Managing Cylinders

Managing Cylinders

Regardless of the guidelines and recommendations for requalification, the following general criteria follows good

practice when managing LPG cylinders:

- The cylinders are designed, manufactured and tested to internationally recognised standards

- There is a system of external protection against corrosion, which is being maintained

- The cylinders are being filled in accordance with the criteria contained in an internationally recognised standard

- The cylinders are filled with LPG of a quality in accordance with a

specification/standard acceptable to a competent body, such that internal corrosion is not caused

- The cylinders are under the control of the filling plant responsible for their distribution, filling and maintenance

- There is an adequate system of storage, handling and distribution that mitigates against damage in service

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