[Retrs sox rar Mawuracrome, Testive axp Cenristcarton oF MareRiats, JULY ie General Requirements Chapter 1 Section 5 48.3 Where hard stamps such as the LR brand stamp are issued to manufacturers to carry out the stamping on behalf of LR, ‘the procedure for Issue, maintenance ard use of stamps iso be agreed in writing 42.8.4 —_dentiication andi marking is normaly made by hard stamping, however, altemative methods may be used by prior ‘agreement. Such methods may be an electronic tagging system such as RFID labels, electric etching, slenciing, or painting Paints used to identity aloy stee's are to be fae from lead, copper zinc oF tn, i. the dried fim is not to contain any of these elements in quantities of more than 250 ppm. 48.5 Where aternatve methods ae to be used, the manufacturer shall have in place a procedure dealing the process and ‘controls forthe dentication of materials, and control measures for effective racaabily of materials, 48.8 Heed stamping may, in some cases, be dettmental to the material, Where this concen is dentifed, an alternative ‘method, such as described in Ch 1, 4.8 idantifcation of materials 4.8.4, shall be used 48.7 Where @ number of bght identical products, such as sections and bars weighing << 60 kg per meter, are securely fastened together in bundies, the manufacturer need only brand each bundle. A durable label gvng the required particulars may be attached to each bundle = Section § Non-destructive examination 5.1 General NDE requirements 5.1.1. Prorto the final accectance of materials, surface inspaction and verification of dimensions, non-destructive examination 's tobe carred out in accordance withthe requirements detaledin ths Secton and subsequent Chapters ofthese Rules, 5.1.2 I's the manufacturer's responsibilty for maintaining the requred tolerances and making the necessary measurements Peviodic surveys by the Surveyor do not absolve the manufacturer from this responsibilty 5.1.8 When there is vsble evidence to doubt the soundness of any material or component, such as faws in test specimens Cr suspicious surface marks, the manufacturer is expected fo prove the quay ofthe material by a suitable method. 5.14 Acceptance cttera are detaied in subsequent Chapters ofthese Rules. Alteratve specifications may be submitted for ‘consideration, provided they demonstrate equivalence to these Rules, 5.1.8 Its tho manufacturer's responsibilty 10 ensure that all NDE and visual inspections are cariod out in a controled and Consistent manner by certiied personnel, including the collating of, and provision of accurate reports, which shall be transmitted ‘8 appropriate to LR, and in all cases be avaiable upon request tothe Survey. 52 Personnel qualifications 52.1 Personnel carying out non-destructive examination and interpreting the results of non-destructive examination shall be Certied to the appropriate level of anationaly recognised scheme. Schemes such as ISO 9712, ACOP or SNI-TC-1A full this requirement, Other nationally recognised schemes may be acceptable, and shal be agreed with LR, Furthermore, they shall be certified to the appropriate industry sector for the product type which they are examining 5.2.2 Level 1 personnel are not permitted to interpret results to Codes of Standards 5.2.3 When cerlfcation of personnel is made on an i-house basis under a scheme such as SNTTO-A, practical ‘examinations are to be relevant to material, procuct type, joint configuration, material thickness and acceptance criteria of items inspected for Cassifcation purposes. 52.4 Porsonnol qualifications of NDE operators ae tobe randomly checked by the Surveyor 5.3 Requirements for suppliers of NDE services, 5.3.1 The shipyard, fabricator, or manufacturer may have internal NDE services e.g. ntemnal NDE department), or may acquire ‘xtornal provision of these soricas from an NDE fim. The NDE provision, whether ftom internal resource, or external provider, horoinater shall be known as the super 53.2 The supplier carrying out NDE services shall document all controls necessary to ensure that competent and appropriate NDE senoes can be provided, These include (but re not ited to) Laovos Reis "[Reuss rox rar Mawuracroae, Testive axp Cemristcarzon oF MAreRiats, JOLY ae General Requirements Chapter 1 Section 5 (1 @ quaity management system covering all necessary and relevant information and processes, enabing effective NOE operations; (b)_ training and certification of NDE personnel; (6) responsibites of Supervisors and Operators; (@) equipment (6) procedures and werk instructions; (control and use of sub-contractors fas applicable}: ana (a) teporting. 53.8 Documents detaling contol of NDE operations and processes shall be avalable to the Surveyor upon request, These Include tems such as (@)_ organisation ard management structure, incuding any subsiciaros: ©) ually management systom; (@)_ procedures and work instructions {@)_ details of traning requirements, and Written Practice (f appicable) according to SNTTC-1A; (6) rles and responsibilties of supervising and practitioner personnel; (9 company experince; (@)_ equipment controls, nctuding guidelines for use of equipment; and (customer feedback, relevant complaints, and any legal roceadings against the company historical or present) and {0 anyinformation on other aetivties which may present a confit of intros 53.4 The quality management system shall contin detals covering, asa minimum, the following ters: {@) Training and cortication processes, incuding visual acuity: (b) Work procedures and insvuctions; (6) Maintonance of documents, records ar stands; {) Maintenance, contro, and caltration of quioment; {1 Processes for supenision and effective contol of operations (9 Traceability of records and equipment; {a} Code of conduct for activites ()Corective and preventive actions; and 1) intorral and supplier