7.2. Joint coefficients

Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (recast) Text with EEA relevance · European Union

For welded joints, the joint coefficient shall not exceed the following values: for equipment subject to destructive and non-destructive tests which confirm that the whole series of joints show no significant defects: 1, for equipment subject to random non-destructive testing: 0,85, for equipment not subject to non-destructive testing other than visual inspection: 0,7. If necessary, the type of stress and the mechanical and technological properties of the joint shall also be taken into account.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.