Pressure Equipment Directives - Atlas Copco GA 37 VSD Instruction Book

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Pressure equipment directives

Components subject to 97/23/EC Pressure Equipment Directive (until 20/07/2014) or 2014/68/EU
(from 20/07/2014 onwards)
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
(2014/68/EU) and all pressure equipment according to the Simple Pressure Vessel Directive
2009/105/EC (2014/29/EU).
Compressor
type
GA 37 VSD and
GA 45 VSD
Compressor type
GA 37 VSD and GA 45 VSD
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) The minimum wall thickness must be respected at all times. Inspection techniques such as
ultrasonic or X-ray are equivalent to hydrostatic testing for this equipment.
API480496
Component Description
1625 5641 99 Vessel
0830 1008 39 Safety valve
0830 1008 40 Safety valve
0832 1000 78 Safety valve
0832 1000 79 Safety valve
Component
1625 5641 99
0830 1000 38
0830 1000 40
0832 1000 78
0832 1000 79
Volume Design
pressure
43.1 l 15 bar(e)
- -
- -
- -
- -
Description Number
of cycles
(1)
Vessel
2 x 10
Safety valve -
Safety valve -
Safety valve -
Safety valve -
Minimum and
maximum
design
temperature
-10 ˚C/ 120 ˚C
-
-
-
-
Minimum Inspection
wall frequency (2)
thickness
8 mm 10 years
6
- -
- -
- -
- -
PED
Class
II
IV
IV
IV
IV
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