BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN12257:2002Transportablegascylinders—Seamless,hoop-wrappedcompositecylindersTheEuropeanStandardEN12257:2002hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.020.30NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAWLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SatSep2204:57:22GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN12257:2002ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorPolicyandStrategyCommittee,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon28March2002©BSI28March2002ISBN0580381552NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN12257:2002.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteePVE/3,Gascontainers,toSubcommitteePVE/3/3,Transportablegascylinders—Cylinderdesign,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSIStandardsCatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Find”facilityoftheBSIStandardsElectronicCatalogue.ABritishStandarddoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.UsersofBritishStandardsareresponsiblefortheircorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleEuropeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to37andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SatSep2204:57:22GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN12257February2002ICS23.020.30EnglishversionTransportablegascylinders-Seamless,hoop-wrappedcompositecylindersBouteillesàgaztransportables-Bouteillessanssoudure,frettéescompositesOrtsbeweglicheGasflaschen-NahtloseumfangsgewickelteFlaschenausVerbundwerkstoffenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon9November2001.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2002CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN12257:2002ELicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SatSep2204:57:22GMT+00:002007,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN12257:2002(E)2ContentspageForeword.................................................................................................................................................3Introduction............................................................................................................................................41Scope..........................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences................................................................................................................53Terms,definitionsandsymbols..............................................................................................64Designandmanufacture..........................................................................................................75Cylinderandmaterialtests....................................................................................................106Conformityevaluation............................................................................................................217Marking.....................................................................................................................................21AnnexA(normative)Prototypetesting,designvarianttestingandproductiontesting.............22AnnexB(informative)Examplesoftypeapprovalandproductiontestingcertificates..............33Bibliography......................................................