered by the exclusion of Article 1 paragraph 2 (p)? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-40 | 15.03.2016 | How to apply the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) to a pressure accessory equipped with a safety accessory? | ||||||||||||
| Leitlinie B-41 | 11.03.2015 |
Where to find additional information on classification of fluids based on PED Article 13 as of 1 June 2015? |
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