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This guide aids the process industry in drawing up service life journals for pressurised equipment. Service life journals are important for gaining good knowledge of a plant's life cycle.

Properly used, this guide can help the user to
– gain a safer plant with a known life expectancy.
– be able to plan replacement or renovation in time instead of when unplanned.
– plan for revision control if the object can be used for longer than the life expectancy.
– gain a better knowledge of the condition of the objects in the plant.
– create a clear basis for third-party control of the objects.
– assess the remaining life span in terms of time. This can be used by inspection bodies to determine intervals for third-party controls.

The service life journal requirement took effect on 01/12/2019 in AFS 2017:3. The latest amendment applies.