Technical Regulation of the Customs Union “On safety of pressure equipment” (TR CU 032/2013)

TR CU 032/2013 establishes requirements for:

a) vessels intended for gases, liquefied gases dissolved under pressure, and the vapour used for working environment of group 1 and having:

b) vessels intended for gases, liquefied gases dissolved under pressure, and the vapour used for working environment of group 2 and having:

c) vessels intended for liquids used in working media of group 1 and having:

d) vessels intended to contain liquids, used for working media of group 2 and having:

e ) boilers having a capacity of 0,002 m3, intended to produce hot water having a temperature above 110 º C or vapour pressure above 0.05 MPa which, as well as direct-fired vessels with a capacity greater than 0,002 m3.

f) pipelines having maximum allowable operating pressure above 0.05 MPa, nominal diameter of 25 mm, intended for gases and vapours and used in working media of group 1.

g) pipelines having the maximum allowable working pressure above 0.05 MPa, nominal diameter greater than 32 mm and the product of the maximum allowable working pressure on the nominal diameter of more than 100 MPa • mm, intended for gases and vapours and used in working media of group

h) pipelines having maximum allowable working pressure above 0.05 MPa, nominal diameter of 25 mm and the product of the maximum allowable working pressure on the nominal diameter of more than 200 MPa •mm, designed for liquids and used in working media of group 1.

i) pipelines having maximum allowable operating pressure of more than 1 MPa, nominal diameter of 200 mm and the product of the maximum allowable working pressure on the nominal diameter of more than 500 MPa• mm, designed for liquids and used for working media of group 2.

j) pressure-resistant items of equipment (assembly units) and its components

k ) valves having nominal diameter of 25 mm (for equipment of group 1 working medium), valves with nominal diameter of 32 mm ( for equipment used for gas medium of group 2), valves with nominal diameter of 200 mm ( for pipelines designed for liquid and used for working media of group 2.

l) showing and safety devices

m ) vacuum chambers ( except single-seated medical )

n) safety devices and apparatuses.

The requirements of TR CU 032/2013 shall not apply to the following equipment:

a) pipelines, field and local distribution pipelines designed for the transportation of gas, oil and other products, except equipment used in pressure regulating stations or compression stations

b) gas distribution and gas consumption networks

c) equipment specially designed for use in nuclear power equipment, working with radioactive environment

d) vessels working under pressure, created during explosion inside them in accordance with technological process or during combustion at the regime of propagating high-temperature synthesis

e) equipment specially designed for use in marine and river vessels and other floating devices and objects of underwater use

f) braking equipment of railway rolling stock, vehicles and other means of transportation

g) vessels specifically designed for use in planes and other aircraft

h) equipment for defense purposes

i) parts of machines, which are not independent vessels (cases of pumps or turbines, steam engine and hydraulic cylinders, internal combustion engines, machines and air compressors)

j ) medical single pressure chambers

k ) equipment with aerosol sprays

l) shells of high-voltage electrical equipment (switchgear, control gear, transformers, and rotating machines)

m ) cases and shells of electric energy transmission systems (power cables and communication cables), working under excessive pressure

n) equipment manufactured (produced) from non-metallic flexible (elastic) membranes

o) silencers or exhaust gas inlets

p) vessels or siphons for carbonated beverages.