Atlas Copco GA 18 VSD+

12 Pressure equipment directives
Components subject to 2014/68/EU Pressure Equipment Directive
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 2014/68/EU
and all pressure equipment according to the Simple Pressure Vessel Directive 2014/29/EU.
Compressor
type
Component Description Volume Design
pressure
Minimum and
maximum
design
temperature
PED
Class
GA 18 VSD+ up
to GA 37 VSD+
1625 4815 01 Vessel 29 l 15 bar(e) -8 ˚C/ 120 ˚C -
0830 1010 03 Safety valve - - - IV
0830 1009 98 Safety valve - - - IV
Compressor
type
Component Description Number
of cycles
(1)
Minimum
wall
thickness
Visual
inspection
frequency (2)
Hydrostatic
inspection
frequency (2)
GA 18 VSD+ up
to GA 37 VSD+
1625 4815 01 Vessel
2 x 10
6
2 mm 1 year 10 years
0830 1010 03 Safety valve - - - -
0830 1009 98 Safety valve - - - -
The compressors conform to PED smaller than category III.
(1) The number of cycles refers to the number of cycles from 0 bar(e) to maximum pressure.
(2) Other inspection techniques such as ultrasonic or X-ray are equivalent to hydrostatic testing
for this equipment.
Instruction book
118 2920 7110 05