1、raising standards worldwideNO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWBSI Standards PublicationBS EN 14894:2013LPG equipment and accessories Cylinder and drum markingBS EN 14894:2013 BRITISH STANDARDNational forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 1489
2、4:2013. Itsupersedes BS EN 14894:2011 which is withdrawn.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to TechnicalCommittee PVE/19, LPG containers and their associated fittings.A list of organizations represented on this committee can beobtained on request to its secretary.This publication
3、does not purport to include all the necessaryprovisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correctapplication. The British Standards Institution 2013. Published by BSI StandardsLimited 2013ISBN 978 0 580 75824 9ICS 23.020.30Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlega
4、l obligations.This British Standard was published under the authority of theStandards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 April 2013.Amendments issued since publicationDate Text affectedBS EN 14894:2013EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN 14894 April 2013 ICS 23.020.30 Supersedes EN
5、14894:2011English Version LPG equipment and accessories - Cylinder and drum marking quipements pour gaz de ptrole liqufi - Marquage des bouteilles et des fts pression Flssiggas-Gerte und Ausrstungsteile - Kennzeichnung von Flaschen und Fssern This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1 March 201
6、3. 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 o
7、n application to the CEN-CENELEC 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 CEN-CENE
8、LEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Ital
9、y, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17
10、, B-1000 Brussels 2013 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 14894:2013: EBS EN 14894:2013EN 14894:2013 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Terms and definitions .5 3 Symbols and abbreviated terms 5
11、 4 Application of stamp markings 6 4.1 General 6 4.2 Workmanship .6 4.3 Arrangements for stamp marking 7 5 Manufacturing stamp markings .8 6 Operational stamp markings 8 7 Certification stamp markings .9 8 Other stamp markings .9 Annex A (informative) Locations of markings . 12 Bibliography . 13 BS
12、EN 14894:2013EN 14894:2013 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 14894:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 286 “Liquefied petroleum gas equipment and accessories”, the secretariat of which is held by NSAI. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either b
13、y publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by October 2013. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or C
14、ENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document supersedes EN 14894:2011. The main technical change to this version is to align the marking requirements with RID/ADR 2013 (see 7 and 8). This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by
15、the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Est
16、onia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. BS EN 14894:2013EN 148
17、94:2013 (E) 4 Introduction This European Standard calls for the use of substances and procedures that may be injurious to health if adequate precautions are not taken. It refers only to technical suitability and does not absolve the user from legal obligations relating to health and safety at any st
18、age. It has been assumed in the drafting of this European Standard that the execution of its provisions is entrusted to appropriately qualified and experienced people. BS EN 14894:2013EN 14894:2013 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard specifies stamp marking requirements for transportable refillable
19、 LPG cylinders and metallic drums including: Steel LPG cylinders designed and manufactured in accordance with EN 1442, EN 14140, EN 12807 or an equivalent standard or technical code recognised by the Competent Authority. LPG metallic drums designed and manufactured in accordance with EN 14893 or an
20、equivalent standard or technical code recognised by the Competent Authority. Welded aluminium LPG cylinders designed and manufactured in accordance with EN 13110 or an equivalent standard or technical code recognised by the Competent Authority. LPG composite cylinders designed and manufactured in ac
21、cordance with EN 14427 or an equivalent standard or technical code recognised by the Competent Authority. NOTE 1 All these types of receptacles are referred to throughout this standard as “cylinders”. This European Standard does not specify any requirements for product, hazard or safety-phrase label
22、ling of packaging which may be required to meet ADR or other legislative requirements. NOTE 2 The marking of cylinders is regulated by RID/ADR which take precedence over any clause in this European Standard. The European Directive on Transportable Pressure Equipment 2010/35/EU 9 includes additional
23、marking requirements ( -marking). 2 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 2.1 liquefied petroleum gas LPG low pressure liquefied gas composed of one or more light hydrocarbons which are assigned to UN 1011, UN 1075, UN 1965, UN 1969 or UN
24、 1978 only and which consists mainly of propane, propene, butane, butane isomers, butene with traces of other hydrocarbon gases 2.2 stamp marking permanent or durable markings affixed to the cylinder 2.3 competent authority authority designated as such in each country in accordance with national reg
25、ulation 2.4 inspection body independent inspection and testing body approved by the competent authority 3 Symbols and abbreviated terms ADR European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road 8 D durable P permanent RID Regulations concerning the International Carriag
26、e of Dangerous Goods by Rail 7 BS EN 14894:2013EN 14894:2013 (E) 6 TPED Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive 2010/35/EU 9 -marking Pi marking as defined in European Directive on Transportable Pressure Equipment 2010/35/EU 9 4 Application of stamp markings 4.1 General 4.1.1 Stamp markings consi
27、st of manufacturing, operational and certification stamp marks and are listed in Clause 5, Clause 6, Clause 7 and Clause 8. The layout of the marks is covered by 4.3. Additional markings may be applied if required by other regulations or technical standards, or when required by the cylinder owner; p
28、rovided the layout does not cause any confusion in their interpretation and the clarity of the other mandatory markings is not affected. 4.1.2 Low stress stamp marking methods shall be utilised. 4.1.3 Stamp markings shall be applied to low stress areas. 4.1.4 Stamp marking shall be in accordance wit
29、h the requirements of EN 14894 and any requirements in the standard to which cylinder or drum is being manufactured. The marking information may be supplemented and/or duplicated by electronic means or other types of coding where required by the operator. NOTE 1 The TPED includes additional marking
30、requirements (-marking). NOTE 2 The requirements of RID/ADR override any conflicting requirements of this European Standard; this may lead to a temporary noncompliance with EN 14894. 4.2 Workmanship 4.2.1 All stamp markings shall be affixed clearly, legibly and durably on the cylinder and shall rema
31、in legible under all foreseeable operating and ageing conditions. Markings required to be “permanent” shall be such that they can only be removed with the use of special tools and may be done, for example by hard metal stamping, engraving, casting, embossing, encapsulation or other similar methods.
