BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN286-1:1998IncorporatingCorrigendumNo.1andAmendmentNo.1Simpleunfiredpressurevesselsdesignedtocontainairornitrogen—Part1:PressurevesselsforgeneralpurposesTheEuropeanStandardEN286-1:1998,withtheincorporationofamendmentA1:2002,hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS23.020.30����������������������������������������������������������������������BSEN286-1:1998ThisBritishStandard,havingbeenpreparedunderthedirectionoftheEngineeringSectorBoard,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsBoardandcomesintoeffecton15November1998©BSI12December2002ISBN0580291634NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheEnglishlanguageversionofEN286-1:1998,includingamendmentA1:2002andCorrigendumJuly2002.ItsupersedesBSEN286-1:1991,whichiswithdrawn.AmendmentNo.114014implementsCENamendmentA1:2002andCENCorrigendumJuly2002.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePVE/17,Airreceivers—General,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleEuropeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to81andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightdatedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.Side...