What is PD CEN/TR 15339-3 – Safety requirements of thermal spraying equipment about?
Thermal spraying is a coating process that can improve or restore the surface of solid materials and provide adequate corrosion protection.
PD CEN/TR 15339 is the European Technical Specification series that emphasizes safety requirements for thermal spraying equipment.
PD CEN/TR 15339-3 specifies the safety requirements of equipment for thermal spraying, in this case of spray torches, gas hoses, hose assemblies, and their electrical and water junctions in junction and monitoring boxes and power sources. Equipment and storage for gas and liquid fuel supply are presented in CEN/TR 15339-4.
The purpose of the PD CEN/TR 15339-3 is to ensure that the thermal spraying equipment when in operation does not present any risks and hazards to personnel, equipment and property.
PD CEN/TR 15339-3 should be used in conjunction with CEN/TR 15339-1, which deals with general aspects of designing, manufacture, and/or putting into service of machines or equipment and with the responsibility to issue the CE Conformity Declaration.
Spraying equipment for specific thermal spraying processes, induction plasma spraying, water stabilized plasma spraying and plasma spraying in chambers (below or above atmospheric pressure) are not within the scope of PD CEN/TR 15339-3.
Who is PD CEN/TR 15339-3 - Safety requirements of thermal spraying equipment for?
PD CEN/TR 15339-3 on thermal spraying equipment is useful for
- Manufacturers of thermal spraying equipment
- Companies providing surface treatment solutions
- Anyone involved in the design, operation and maintenance of thermal spraying equipment
- Mechanical engineers
- Quality control and testing authorities
- Inspection bodies
Why should you use PD CEN/TR 15339-3 - Safety requirements of thermal spraying equipment?
Thermal spray processes use flammable gases for flame-, plasma- or HVOF (high velocity oxygen fuel) spraying, which create significant potential hazards. For this reason, it is essential that manufacturers comply with best industry safety requirements to ensure their equipment is safe, reliable and effective when in operation.
PD CEN/TR 15339-3 provides you with the appropriate safety related features of equipment to be considered, lists potential hazards to be accounted for during normal operation or foreseeable abnormal circumstances, protection measures, and requirements for manufacture, supply, operation, and maintenance of spray torches of thermal spraying equipment.
Thus, PD CEN/TR 15339-3 is your guide on minimizing risks and hazards arising from the poor operationality and functioning of thermal spraying equipment
