1.1.1 This Code applies to the facilities, technology and inspection for manufacturing of the liquefied petroleum gas oven ranges or city gas oven ranges (hereinafter referred to as “gas oven ranges”) which come under the following (1) to (4) among the combustors in conformity to the Enforcement Regulation of the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act (hereinafter referred to as “Enforcement Regulation”), Table 3, No. 10 and Table 7, No.4-j <Revised on November 4, 2015>:
(1) The total heat input rate is not over 22.6 kw (19,400 kcal/h).
(2) The heat input rate of one burner is not over 4.2 kw (3,600 kcal/h).
(3) The heat input rate of the oven part is not over 5.8 kW (5,000 kcal/h), and
(4) The working gas pressure is not over 3.3 kPa.
1.1.2 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 producer 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 acknowledged by the Minister of Trade, Industry & Energy to be free from any problem in safety control.
1. General 1
1.1 Scope 1
1.2 Validity of Code 1
1.3 Reference Codes and Standards 2
1.3.1 Inspection standard for new technology products 2
1.3.2 Registration standard for manufacturing of foreign products <Newly established on June 26, 2012, Revised November 4, 2015> 2
1.4 Definitions 2
1.5 Application of Codes and Standards 3
1.6 Interim Measures <Newly established on December 18, 2013> 3
2. Manufacturing Installation Standard 4
2.1 Manufacturing Facilities 4
2.2 Inspection Facilities 4
3. Manufacturing Technology Standard 5
3.1 Materials 5
3.2 Construction and Dimensions 6
3.3 Devices 10
3.3.1 Power failure safety device 10
3.3.2 Head wind prevention device (not applicable) 11
3.3.3 Flame supervision device 11
3.3.4 Other devices 11
3.4 Performance 11
3.4.1 Product performance 11
3.4.2 Material performance <Newly established on December 18, 2013> 13
3.4.3 Operating performance 14
3.5 Heat Treatment (currently not used) 20
3.6 Marking 21
3.6.1 Product marking 21
3.6.2 Acceptance mark 21
3.6.3 Enclosure of manual 22
3.6.4 Marking of gas safety rule 22
4. Inspection Standard 22
4.1 Kinds of Inspections 22
4.1.1 Manufacturing installation inspection 22
4.1.2 Product inspection 23
4.2 Object Audit of Process Inspection 25
4.2.1 Application for audit 25
4.2.2 Audit method 25
4.2.3 Adjudication committee 26
4.3 Inspection Items 26
4.3.1 Manufacturing installation inspection 27
4.3.2 Product inspection 27
4.4 Inspection Method 30
4.4.1 Manufacturing installation inspection 30
4.4.2 Product inspection 30
4.5 Other Inspection Standards 34
4.5.1 Inspection of imported products 34
4.5.2 Partial omission of inspection 34
4.5.3 Disposal of rejected products (not applicable) 34
4.5.4 Detailed inspection standards 34
Appendix A General Standard for Operation of Quality Control System for Gas Appliance Manufacturing Plants 35
Appendix B General Test Conditions for Gas Oven Ranges <Newly established on May 20, 2013> 40
Appendix C Test Methods of Gas Oven Ranges 43
