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Pressure systems & air receivers
Pressure vessels, air receivers, steam boilers, heat exchangers and pipework — from a single receiver in a workshop to plant in a power station.
Vulcan Inspection ServicesEngineering inspection since 1859
Leave nothing to chance.
Pressure systems, lifting equipment, farm and commercial plant — examined, tested, certified and written down. One firm, one register, inspecting British industry since 1859.
- Established1859
- AccreditedUKAS or NICEIC
- Part ofThe BES Group
- With NFU Mutual20+ years
Register of examinations
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Air receiver · 500 litre24 mo12.04.2027—
Lifting beam · 2 t12 mo03.02.2027—
Forklift truck6 mo21.11.2026—
MEWP · boom6 mo09.01.2027—
Tractor · fore-end loader12 mo30.05.2027—
British Engineering Services · Vulcan Inspection Services
Carried forward
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Power press · interlocking6 mo18.12.2026—
LEV system · extraction14 mo02.07.2027—
Pressure vessel · steam12 mo14.03.2025Overdue
Examined by
Engineer surveyor · Vulcan Inspection Services
Specimen entry. Every examination is recorded and dated, and issued as a report — with a certificate where the law requires one.
Standing
Experts since
1859.
Vulcan Inspection Services is part of the British Engineering Services Group — a business that has inspected, tested and reported on farming and commercial machinery for more than 150 years.
We have worked alongside NFU Mutual for more than 20 years, keeping their customers and their people safe. We are accredited by either UKAS or NICEIC, which means we can independently certify the maintenance work carried out by contractors.
- GroupBritish Engineering Services
- PartnerNFU Mutual · 20+ years
- AccreditationUKAS or NICEIC
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What we inspect
Six kinds of entry in the register. Each one says what is examined, how often, and what lands on your desk afterwards.
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Lifting equipment
Cranes, lifting beams, slings and accessories, MEWPs, forklift trucks and passenger lifts — examined under LOLER, wherever the kit happens to be.
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Farm machinery
Fore-end loaders, tractors, and the pressure vessels, air receivers and LEV systems that sit around a working farm.
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Commercial vehicles & plant
Tankers, trailers, lorry loaders and site plant, alongside the fixed electrical installations and power presses that PUWER and the Electricity at Work Regulations cover.
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Contractor certification
Independent certification of maintenance work carried out by contractors, so the job is signed off by someone who did not do it.
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Testing
Materials, mechanical and non-destructive testing — from verifying a design before it is built to establishing whether an old asset is still fit for purpose.
Examinations are reported in real time: our engineer surveyors submit findings from site, and every report, certificate and action sits in one place for you to track.
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How often, by law
The statutory intervals for the things we examine. Where the law sets a maximum we print it. Where it does not, we say so rather than guess.
| Asset | Required by | Interval | Basis |
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| Pressure vessel, air receiver, steam boiler | PSSR 2000 | Set by the written scheme of examination — commonly 12 or 24 months | Written scheme |
| Lifting equipment, other than for lifting people | LOLER 1998 | At least every 12 months, or as the examination scheme specifies | Statutory maximum |
| Lifting accessories; equipment for lifting people | LOLER 1998 | At least every 6 months | Statutory maximum |
| Power press or press brake — interlocking guards | PUWER 1998 & ACOP | 6 months | Statutory maximum |
| Power press or press brake — fixed guards | PUWER 1998 & ACOP | 12 months | Statutory maximum |
| Local exhaust ventilation (LEV) | COSHH 2002 | At least every 14 months | Statutory maximum |
| Fixed electrical installation | EAWR 1989 · PUWER 1998 | Set by risk assessment — the law sets no single interval | By risk assessment |
The date that matters is the one in your written scheme. This table is a working guide, not a certificate. Vulcan’s engineer surveyors confirm the interval for each asset on the first visit, and every report records both the examination date and the next one due.
Intervals from the regulations named in each row; press and LEV intervals as published on Vulcan’s own inspection pages.
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Two entries closed
Case studies from the people who keep the plant running — one in renewable energy, one on a farm.
Case study · Renewable energy · Inspections
Staying ahead of change with renewable energy
The plant behind renewable energy — pressure systems, lifting equipment and electrical installations — needs the same examinations as any other site.
Read the case studyCase study · Farms · Inspections
Keeping your air receivers safe
An air receiver is a pressure system. It needs a written scheme of examination, a thorough examination at the interval that scheme sets, and a record of both.
Read the case studyRef 004
So, why choose us?
Because risk does not respond to optimism. The work runs from a pressure vessel in a power station to a fore-end loader on a farm — and the attention to detail does not change with the size of the job.
The problem with risk is, it’s risky. We don’t get to choose the outcome when something goes wrong, and it can’t be left to chance.
For over 150 years our engineer surveyors and engineering consultants have inspected, tested and reported on farming and commercial machinery to keep people from harm’s way. Whether it is our customers or our people, they come before everything else.
- 01Leave nothing to chance.
- 02We make sure everyone gets home safe.
- 03One thing stays constant: our attention to detail.
Vulcan’s own words, from their homepage.
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“Vulcan Inspection Services have played a pivotal role in helping NFU Mutual to make the farming and commercials sectors we support safer. For over 20 years they have continued to add value to our business, and those of our clients, as well as maintain a high level of personal service and product innovation.”
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Birchwood Park
Warrington WA3 6BA
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