Internationally recognised standards for outstanding quality assurance in gas containment.

Accreditations and approvals

At Chesterfield Special Cylinders, we understand that internationally recognised standards of quality assurance are vital to any business that supplies safety-critical industries such as hydrogen, offshore, naval, chemical manufacture, power generation, and aerospace. That’s why we’re committed to providing world-class quality in everything that we do.

We take our role on technical scientific and governmental industry standards committees seriously, which is why we’re at the forefront of pressurised gas containment technologies. Our technical teams are recognised throughout the world as leading advisors on the design, manufacture and maintenance of gas containment solutions. That’s why we’re known for our unrivalled expertise and thought leadership on customer, quality assurance and safety requirements. 

The approvals, standards, codes, and directives that we work to are reviewed on a regular basis both internally by our quality team and externally by the relevant third party bodies. We are accredited to carry out work in accordance with most international standards and with a large number of GB and EU notified bodies. We are experienced at going through qualification stages to gain approval to meet the requirements of our customers.

Standards, codes, and directives:

• Design, manufacture, inspection, and test:
  • Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive (TPED) 2010/35/EU / Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (TPER – UK only)
  • Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 2014/68/EU / Pressure Equipment (Safety) (PER) Regulations – UK only
  • BS EN ISO 11120
  • BS EN ISO 9809-1 & BS EN ISO 9809-2
  • AD 2000 Merkblatt
  • ASME Section VIII Div 1 & Div 1 App 22
  • EN 13445-3
  • PD 5500 (formally BS 5500)
  • Def-Stan 02-317 Parts 1 to 4
  • ADR / Carriage of Dangerous Goods (CDG) – UK only

• Periodic inspection and test (for field services and factory services retesting purposes):
  • BS EN ISO 18119
  • Def-Stan 02-318 Part 1 & Part 2
  • BS 8562
  • BS EN 16753
  • ISO 16148
  • ISO 11623
  • ISO 10460
  • ISO 6406 (soon to be removed)
  • EN 1968
  • Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR) – UK Only

Accreditations:

• BS EN ISO 9001:2015
• BS EN ISO 14001:2015
• ISO 45001:2018

Approvals:

• AD2000
• DOT requalification
• DNV

The main third-party bodies that we work with currently include:

• Arrowhead
• BIE International
• Lloyds 
• LRQA
• ABS
• DNV
• BES
• TüV Nord
• Bureau Veritas (BV)

We can work with other third-party bodies to meet customer requirements.