Atlas Copco GA 30+ - Pressure Equipment Directives

13 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 30
+
up to GA
45
1625 430224 Vessel 30l 15 bar(e) -10 ˚C/ 120 ˚C II
0830 101068 Safety valve - - - IV
0830 101069 Safety valve - - - IV
Compressor type Component Description Number
of cycles
(1)
Minimum
wall
thickness
Inspection
frequency (2)
GA 30
+
up to GA 45
1625 5641 99 Vessel
2 x 10
6
8 mm 10 years
0830 1010 68 Safety valve - - -
0830 1010 69 Safety valve - - -
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.
Instruction book
2920 7180 30 183