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Safety directives for gas welding and cutting sets

Jurisdiction Austria
Year 1977
Published in German
Original/other title [German] Sicherheitstechnische Richtlinien für die Dissousgas-Schweiss- und Schneideanlagen
Serial title Amtliche Nachrichten des Bundesministeriums für soziale Verwaltung und des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit und Umweltschutz
Source 30 June 1977, Vol.23, No.6, p.413-415. Illus.
Descriptors [Primary] Austria, gas welding and cutting
[Secondary] acetylene, directive, fire hazards, flame arresters, gas cylinders, oxygen, pressure regulating valves, safe working methods
Subject category Mechanical hazards, transport
Abstract These directives, which replace the 1954 directives, contain sections devoted to: prevention of flashback, adjustment of operating pressure, lighting and adjusting the acetylene flame, adjunction of oxygen, what to do in case of flashback and ignition of gas cylinders, shutting down of gas supply and changing of cylinders.
CIS No. 77-1846
Database ID 28340

 

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