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Challenges for Cylinder Fillers and Providers in the Middle East Harald Wendland Buzwair Gases Qatar. Dubai | December 2013. MEGA Working Group CYL ( Cylinders). Current focus Educate users Encourage/recommend standardization
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Challenges for Cylinder Fillers and Providers in the Middle EastHarald Wendland Buzwair Gases Qatar Dubai | December 2013
MEGA Working Group CYL ( Cylinders) Current focus • Educate users • Encourage/recommend standardization • Pursue adoption of MEGA standards with local authorities
Specific Challenge - Pool ( exchange) Cylinders • No clear responsibility for cylinder recertification • No clear responsibility for cylinder maintenance • Inconsistency in acetoning of acetylene cylinders • Use of non-standard adaptors
Specific Challenge - Multiple Cylinder Standards • Cylinders may be made to various ( foreign) national or international specifications • Cylinder Valves may be made to various specifications • Inconsistency in use of Pressure Relief Devices ( PRDs)
Specific Challenge – Absence of national legislation • No specific labelling requirements • No specific shipping or other regulatory requirements • No technical shipping regulations • No recertification regulations
MEGA WG-CYL first publication Our first pamphlet was on acetylene cylinder safety It was also our first bilingual publication ( English and Arabic )
MEGA WG-CYL efforts • Other current efforts include : • Agreement on implementing the harmonized colour code • Development of a guideline on the recertification requirements of the many cylinder standards present in the market • A guideline on cylinder valves and PRVs