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Filtering standards

9th February 1980, Page 26
9th February 1980
Page 26
Page 26, 9th February 1980 — Filtering standards
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BRITISH Standards Institu. tion has published a revise( edition of BS 4552 Fuel Filters Strainers and Sedimentors fo Compression-ignition Engines Part 1, Methods of Test, firsi issued in 1970.

'Part 1 specifies testing pro cedure relating to certain per formance characteristics oi fuel filters, strainers and sedimentors for engines using diesel fuel (gas-oil) of classes Al or A2 (as specified in BS 2869) with flow rates in the range 5 litres/h to 500 litres/h. The requirements apply to filters having either integral or replacement elements.

Included in the standard are a number of supporting dia grams and appendices, one of which gives guidance on the application of tests to various types of filters.

Copies of BS 4552 Part 1 may be obtained from BSI Sales Department, 101 Pentonville Road, London Ni 9ND, price £10.50.