32、Markings required to be “durable” shall be such that they remain visible for the relevant period of time and may be done, for example by printing, external labelling, stencilling, use of valve hand-wheel insert or other similar methods. Clause 5, Clause 6, Clause 7 and Clause 8 indicate which markin
33、gs shall be “permanent (P)“ and which may be “durable (D)“. Markings which are permitted to be durable may be permanently applied if so desired. 4.2.2 For metallic cylinders, the markings shall be located on the shoulder, top end or neck of the cylinder or on a permanently affixed component, e.g. sh
34、roud, handle(s), foot ring, welded nameplate, etc. 4.2.3 If markings are applied after completion of manufacture or following periodic inspection, by stamping or engraving onto the pressure parts of the cylinder, it shall be demonstrated by fatigue and burst tests in accordance with the original des
35、ign standard or equivalent, that failure does not initiate in the markings. 4.2.4 For composite cylinders, permanent markings may be affixed by use of a printed label encapsulated by either placing it under the resin or by covering it with a permanent transparent coating, on the shoulder or the side
36、wall of the cylinder (see 4.3). BS EN 14894:2013EN 14894:2013 (E) 7 4.2.5 The characters in the stamp markings shall be at least 5 mm in height. On cylinders with an outside diameter less than 140 mm, this height may be reduced, but in no case shall the characters be less than 2,5 mm in height. 4.2.
37、6 The -mark, where applicable, shall have substantially the same vertical dimension as the other stamp markings but shall not be less than 5 mm. If the mark dimensions are changed, the proportions of the drawing shall be maintained. NOTE The proportions of the -mark are specified in the conformity m
38、arking drawing in the TPED. 4.2.7 The UN number and the letters “UN“ shall be: a) at least 12 mm high for cylinders of greater than 60 l water capacity; b) at least 6 mm in height for cylinders of 60 l water capacity or less; and c) be of an appropriate size for cylinders of 5 l or less. 4.3 Arrange
39、ments for stamp marking 4.3.1 The markings for manufacturing, operation and certification shall be arranged in three groups as specified in Clause 5, Clause 6 and Clause 7, where the manufacturing marks shall be the top grouping, the operational be the middle grouping and the certification marks be
40、the bottom grouping. 4.3.2 The arrangement of additional markings specified in Clause 8, shall be such as to avoid confusion with the markings specified in 4.3.1. 4.3.3 Where relevant, the certification marks of Table 4, e.g. the conformity reassessment mark and the TPED conformity mark, shall be ap
41、plied before or after the certification stamp markings in accordance with Table 3. NOTE Possible locations of the markings are given in Annex A. 4.3.4 When an identity plate (or label for composite cylinders) is used, all the stamp markings may be on a single plate or label together with any additio
42、nal markings, provided the layout does not cause any confusion in their interpretation. BS EN 14894:2013EN 14894:2013 (E) 8 5 Manufacturing stamp markings This grouping of stamp markings shall be permanently applied in the sequence listed in Table 1. Table 1 Manufacturing stamp markings Mark Specifi
43、cation Status Example Country mark (of manufacture)aCapital letters Mandatoryb CH Manufacturers mark Capital letters Manufacturers identity, logo, symbol or other mark registered with the competent authority Mandatory GASCYL Manufacturing serial number Alphanumeric code assigned by the manufacturer
44、to clearly identify the cylinder Mandatory A76128 aThe distinguishing signs for motor vehicles in international traffic as described in the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (1968) shall be used. bThis marking is not required when the country of manufacture is the same as the country of approval.6 O
45、perational stamp markings This grouping of stamp markings shall be permanently applied in the sequence listed in Table 2. Table 2 Operational stamp markings Mark Specification Status Example Test pressure The prefix “PH” followed by the value of the test pressure which has been used by the manufactu
46、rer for the design of the cylinder, in bar, and the letters “BAR” Mandatory PH 30 BAR Water capacity The minimum water capacity guaranteed by the cylinder manufacturer, in litres, followed by the unit “L” The capacity shall be expressed to three significant digits, rounded down to the last digit. If
47、 the value of the water capacity is an integer, the digits after the decimal point may be neglected. Mandatory 12,8 L BS EN 14894:2013EN 14894:2013 (E) 9 7 Certification stamp markings This grouping of stamp markings shall be permanently applied in the sequence listed in Table 3. Table 3 Certificati
48、on stamp marks Mark Specification Status Example Technical standard Identification of the relevant standard to which the cylinder is designed, manufactured and tested Mandatory EN 1442 Country mark (of approval) Capital letter(s) identifying the country of approval using the character of the disting
49、uishing signs of motor vehicles in international traffic aThe country of approval shall be the country that approved the body which inspected the individual receptacle at the time of manufacture. Mandatory F Inspection body mark Identity mark or stamp of the inspection body that is registered with the competent authority of the country authorising the marking Mandatory # or 1234 Initial inspection date Date of initial inspection (at the time of manufacture/certification) shown as the year (4 digits) and month (2 digits) separated b