aucits fas aopicabo) 53.5 The supplier of NDE services should satisty the requirements of a Type A or Type 8 inspection body, as described in ISONEC 17020; however, formal ceriication to ISONEC 17020 is not required 5.3.6 The suppler shall have employed atleast ane Level Il inthe exganisation, wh Is daemed a Suneriser, with apolcable rosponsibities commensurate with this tle, and as described inthe quality management systom and work processes. The Loval i Supervsor shall be certiied to an external accredited scheme, Le, they shall not be appointed under an ‘in-house’ scheme, 5.8.7 The super may acquire extemal provision of independent Lovell services to supplement any ackdtional NDE methods ‘which the Level ll Supervisor may not be certified fox 54 —_Non-destructive examination methods 5.4.1 Nondestructive examination methods are to comply with tne relevant requitements of these Rules. 58 —_Non-destructive examination procedures and work instructions 55.1. Alinon-destrucive examinations are to be cared out to a procedure that is representative ofthe tem under inspection ‘As a minimum the procedures ave to be in accordance with he following (a) Provodures aro to ident tho component to be examined, the NDE metho, the equipment to be usad and the ful extent of the examtinatons including any test estctions, {b) Procedures ar to spocity the qualication and cortfcation roqurements ofthe Inspection parsonnal to be ompoyad. (@)Procedues are to state the degree of surface preparation requires and the methods of preparation to be used before the ‘examinations are made, () Procedures are to stato the reference standards for testing and the acceptance criteria to be applied to the results of the Inspections. rn Low's Reesen[Reuss rox rar Mawuracrune, Testixe axp Cemstcaon oF MArERIAts, JOLY a General Requirements Chapter 1 Section 6 (©) Procedures ate to include the requirement for components to be postively dented and for a datum system or marking systom fo be aopied to ensure repeatailty of inspections, (9 Procedures ar to identi any requirements for increasing the extent of applied NDE where defects have been found dung spot examination. (@) Procedures ae to identiy reporting requirements, Procedures are to be reviewed by the Surveyor to enure that they ae apron Procedus for the product type. ‘or radiography are ta specity the acceptable optical density within the area of interest onthe radiograph, The minimum optical densty within the area of interest on a radiograph isto be equal to or greater than 2,0 for gamma ray fang 18 for X-ray, A maim density of 40 is acceprat Procedures ae Procedures are to be approved by an Operator or Supervisor qualfod to Laval Il in accordance with a recognised Ceariication scheme or bod}: The Level I shall be cetied in the method which is relevant to the testing procedure. “The Stxwayor will view proced.zas for compliance with ths Section, o include the method and requirments for equipment calibrations and functional checks, 5.5.2 The shipyard, fabricator or manufacturer may submit other Codes or Standards for consideration by LR, providing ‘are equivalent to these Rules. Where no agreed acceptance standard is in place, the acceptance levels contained in the ‘subsequent Chaotors of these Rules are 10 apy 55.3 Inthe event that proposed acceptance eitera are not considered to be equivalent to these Rules, the crea may be submitted for special consideration. 5.6 —_Non-destructive examination reports 56.1 NDE reports are to include all information required to identi how the examination was executed and are to include the following information where appropriate: {@) Date of test. (b) Name and quatfcation of Operator with signatures ofthe Operator. (@)_Detais ofthe component identification, description of test location and volume examin (6) Heat realment status, where appic (@} Weld ype, procedure and configuration, where applicable {9 Surface condton @ Testprocedure, (h) Equipment used {)Testresuits wth a map or recor of reportable and/or reject indications, giving lacation, dimensions and nature of indication, Reference to acceptance cftria and evaluation in accordance to these criteria Material type anc thickness, Calibration, = Section 6 References 61 General 6.1.1 _The location of National and international Standards referenced in these Res aro shown in Tablo 1.6.1 List of National and Intemational Standards. The latest version of the standards inthis table applies unless otherwise agreed. ile aera | Standard (Chaptor 1 ~ Gareal Rogurrenis 150.9001 SNTTCAA soar Laovos Reis 18[Reuss rox rar Mawuracrune, Testixe axp Cemstcaon oF MArERIAts, JOLY a General Requirements Chapter 1 ‘Section 6 ISQNEC 17020 (Chapter 2 Testing roceckres or Metalic Materials iso 5892-1 Is06s02-2 180 185 180 2566-1 180 75004 150 6500 180 6506-2 's06506-3 's0 6507-1 ssoesar-2 \so6sars 's0 600 asTMeza (Chapter 3 Roles Sts Palos, Sp, Sectors and Bars EN T0160 ASTM AS78.07 AsTMent2 ASTM E3810) ASTM 2058 Iso 7652 SIM €208.06 oes2816 ASTMENS EN 10247 180 6502. (Chapter 4 Steal Casings one (Chapter 5 Sisal Forgings ASTMEN2 (Chapter 8 = Ania Aloys| ASTM G88 ASTM GOT (Chapter 8 — Copper Alors ASIMERT2 1087: 2006 +8 ‘Chapter 10 — Equipment ar Moorea arc Anchoring 1s0 643 Iso 1704 150 1824 as 7160[Reuss rox rar Mawuracrune, Testixe axp Cemstcaon oF MArERIAts, JOLY a General Requirements Chapter 1 ‘Section 6 ASTM A255 (Chapter 17 ~ Approval o Weng Consumables 150.9600 sso 10042 asTMG4s (Chapter 12 —Wilang Quaiatons| 1500007 ts0.5817 10 6520. 's0 6507-1 sso 10042 ast Gis 150 250392 Iso 2520-4 sso 14ra2 so 1484 ‘Chapter 18 — Requremants for Welded Consinucton sore Is0 252308 's0 6520-1 SNTIO“A AwsoaeM sso 1002 (Chiote 14 Pasios Mateos so 827.2 'so178 soe two 752 \wo608 sosere ss0 14125, sso 14190 ts0 1172 ts0 1922 astmoeracers ASTM 039010995 \soets stu zericza7M woes 180 180