October 2019

updates from 54 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS October 2019 www.hpmag.co.uk Contact BCAS at Tel: 020 7935 2464 e-mail: info@bcas.org.uk website: www.bcas.org.uk The scope of PSSR 2000 covers a range of activities concerning compressed air equipment. All companies that fall under the criteria of the UK Regulations must have various parts of the pressure system inspected and certified, while owners and users must also document repairs and modifications to ensure safety. New designs for any pressure system must be approved, then constructed and installed safely. Maintenance and training are key parts of PSSR 2000 to ensure systems are “Maintained so as to Prevent Danger” and that all parties involved in operating the systems understand any risks and emergency procedures. The ten reasons that understanding PSSR 2000 is important For maintenance managers, health & safety managers, plant managers or owners, ensuring compliance with PSSR 2000 is vital. We’ve listed the top ten reasons that you should ensure a full and accurate understanding of PSSR 2000 below; 1 1. Understand the risks and consequences of falling foul of the legislation. 2. Understand the need for correct information and marking of pressure equipment. 3. Understand which pressure systems fall under all the regulations and those that don’t. 4. Understand that under regulation 8 of PSSR 2000 it is the owner/user’s responsibility to ensure a written scheme of examination is produced by a competent person. 5. Understand examination/inspection under regulation 9, and who is competent to complete this work. 6. Understand that not all WSE’s available are necessarily comprehensive enough to cover all pressure systems regulations. 7. Understand that a WSE on the pressure vessels alone is not always a satisfactory document. 8. Understand Safe operating Limits (SOL). 9. Understand the importance of maintenance. 10. Understand the need for the keeping of records. To find out more about BCAS’s PSSR 2000 training module, or to book your course, contact training@bcas.corg.uk BCAS’s training and development officer, Roy Brooks, provides a brief overview of the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR 2000) and his top ten tips for ensuring compliance. Top tips for PSSR compliance BCAS, the UK’s only trade association for the compressed air industry, has entered into a partnership with Reshoring UK, a new platform designed to connect manufacturers and suppliers across the UK’s engineering market. Developed through a collaboration between over 20 leading industrial engineering associations, the platform supplies businesses with a wealth of information that they can use to successfully determine a new supplier partnership. Businesses can target by industry, sector and region, with the results appearing on an interactive map; these points can then be interrogated to show more data and an individual company website link. Other functions of the website include a search box to find bespoke products and services, with plans in motion to further expand the website over 2020. The right levels of support Vanda Jones, executive director for BCAS, commented: “In a world of constantly changing legislation and standards, it pays to work with a supplier that can offer the right levels of support, backed by engineering and technical expertise. As the only UK technical trade association open to manufacturers, distributors and end users of compressors, vacuum pumps, pneumatic tools and allied products, it is an approach we have always advocated - helping to connect our members with industry end-users to help specify, install, maintain and service their equipment. We are therefore delighted to be partnering with Reshoring UK to help businesses source the right engineering expertise, that can help avoid downtime, save costs and maintain the highest safety standards.” Baroness Burt of Solihull, Patron of Reshoring UK added: “This facility will support the high value and technical requirements of such industries as aerospace, automotive, rail, marine, energy and medical from conceptual design to complete product delivery for companies searching for UK-based support for their businesses. The development of the Reshoring initiative is to encourage engagement with our manufacturing supply chain and to recognise the strength, skills and innovation available to manufacturers in the UK.” BCAS supports new UK-based supply chain development platform