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  • BS EN 746-3 : 1997

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    INDUSTRIAL THERMOPROCESSING EQUIPMENT - PART 3: SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GENERATION AND USE OF ATMOSPHERE GASES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1997

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 Lists of hazards
    5 Safety requirements for the use of atmosphere gases
    6 Safety requirements for atmosphere gas generators
    7 Verification of the safety requirements and/or measures
    8 Information for use
    Annex A (informative) - Typical Atmosphere Gases
    Annex B (informative) - Explosion Hazards of Gas Mixtures
                            Containing Combustibles
    Annex C (informative) - Inert Gas Purging
    Annex D: Bibliography
    Annex E (informative) - Used Definitions
    Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
                             Standard and the Essential
                             Requirements of EU Directive
                             98/37/EC
    Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
                             Standard and the Essential
                             Requirements of EU Directive
                             2006/42/EC

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    Defines safety requirements for atmosphere gas systems and their use in industrial thermo-processing equipment and associated plant, including systems for the production of atmosphere gases by reaction inside the thermo-processing equipment.

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    Committee MCE/3/8
    Development Note Supersedes 92/76831 DC (09/2005) 1997 Edition Re-Issued in October 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. Supersedes 08/30182293 DC. (11/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
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