Pressure Equipment

Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU

The Pressure Equipment Directive is a European directive that defines theproduct requirements to be upheld by manufacturers and other economic operators who are planning to place their pressure equipment on the market and/or put these into use within Europe. Pressure equipment include pressure vessels, installation piping, safety accessories as well as pressureaccessories,including elements attached to pressurized parts, such as flanges, nozzles and couplings.

Products, such as pipelines for the conveyance of substances to and from an installation, aerosol dispensers, blast furnaces, bottles and cans for carbonated drinks and radiators are excluded from the application of the Pressure Equipment Directive.

The product requirements in the Pressure Equipment Directive are defined by so-called essential requirements. Manufacturers and other economic operators who are planning to place pressure equipment on the market or put these into use within Europe must meet these requirements. Only after all applicable product requirements of the Pressure Equipment Directive and any other relevant CE product requirements have been met, can the CE marking be affixed to the pressure equipment and can the product be freely placed on the market within the European Union.

Our services for CE marking for the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)

We are capable of performing a complete conformity assessment procedure in accordance with the Pressure Equipment Directive and any other applicable CE product regulations. You can rest assured that your pressure equipment will be assessed professionally and impartially in order to place it and/or put it into use legally approved on the market. In short we help you with:

  • Carry out full CE conformity assessment procedures
  • Classification of your pressure equipment to determine whether it falls within the scope of the Pressure Equipment Directive
  • Establish the right pressure category
  • Carry out normalized risk analyses and risk assessments
  • Perform tests, measurements and inspections (also on site)
  • Verify the instruction manual
  • File management of your Technical Documentation
  • Draw up Declaration of Conformity
  • Provide advice on affixing the CE marking
Six steps to CE marking of Pressure Equipment

1. Product classification

Determine whether the product falls within the scope of the Pressure Equipment Directive and/or other CE Regulations, including determining the correct pressure category.

2. Risk management

An analysis to determine the risks and essential requirements applicable to the relevant pressure equipment.

3. Conformity procedure

Assessment of requirements, established in step 2 in accordance with Harmonised European standards, consisting of tests, measurements and good engineering practice.

4. Technical Documentation

Verification of the Technical Documentation containing descriptions, instruction manual and the performed risk assessments

5. EU Declaration of Conformity

Verify certificates and draw up the EU Declaration of Conformity affirming that the pressure equipment complies with the CE product requirements.

6. Affix the CE marking

Instructions on correctly affixing the CE marking.

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