Does this meal that a cylinder marked as DOT 3 or 3AL will be tested and filled in Aus as-is?
No. Depends where you go and who you speak to.
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Does this meal that a cylinder marked as DOT 3 or 3AL will be tested and filled in Aus as-is?
Apparently an importer has an authority from someone probably worksafe to test and stamp them. .
I asked this question myself: Answer is for your sales people
Can you Import a SCUBA tank into Australia and get it certified "YES"
The Answer is YES and you arrive there by insanity now follow the bouncing ball
All tanks Steel or Aluminum worldwide must meet the appropriate international standard issued by the United Nations
All countries issue their own Standard Number which is the equivalent of the UN Number (why bother)
CIG produced steel tanks and applied for an Australian Standard (they are long out of business)
No one in Australia has produced SCUBA tanks (for more than 20 years)
According to standards Australia they do "No testing they just issue a standard if you apply for one" sounds safe to me
Until I advised them of how old AS 1777 was for Aluminum tanks they did not know exactly
The National Testing Authority has no one here who knows anything about testing or certifying tanks
They gave me a contact he scurried to a dark corner and made feeble crying sounds when asked if he would do it
There is no one in Australia who tests or certifies new tanks that do not meet an existing standard
Work Safe who do Industrial Inspection & Certification ( your Dept Labour & Industry) recite the mantra must meet AUS Standard
When I explained that Standards Australia, do no Testing just hand out certificates and their head (CEO) stated AUS standards are not legally
enforceable as they are only voluntary. He was totally stupefied they have probably been prosecuting people citing AUS standards.
I assume their legal boffins went insane at that.
Eventually I got on to a man from Work Safe in New South Wales who knew the answer.
I have confirmed this answer for Victoria with Work Safe
I assume a similar set up applies for other States.
I have checked with an older man who certifies SCUBA tanks he also verifies this.
The form attached above must be filled out (section on Pressure Vessels only) the tank must be pressure tested by an authorized SCUBA test station the form submitted to Work Safe
for their approval once approved the SCUBA tank can then be stamped AS 1777
Oh how I love bureaucracy as they say I'm from the Government I'm here to help
As far as I know virtually all tanks originate from two sources Catalina Cylinders in the US and Faber in Italy so why all the standards B!S! countries trying to protect their turf
with bogus standards I guess.
I also found out but the person could not discuss it openly AUS and New Zealand are re writing all their standards to new AU/NZ Standard most likely as a non tariff trade barrier.
PS in AUS SCUBA tanks are pressure tested and visually inspected annually they have no service life or expiry date as in the US they can be used till they explode no kidding!
it happened last year (2010) during a test with a 20 year old tank tester was injured. But just remember for safety it must be AS 1777 certified this took nearly 3 weeks of phone calls to get an answer. Enjoy