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This International Standard specifies requirements for single or two-stage pressure regulators without flowmetering devices for connection to gas cylinders used for compressed gases up to 300 bar (30 MPa), dissolved acetylene, liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), methylacetylene-propadiene mixtures (MPS), and carbon dioxide (CO2), for use in welding, cutting and allied processes. This International Standard also specifies requirements for single or two-stage pressure regulators with flowmetering devices for connection to gas cylinders used for compressed gases or mixtures up to 300 bar (30 MPa), and carbon dioxide (CO2), for use in welding, cutting and allied processes. Typical processes using this equipment are: tungsten inert-gas arc welding (TIG), metal-arc inert-gas welding (MIG), metal-arc active-gas welding (MAG), plasma arc welding, tubular-cored-wiretubular-cored-wire welding and plasma cutting. Annex B gives examples of flow-control systems and their flow-measuring devices.