This Code applies to the facilities, technology and inspection for manufacturing of the butane gas burning appliances (exclusive of portable butane gas burning appliances and butane gas burning appliances for ignition of charcoal grills. hereinafter referred to as “gas burning appliances”) which use jointed cylinders or welded cylinders filled with liquefied butane gas and of which total heat input rate is not over 232.6 kW (200,000 kcal/hr) among the combustors in conformity to the Enforcement Regulation of the Safety Control and Business Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act (hereinafter referred to as “Enforcement Regulation”), Table 3, No. 10 and Table 7, No.4-j. <Revised on May 15, 2009, November 4, 2015>
The combustors excluded from the gas appliances subject to license in conformity to the Enforcement Regulation, Table 7, No.5-b are as follows:
(1) Gas torches used for welding and cutting,
(2) Dryer combustors used in casting sand dryers, printing ink dryers, concrete dryers, etc.,
(3) Combustors for heat treatment furnaces or heating furnaces used as metal heat treatment furnaces, glass and ceramic furnaces, atmosphere gas furnaces, etc.,
(4) Melting furnace combustors used in metal melting, glass melting, etc.,
(5) Combustors attached to gas canisters of which internal volume is less than 100 mL, and
(6) Other combustors accepted by the Minister of Knowledge Economy to be free from any problem in safety control.
Table of Contents
1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Validity of Code
1.3 Reference Codes and Standards
1.3.1 Inspection standard for new technology products
1.3.2 Registration standard for manufacturing of foreign products
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Application of Codes and Standards
1.6 Interim Measures (currently not used)
1.7 Kinds (currently not used)
1.8 Restriction on Use of Parts
2. Manufacturing Standard
2.1 Manufacturing Facilities
2.2 Inspection Facilities
3. Manufacturing Technology Standard
3.1 Materials
3.2 Construction and Dimensions
3.3 Devices
3.3.1 Power failure safety device
3.3.2 Head wind prevention device
3.3.3 Flame supervision device
3.3.4 Other devices
3.4 Performance
3.4.1 Product performance
3.4.2 Material performance
3.4.3 Operation performance
3.5 Heat Treatment (currently not used)
3.6 Marking
3.6.1 Product marking
3.6.2 Acceptance marking
3.6.3 Enclosure of manual
3.6.4 Marking of gas safety rule
4. Inspection Standard
4.1 Kinds of Inspections
4.1.1 Manufacturing facility inspection
4.1.2 Product inspection
4.2 Object Audit of Process Inspection
4.2.1 Application for audit
4.2.2 Audit method
4.2.3 Adjudication committee
4.3 Inspection Items
4.3.1 Manufacturing facility inspection
4.3.2 Product inspection
4.4 Inspection Method
4.4.1 Manufacturing facility inspection
4.4.2 Product inspection
4.5 Other Inspection Standards
4.5.1 Inspection of imported products
4.5.2 Partial omission of inspection
4.5.3 Disposal of rejected products (not applicable)
4.5.4 Detailed inspection standards
Appendix A General Standard for Operation of Quality Control System for Gas Appliance Manufacturing Plants
Appendix B General Test Conditions for Butane Gas Burning Appliances
Appendix C Test Method of Butane Gas Burning Appliance
