BS 6878(1988) : 1988

Foreword
Brief history
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Quality assurance
3 Definitions
4 Materials
   4.1 Selection of material
   4.2 Chemical analysis
5 Design
   5.1 General
   5.2 Corrosion allowance
   5.3 Design stresses
   5.4 Calculation methods
   5.5 Manholes and inspection openings
6 Manufacture and workmanship
   6.1 Manufacture
   6.2 Consultation between manufacturer and founder
   6.3 Foundry technique
   6.4 Geometry and dimensions
   6.5 Chemical composition and mechanical properties
   6.6 Workmanship
7 Repair of casting defects
   7.1 General
   7.2 Repair by welding
   7.3 Impregnation of castings
8 Heat treatment
   8.1 Heat treatment procedure
   8.2 Methods of heating
   8.3 Quenching
   8.4 Calibration of furnace temperature
   8.5 Heat treatment charts
9 Inspection, testing and certification
   9.1 Proof tests
   9.2 Inspection and routine tests
   9.3 Certification
10 Pressure relief devices
   10.1 General
   10.2 Bursting discs
   10.3 Self-closing pressure relief valves
   10.4 Non-self-closing pressure relief devices
Annex A Welder performance test
Annex B (informative) A - deviations
National appendix W
National appendix X

Applicable to cast aluminium alloy enclosures pressurized with dry air, inert gases, for example sulphur hexafluoride or nitrogen or a mixture of such gases.