SAI Global Product Certification offers a number of certification schemes tailored for pressure equipment products. These certification services include:
CE Program – Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 97/23/EC is offered to those selling their pressure equipment products in the European Union. SAI Global’s certification scope includes European certification of materials, and jointing (welding) approvals, for example fire extinguishers.
CE Program – Simple Pressure Vessel Directive (SPD) 87/404/EEC is offered to those selling their simple pressure vessel products in the European Union. SAI Global’s certification scope covers all simple pressure vessel products.
Gas Cylinder Test Station certification specifies the requirements for the certification of gas cylinder test stations as specified in the AS 2337 series of standards. SAI Global certifies test stations to test cylinders of various categories. Some examples of these categories are:
- welded and brazed (BBQ, camping and other types of LPG cylinders other than automotive)
- seamless (SCUBA, CO2 fire extinguishers)
- composite (previously known as fibre reinforced plastic and breathing apparatus)
- automotive LPG (LPG fuel vessels for cars)
- automotive CNG (natural gas fuel cylinders for trucks and buses).
Second Party Inspections and Assessments are based on the requirements of our clients, as opposed to a specific Standard. The compliance can be to a process or to a product, against an agreed specification. The purpose of a second party inspection and assessment is to provide the customer with objective evidence of compliance to a specification, as agreed between customer and supplier.
Laboratory Recognition is offered to those laboratories which do not carry ILAC member accreditation for a specific standard and/or test method. These laboratories can be added to the SAI Global Recognised Laboratory Listing following an assessment of their test facilities to the specified standard and/or test method. The laboratory itself must also be able to demonstrate conformity to ISO/IEC 17025 in the test methods that will form the basis of the test report(s) supplied to SAI Global.
