Product Manual

11 Pressure equipment directives
Components subject to 97/23/EC Pressure Equipment Directive
The
following table contains the necessary information for the inspection of all pressure equipment of category
II and higher according to the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC and all pressure equipment according
to the Simple Pressure Vessel Directive 2009/105/EC.
Compressor
type
Component Description Volume Design
pressure
Minimum and
maximum
design
temperature
PED
Class
GA 18 VSD+ up to
GA 37 VSD+
1625 4815 01 Vessel 29 l 15 bar(e) -8 ˚C/ 120 ˚C -
0830 1010 03 Safety valve - - - IV
0830 1009 98 Safety valve - - - IV
Compressor
type
Component Description Number of
cycles (1)
Minimum
wall
thickness
Visual
inspection
frequency (2)
Hydrostatic
inspection
frequency (2)
GA 18 VSD+ and
GA 37 VSD+
1625 4815 01 Vessel
2 x 10
6
2 mm 1 year 10 years
0830 1010 03 Safety valve - - - -
0830 1009 98 Safety valve - - - -
The compressors conform to PED smaller than category II.
(1) The number of cycles refers to the number of cycles from 0 bar(e) to maximum pressure.
(2) Other inspection techniques such as ultrasonic or X-ray are equivalent to hydrostatic testing for this
equipment.
Instruction book
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