Posts by: Fernando

Is the European Commission really interested in the creation of a European standardisation system?

A few days ago we have received from CEN (the European Federation of the National Standard Organisations) the communication that the European Commission is refusing to pay the contributions already agreed for the work done after 2003 (and completed 3-4 years later) on EN 13445 (the Unfired Pressure Vessel standard)…

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The new edition of ASME Section VIII Division 2

In the month of July 2007 the new edition 2007 of the American Pressure Vessel Code ASME Section VIII, Division 2 has finally been published. This brand new Unfired Pressure Vessel Code contains a lot of innovation in respect of the previous 2004 edition. The allowable stresses of Carbon and…

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Should we delete EN 13445 from the list of the harmonised standard?

Well, somebody in Europe seems to share this opinion. As you know, Technical Committee 54 (Unfired Pressure Vessels) of CEN is carrying out the 5 years systematic review of all its standards. Among them, the one which required more efforts is no doubt EN 13445, the Unfired Pressure Vessel Standard,…

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