scope:

Applies to all combustion and fuel handling equipment used in industrial thermoprocessing equipment which meets the definition for machinery in 3.1 of EN 292-1:991, referred to hereafter as "equipment", e.g. furnaces, kilns, ovens, heating systems such as salt baths and melting tanks, and equipment such as integrated burners and torches used in casting machines, ladle heating etc. It applies to the handling of fuel immediately adjacent to the equipment but downstream of and including the main plant manually operated fuel shut off valve. It specifies the list of hazards, the safety requirements and associated measures as well as the user instructions relating to fuel handling and combustion equipment.