Medical Gas Copper Fittings
Medical gas copper fittings (CPX end feed copper fittings) are manufactured in the UK under BS EN 13485 Medical Devices: Quality Management Systems. They are suitable for jointing degreased medical gas copper tube pipelines compliant to BS EN 13348, BS EN 1057 and BS 2871 Part 1 Table X as quoted in HTM 02-01 and C11.
Exclusively designed for Medical Gas Pipeline Systems (MGPS), CPX copper fittings recognise and embrace the specialist requirements of the medical gas pipeline industry to include all aspects of design, cleanliness, packaging and usability required to become a successful partner for installations of pipelines compliant with HTM 02-01, C11 and BS EN 7396.
Specific benefits include :
- All CPX degreased copper fittings are engraved with the following information: EN 1254, size, manufacturer details.
- Each fitting is individually bagged in a clear protective polythene bag and sealed to maintain cleanliness
- Each bag is labelled with the degreased specification, product code and production batch number.
- Cleanliness is guaranteed below 0.01 mg/cm² of hydrocarbons on the degreased surface of the fitting.
- All boxes include logical and concise labelling identification.
Designed to meet the requirements of (but not exclusive to):
- EN 1254: Specification for Capillary Copper Fittings
- BS 684: Specification for Copper Fittings used with Copper Tubes
- ASTM B280: Cleanliness Testing
- HTM 02-01: NHS Health Technical Memorandum
- C11: NHS Model Engineering Specification-Medical Gases
- BS EN 7396: Medical Gas Pipelines for Compressed Medical Gases and Vacuum
- BS EN 740: Active Anaesthetic Gas Scavenging Pipeline System
- CE marked as a Class IIa Medical Device 93/42/EEC with notified body British Standard Institute CE0086