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  • PREN 3-8 : DRAFT 2015

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    PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - PART 8: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, PRESSURE RESISTANCE AND MECHANICAL TESTS FOR EXTINGUISHERS WITH A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PRESSURE EQUAL TO OR LOWER THAN 30 BAR, WHICH COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF EN 3-7

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    Published date:  09-01-2014

    Publisher:  Comite Europeen de Normalisation

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Symbols and abbreviations
    5 Materials
    6 Design method - Extinguisher Bodies
    7 Prototype Testing
    8 Manufacturing, Inspection and testing during production
    9 Marking
    Annex A (informative) - Classification of the different parts
            of an extinguisher subject to internal pressure
    Annex B (normative) - Pressures and temperatures
    Annex C (normative) - Impact test - Resistance to impact by
            falling weight
    Annex D (normative) - Specification for plastics components
            (except hoses and nozzles)
    Annex E (normative) - Propellant gas cartridges - Marking
    Annex F (normative) - Overfill pressure test
    Annex G (normative) - Mechanical strength test (crushing test)
    Annex H (normative) - Materials - Quality control documents
    Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
            Standard and the Essential Requirements of
            EU Directive 97/23/EC

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    Defines the rules of design, type testing, fabrication and inspection control of portable fire extinguishers which comply with the requirements of EN 3-7; with metallic bodies as far as pressure risk is concerned.

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    Comment Closes On
    Committee TC 70
    Document Type Draft
    Publisher Comite Europeen de Normalisation
    Status Current

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    06/30100045 DC : DRAFT APR 2006 BS EN 3-9 - PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - PART 9: ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO EN 3-7 FOR PRESSURE RESISTANCE OF CO[2] EXTINGUISHERS

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    ISO 9606-2:2004 Qualification test of welders — Fusion welding — Part 2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys
    ISO 15614-2:2005 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials Welding procedure test Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys
    ISO 14732:2013 Welding personnel Qualification testing of welding operators and weld setters for mechanized and automatic welding of metallic materials
    ISO 9017:2001 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials Fracture test
    ISO 9606-1:2012 Qualification testing of welders — Fusion welding — Part 1: Steels
    EN ISO 14732:2013 Welding personnel - Qualification testing of welding operators and weld setters for mechanized and automatic welding of metallic materials (ISO 14732:2013)
    ISO 15614-1:2017 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials — Welding procedure test — Part 1: Arc and gas welding of steels and arc welding of nickel and nickel alloys
    EN 3-7:2004+A1:2007 Portable fire extinguishers - Part 7: Characteristics, performance requirements and test methods
    EN ISO 15614-2:2005 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 2: Arc welding of aluminium and its alloys (ISO 15614-2:2005)
    EN ISO 9606-2:2004 Qualification test of welders - Fusion welding - Part 2: Aluminium and aluminium alloys (ISO 9606-2:2004)
    EN 10204:2004 Metallic products - Types of inspection documents
    ISO 15614-12:2014 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials Welding procedure test Part 12: Spot, seam and projection welding
    ISO 4892-2:2013 Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps
    EN ISO 15614-12:2014 Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - Welding procedure test - Part 12: Spot, seam and projection welding (ISO 15614-12:2014)
    EN ISO 9606-1:2017 Qualification testing of welders - Fusion welding - Part 1: Steels (ISO 9606-1:2012 including Cor 1:2012 and Cor 2:2013)
    EN ISO 4892-2:2013 Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps (ISO 4892-2:2013)
    1997/23/EC : 1997 DIRECTIVE 97/23/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 MAY 1997 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING PRESSURE EQUIPMENT
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