This Code applies to facilities, technology and inspection for manufacturing of the gas clothes dries (hereinafter referred to as “clothes dryers”) which come under the following (1) to (2) 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 November 4, 2015>
(1) Total heat input rate is not over 232.6 kw(200,000 kcal/hr), and
(2) The working gas pressure is not over 3.3 kPa.
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 in metal heat treatment furnaces, glass and ceramic furnaces, atmosphere gas furnaces, etc.,
(4) Melting furnace combustors used in metal melting, glass melting, etc., and
(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 of 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
2. Manufacturing Installation 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 Headwind prevention device
3.3.3 Flame supervision device
3.3.4Other devices
3.4 Performance
3.4.1 Product performance
3.4.2 Material performance
3.4.3 Operating performance
3.5 Heat Treatment (currently not used)
3.6 Marking
3.6.1 Product marking
3.6.2 Acceptance mark
3.6.3 Enclosure of manual
4. Inspection Standard
4.1 Kinds of Inspections
4.1.1 Manufacturing installation 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 installation inspection
4.3.2 Product inspection
4.4 Inspection Method
4.4.1 Manufacturing installation 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 Conditions for Test of Gas Clothes Dryers
Appendix C Test Methods of Gas Clothes Dryers
