DIN EN 1012-3
Compressors and vacuum pumps - Safety requirements - Part 3: Process compressors; German version EN 1012-3:2013
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Brief description
This part of EN 1012 is applicable to compressors having an operating pressure greater than 0,5 bar and designed to utilise all gases other than air, nitrogen or inert gases which are covered in part 1. The standard lists the significant hazards associated with compressors and specifies safety requirements applicable to the design, installation, operation, maintenance and dismantling of compressors during their foreseeable lifetime and subsequent disposal.This part of EN 1012 includes under the general term compressors, those machines which comprise;- the compressor itself- a prime mover- any component or device supplied which is necessary for safe operation of the compressor.In addition it applies to partly completed compressors having a compressor in combination with some of these components as well as compressor assemblies operating in combination.Excluded are refrigerant compressors used in refrigerating systems or heat pumps as defined in EN 378-1.
