IS 16017 : 2013 : Transportable Gas Cylinders - Periodic Inspection and Testing of Seamless Aluminium Alloy Gas Cylinders

Reaffirmed 2019

1 SCOPE

This standard specifies the requirements for periodic inspection and testing of seamless aluminium alloy transportable gas cylinders (single or those from bundles) intended for compressed and liquefied gases under pressure, of water capacity from 0.5 litre up to 150 litre.

This standard specifies the requirements for periodic inspection and testing to verify the integrity of such gas cylinders to be reintroduced into service for a further period of time. It also defines a procedure to qualify existing gas cylinders for free movement between India and other countries.

This standard does not apply to periodic inspection and testing of acetylene cylinders or composite (fully wrapped or hoop-wrapped) aluminium alloy cylinders.

NOTE - As far as practicable, this standard may also be applied to cylinders of less than 0.5 litre water capacity.

2 REFERENCES

The following standards contain provisions, which through reference in this text constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on these standards are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below:

3224 : 2002 Valve fittings for compressed gas cylinders excluding liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders — Specification (third revision)

8868 : 1988 Periodical inspection interval of gas cylinders in use (first revision)

15660 : 2006 Refillable transportable seamless aluminum alloy gas cylinders - Specification