EN 12312-5 Aircraft Ground Support Equipment Part 5: Standard Test for Aircraft Refueling Equipment

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of EN 12312-5 testing. This standard specifies technical requirements to minimize hazards during commissioning, operation and maintenance of the AFE, including misuse that can be reasonably foreseen by the manufacturer when the AFE is used as intended.

In addition, authorities take into account certain performance requirements that are considered essential by aircraft and ground support equipment (GSE) manufacturers, as well as airlines, airports and refueling companies.

This standard applies to all types of aircraft refueling equipment:

• Aircraft refueling devices;
• hydrant dispensers;
• fuel unloaders;
• Hydrant pit service vehicles;
• Pit cleaning tools;
• Fixed distribution units intended to serve aircraft with aviation fuels and to operate in other aircraft refueling related areas such as airports, heliports and maintenance bases.

This standard specifies some functional and performance requirements as well as health and safety requirements for aircraft refueling equipment (AFE) intended for use on all types of aircraft commonly serving in civil air transport.

The minimum essential criteria are considered of primary importance in providing safe, serviceable, economical and practical AFE. Deviations should only occur after careful consideration, extensive testing, risk assessment and comprehensive service assessment have shown that alternative methods or conditions are satisfactory. Such deviations are outside the scope of this standard and a manufacturer should be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of protection.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with EN 12312-5 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.