Which has a higher regulatory status, the Special Equipment Catalogue issued by the Quality and Supervision Bureau or the Fixed Pressure Vessels Regulations?
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At the beginning of this year, the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine revised the \"Catalogue of Special Equipment.\" The revised catalogue provides a new definition for pressure vessels; those with an inner diameter of 150 mm and a volume of 30 L or less are no longer considered pressure vessels. Under this classification, the special provisions in clauses 1.4.2 and 1.4.3 of the Regulations on Pressure Vessels conflict with the definitions given in the Catalogue of Special Equipment. The question now is: should devices with small diameters and low volumes be classified according to the Regulations on Pressure Vessels, or should they be regarded as non-pressure vessels based on the Catalogue of Special Equipment?
This post was last edited by fzujunru on 2015-8-20 at 16:27. Opinions of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the Newly Revised “Catalogue of Special Equipment” (Guo Jian Zhi Te [2014] No. 679). IV. Other related issues: (1) Where the scope of special equipment specified in the safety technical specifications and regulatory documents does not match that of the new catalogue, the new catalogue shall prevail. The category is still I, II, III; ignore it
This is the law, which is of course higher than regulations.
They are no longer considered pressure vessels – is it still necessary to classify them?
*I’m used to checking the regulatory requirements; I’m not familiar with the list of special equipment
Classification is done for regulatory purposes; since the quality supervision agency no longer handles it, logically there should be no classification anymore. But it seems the fixed capacity specification hasn’t been changed; let’s proceed by following the capacity specification for now. Anyway, when designing this year, we were aware of this new directory, but we didn’t pay any attention to it.
The fixed volume gauge has been modified. . Don’t rush. . Many things need to be combined together. .
The catalog of special equipment is approved by the State Council and issued by the **General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine; it has a higher status than the Regulations on Fixed Pressure Vessels, and only those devices listed in this catalog are subject to those regulations.
“Inner diameter 150mm, volume 30L or less”. Is this situation uncommon? Or rarely?
This situation occurs frequently; many steam heaters are exactly like this!
The existing catalog is used as the standard; the tolerance specifications have not been updated yet, but the quality inspection system is already operating according to the new catalog.