What is BS EN 13480‑1- Industrial piping system about?
BS EN 13480 is a series of European standards on metallic industrial piping that discusses the best procedures and specifications required for building a safe industrial piping system. BS EN 13480‑1 is the first part of a series of documents on metallic industrial piping. BS EN 13480‑1 specifies the requirements for industrial piping systems and supports, including safety systems, made of metallic materials to ensure safe operation.
BS EN 13480‑1 applies to metallic piping above ground, ducted or buried, irrespective of pressure.
Note: BS EN 13480‑1 does not apply to:
- Pipelines and their accessories
- Stream waterways such as penstocks, pressure tunnels, pressure shaft for hydro-electric-installations and their related specific accessories
- Piping for vehicles covered by the EEC type-approval procedures as laid down in Directives 70/156/EEC [1], 74/150/EEC [2] and 92/61/EEC [3]
- Items specifically designed for nuclear use, failure of which may cause an emission of radioactivity
- Well-control equipment used in the petroleum, gas, or geothermal exploration and extraction industry and in underground storage which is intended to contain and/or control well pressure, including the piping
- Piping of blast furnaces including the furnace cooling, hot blast recuperators, dust extractors, and blast furnace exhaust gas scrubbers and direct reducing cupolas including the furnace cooling, gas converters, and vacuum furnaces and pans for melting, re-melting de-gassing, and casting of steel and nonferrous metals
- Enclosures for high voltage electrical equipment such as switchgear, control gear, and transformers
- Pressurized pipes for the containment of transmission systems such as for electrical power and telephone cables
- Permanently fixed piping for ships, rockets, aircraft, and mobile offshore units;
- Internal piping in medical devices as defined in the Directive 93/142/EEC [4] concerning medical devices
- Internal piping of boilers and piping integral to pressure vessels
Who is BS EN 13480‑1- Industrial piping system for?
BS EN 13480‑1 on metallic industrial piping is relevant to:
- Manufacturer of industrial piping systems
- Piping systems engineer
Why should you use BS EN 13480‑1- Industrial piping system?
An industrial piping system is a network of pipes used to transfer liquid, gas, or solids with near-zero loss of the quality or properties of the material being transferred. The most common materials moved in an industrial piping system are water, fuel, ammonia, and compressed gases such as air, oxygen, and nitrogen.
BS EN 13480‑1 navigates you through the classification of piping, piping category, piping operating, requirements for piping systems, industrial valves, safety systems.
As a user of BS EN 13480‑1, you can be ensured of all the requirements of an industrial piping system. With obedience and compliance to BS EN 13480‑1, you can efficiently build a safe operating industrial piping system. With BS EN 13480‑1 you can be ensured that the piping system consistently meets and exceed quality assurance targets.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 13480‑1:2017+A1:2019 supersedes BS EN 13480‑1:2017, which is withdrawn.
Significant technical changes include:
- Update of Annex A related to the maintenance of EN 13480.
- Revision of the Annexe ZA about the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/UE.
