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Pressure cookers are going to win quality seal Inmetro

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The warranty states that the product has been tested.
200 plants in the country, four are already pans with the new standards.

Pressure cookers are getting a quality assurance that will be a seal of Quality Control, so that the consumer does not need to find only at home if he bought the pot is safe or not.

The seal indicates that the product has undergone several tests and the risk of accident is almost zero. Today, the two hundred factories in the country, four have already started to produce pots in the new standards.

Manufacturers will only receive the seal is cumparam a list of requirements and tests, in factories, have become more stringent.

"There are about thirty technical requirements, since resistance tests of cables, opening of valves, hydrostatic testing to measure the resistance of the pot and aging tests also from elastomeric, ie, the sealing rings," said Arcanjelo Nigro Neto, chairman of the Committee for the Study of ABNT.

Accidents involving pressure cooker are usually caused by clogged valves. The most common model sold in this country is the inside cover and two valves

The country are sold between 500 thousand and 600 thousand pressure cookers a month. The factories themselves are the complaints of customers an idea about the danger that lurks in the kitchens. "Come close to 2 thousand pots a day with accidents," said Silvio Nigro, director of a factory.

To prevent explosions, the manufacturers invest in safer pans: aluminum reinforced end cap, silicone ring and valves to control the pressure and lessen the danger.

The stay-at-home Maria 
Ozilia Garcez has exploded inside the house. "The stove had sunk and the lid of the pot ended up in the ceiling of another room. It was an unforgettable scene. And that made me very insecure in relation to the pot, "she said.

Ozilia know what to watch next purchase. "We'll watch the seal Inmetro," she said.

See the care you should take with pressure cookers, according to the Inmetro:

- Always clean the relief valve of the pot, that creaky, keeping it always clear;

- Make sure the valve is not deformed, resulting from an impact;

- Replace the valve every five years and only in authorized representatives;

- During cooking, keep the bottom of the pot always plan, do not let pot handles out of bounds of the stove and not allow children to stay in the kitchen.



Source: G1

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