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BS EN 12972:2018 – TC:2020 Edition

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Tracked Changes. Tanks for transport of dangerous goods. Testing, inspection and marking of metallic tanks

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BSI 2020 151
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This document specifies testing, inspection and marking for the type approval, initial inspection, periodic inspection, intermediate inspection and exceptional check of metallic tanks (shell and equipment) of fixed tanks (tank vehicles), demountable tanks, tank-wagons, portable tanks and tank containers for the transport of dangerous goods. This document is not applicable to battery-vehicles and battery-wagons comprising cylinders, tubes, pressure drums, bundles of cylinders, and multiple element gas containers (MEGCs), independent of whether the elements are receptacles or tanks.

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85 undefined
92 1 Scope
2 Normative references
94 3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms and definitions
95 3.2 Symbols and abbreviations
97 4 Inspections and tests
4.1 General
4.2 Inspection for type approval
4.2.1 General
98 4.2.2 Content of inspection
4.2.2.1 Inspection for initial type approval
4.2.2.2 Inspection for modifications to a type approval
99 4.2.3 Documentation
4.3 Inspection for modification of a tank
4.4 Initial inspection
4.4.1 Content of inspection
4.4.2 Documentation, certificate and marking
100 4.5 Periodic inspection
4.5.1 Content of inspection
4.5.2 Documentation, certificate and marking
4.6 Intermediate inspection
4.6.1 Content of inspection
101 4.6.2 Documentation, certificate and marking
4.7 Exceptional checks
4.7.1 General
4.7.2 Exceptional check after damage or repair of the shell
4.7.3 Exceptional check after the repair or replacement of service equipment
4.7.4 Exceptional check after replacement of service equipment involving the application of heat
102 4.7.5 Exceptional check after alteration to the tank
4.7.6 Exceptional check after exchange or repair of frame or structural equipment
4.7.7 Exceptional check before and after repair or replacement of the protective lining or coating
4.7.8 Documentation, certificate and marking
103 5 Procedures and documentation for inspections and tests
5.1 General
5.2 Examination of documents
5.2.1 Inspection for type approval
5.2.1.1 Required documents
105 5.2.1.2 Examination of documents
5.2.2 Initial inspection
5.2.2.1 Required documents
106 5.2.2.2 Examination of documents
5.2.3 Periodic inspection
5.2.3.1 Required documents
5.2.3.2 Examination of documents
5.2.4 Intermediate inspection
5.2.4.1 Required documents
107 5.2.4.2 Examination of documents
5.2.5 Exceptional check
5.2.5.1 Required documents
108 5.2.5.2 Examination of documents
5.3 Check of the design characteristics
5.3.1 Content of inspection
5.3.2 Examination of the manufacturing conditions
5.3.3 Inspection of the materials and wall thicknesses
109 5.3.4 Examination of the manufacturing methods
5.3.5 Inspection of main dimensions
5.3.6 NDT of the welds
5.3.6.1 General
110 5.3.6.2 Limitations of NDT methods
111 5.3.6.3 Visual testing
113 5.3.6.4 Penetrant testing, magnetic particle testing and eddy current testing
114 5.3.6.5 Radiographic inspection
116 5.3.6.6 Ultrasonic inspection
5.3.7 Mechanical tests
5.3.7.1 General
118 5.3.7.2 Tensile test
5.3.7.3 Bend tests
5.3.7.4 Impact tests
119 5.3.7.5 Macro examination
5.4 Inspection of the shell interior
5.4.1 Inspection of the condition of the shell
5.4.2 Inspection of protective lining or coating
5.5 Inspection of the tank exterior
5.5.1 Inspection of the condition of the tank
120 5.5.2 Inspection of the fastenings of the tank and its structural equipment
5.5.3 Inspection of marking
5.5.4 Inspection of earth connection
5.6 Hydraulic pressure test
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Extent of test
121 5.6.3 Test pressure
5.6.3.1 Test pressure of the whole tank
5.6.3.2 Test pressure of compartments
5.6.3.3 Test of heating equipment
122 5.6.4 Test liquid
5.6.5 Gas as test fluid
5.6.6 Pressurization
5.6.7 Test duration
5.6.8 Measurement
123 5.6.9 Evaluation of the test
5.7 Vacuum testing
5.7.1 Test procedure
5.7.2 Measurement
5.7.3 Evaluation of the test
5.8 Leakproofness test
5.8.1 General
124 5.8.2 Extent of test
5.8.3 Leakproofness test pressure
125 5.8.4 Leakproofness test fluid
5.8.5 Pressurization
5.8.5.1 General
5.8.5.2 Only liquid as test fluid
5.8.5.3 Liquid and gas as test fluids
5.8.5.4 Only gas as test fluid
5.8.6 Test duration
126 5.8.7 Special leakproofness test of the mounting of certain items of equipment
5.8.7.1 Service equipment designed to work at a maximum pressure lower than the leakproofness test pressure of the tank
5.8.7.2 Relief valve preceded by a bursting disc
5.8.8 Evaluation of the test
5.9 Determination of water capacity
127 5.10 Inspection of service equipment
5.10.1 General
5.10.2 Inspection of service equipment for type approval of the tank
5.10.3 Inspection of service equipment for other inspections
5.10.4 Check of satisfactory operation of service equipment
5.10.4.1 General
5.10.4.2 Flanged connections
5.10.4.3 Safety and breather devices
128 5.10.4.4 Pipework
5.11 Inspection of frame or other structural equipment of portable tanks and tank containers
5.11.1 Inspection of frame or other structural equipment for type approval
129 5.11.2 Initial, periodic, intermediate inspection and exceptional check of the frame or other structural equipment of portable tanks and tank containers
5.12 Dynamic longitudinal impact test
5.12.1 Portable tanks
5.12.2 Tank-wagons
5.13 Test report, certificate and marking
5.13.1 Test report for type approval
5.13.2 Certificate of initial, periodic and intermediate inspection and exceptional check
5.13.3 Marking
131 Annex A (informative)Applicable items of tank inspection — Survey Table
133 Annex B (normative)Technical data sheet for type approval
137 Annex C (informative)Certificate of initial, periodic and intermediate inspection and exceptional check
139 Annex D (informative)Tank plates for fixed tanks (tank vehicles) and demountable tanks for the transport of dangerous goods
D.1 Tank plate
140 D.2 Content of the marking of the tank plate
141 Annex E (normative)Tank plates for tank containers for the transport of dangerous goods
E.1 Tank plate for tank containers for the transport of dangerous goods
142 E.2 Tank plate for tank containers for the transport of gases
145 Annex F (normative)Manufacturing tolerances (based on EN 134454 [16])
F.1 Surface geometry of welds
F.2 Middle line alignment
F.3 Surface alignment
F.3.1 Surface linear misalignment between parts
146 F.3.2 Joining of parts of different thickness
F.4 Tolerances for tanks
F.4.1 External diameter
F.4.2 Out of roundness
F.4.3 Deviation from the longitudinal axis
F.4.4 Irregularities in profile
148 F.4.5 Middle line angular misalignment
F.4.6 Dished ends
BS EN 12972:2018 - TC
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