CEN/TC 186 - Industrial thermoprocessing - Safety

CEN/TC 186 is a Technical Committee within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Industrial thermoprocessing - Safety" and is responsible for: Standardization in the field of safety of equipment for industrial thermoprocessing equipment (for example industrial furnaces or kilns and industrial heating equipment) in the field such as: -Metallurgical and metal working plant; in the fields of: 1. Thermal Production; 2. Melting, Pouring; 3. Heating; 4. Heat treatment; 5. Surface treatment; 6. Coating; 7. Joining; 8. Surface treatment. - Glass making plant; - Ceramic manufacturing plant; - Chemical plant; - Waste incineration equipment. And heated by: - Gaseous fuels; - Liquid fuels; - Mixed fuels; - Electricity. Blast furnaces, converters (in steel plants) , boilers, welding machines and food processing equipment are excluded. This committee has published 20 standards.

CEN/TC 186 develops CEN standards in the area of I36 - THERMOPROCESSING TECHNOLOGY. The scope of work includes: Standardization in the field of safety of equipment for industrial thermoprocessing equipment (for example industrial furnaces or kilns and industrial heating equipment) in the field such as: -Metallurgical and metal working plant; in the fields of: 1. Thermal Production; 2. Melting, Pouring; 3. Heating; 4. Heat treatment; 5. Surface treatment; 6. Coating; 7. Joining; 8. Surface treatment. - Glass making plant; - Ceramic manufacturing plant; - Chemical plant; - Waste incineration equipment. And heated by: - Gaseous fuels; - Liquid fuels; - Mixed fuels; - Electricity. Blast furnaces, converters (in steel plants) , boilers, welding machines and food processing equipment are excluded. Currently, there are 20 published standards from this technical committee.

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