OPSS High Pressure equipment vessels
Product Safety Report: Cochran Ltd Ultranox Boiler Burner (2507-0072)
Published by Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS):
Reason for the recall
- A fire occurred on an example of the Ultranox burner head, highlighting a issue with the design of the burner seal.
Reasonsee the original notice
BrandUltranox
Batch number(s)not stated
Barcodenot stated
Product
Cochran Ltd Ultranox Boiler Burner
- Brand
- Ultranox
- Category
- Pressure equipment vessels
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Type of recall
- Product safety report
- Summary
- Product: Cochran Ltd Ultranox Boiler Burner
- Hazard: A fire occurred on an example of the Ultranox burner head, highlighting a issue with the design of the burner seal.
- Corrective action: Product brought back into compliance. The manufacturer has undertaken a review of the burner heads and undertaken a design upgrade.
- Product information
- Type
- Pressure Equipment - Industrial Boiler Burner head
- Brand
- Ultranox
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Product Description
- Ultranox model range of gas fired industrial boiler heads.
- Product Report and Image
- Link to product image and PDF
- Hazard
- A fire occurred on an example of the Ultranox burner head, highlighting a issue with the design of the burner seal, and giving rise to a risk of fire.
- The product did not satisfy the requirements of the Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.
- Corrective action
- The manufacturer has undertaken a review of the burner heads and undertaken a design upgrade. The following corrective action has also been taken:
- All units currently in production or on-site awaiting final commissioning will be fully checked and tested before they are entered into service.
- Checked the integrity of the head design and conducted combustion checks on all units already supplied and have determined that all of these are operating without issue. One unit is to have the combustion head replaced.
- Additional information
- PSD notification number: 2507-0072
- Notified by: Health and Safety Executive
What to do
- Product brought back into compliance. The manufacturer has undertaken a review of the burner heads and undertaken a design upgrade.
- Product information
- Type
- Pressure Equipment - Industrial Boiler Burner head
Source: Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls (OPSS) — Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS)
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