BS ISO 15738:2019
Ships and marine technology. Maritime safety. Gas inflation systems for inflatable life-saving appliances
| Standard number: | BS ISO 15738:2019 |
| Pages: | 22 |
| Released: | 2019-07-16 |
| ISBN: | 978 0 580 94568 7 |
| Status: | Standard |
BS ISO 15738:2019
This standard BS ISO 15738:2019 Ships and marine technology. Maritime safety. Gas inflation systems for inflatable life-saving appliances is classified in these ICS categories:
- 47.020.99 Other standards related to shipbuilding and marine structures
- 47.080 Small craft
This document specifies performance and testing requirements for gas inflation systems for inflatable life-saving appliances.
It is suitable for inflatable life-saving appliances complying with the requirements of the 1974 Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS 74), as amended, and the IMO International Life-Saving Appliance Code (LSA Code) as amended, adopted by IMO Resolution MSC.48(66).
This document applies to gas inflation systems which consist of an inflation gas, a gas cylinder valve, a gas cylinder operating head, high-pressure hoses, and pressure-relief/transfer, inflate/deflate and non-return valves. This document addresses only systems in which compressed inflation gas in cylinders is used as the inflation medium.
National requirements for qualification, use, and testing of gas cylinders vary widely. Such requirements for gas cylinders are not addressed in this document, but it is presupposed that gas cylinders meet the requirements of the applicable regulatory bodies. The systems addressed in this document are of the type generally used in life-saving appliances, such as survival craft, marine evacuation systems, and means of rescue. Systems used in personal life-saving appliances, such as inflatable lifejackets, are addressed in ISO 12402-7.