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General Inspection Procedure

General Inspection Procedure

General Inspection Procedure

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I am currently working with a customer who is requesting a "General Inspection Procedure" to describe what we do every day in the shop.  That is, weld to Sec IX, ascertain all WPS's have been qualified(thats 101 isn't it?), WPQ's have been carried out & in acorcance w/WPS's(101, again), visual/dimensional inspection on tubesheets, nozz locations, flanges, etc.  From the components all the way to the overall dimensions.  I struggle trying to put common sense into words.  Does anyone have an idea where to look for suggestions or samples that will help me get started?  Anyhelp is appreciated.

RE: General Inspection Procedure

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I struggle trying to put common sense into words.

LOL. If only common sense were a bit more common!

Do you have a shop procedures manual you can toss in your customer's direction? Any ISO-9000 related fluff? On the bright side, you know the client won't be asking any challenging engineering questions!

jt

RE: General Inspection Procedure

We have a baseline ITP that we use as a minimum--customer requirements are added to it.  Do you have something similar?

RE: General Inspection Procedure

I would advise that your procedure provide the Purpose, Scope, Responsibility and Reference to an Inspection  & Test Plan (ITP) or Traveler and the Documentation (forms/checklists)that you employ. The ITP or Traveler will provide the discrete inspection and test steps.

RE: General Inspection Procedure

I would guess that you've got a Quality Control Manual.  I would present that as it gives an overall explanation of your required duties.

RE: General Inspection Procedure

You may review this reference:

"Practical Guide to Pressure Vessel Manufacturing"
Sunil Kumar Pullarcot

"Explores vessel fabrication and the corresponding procedures of quality and control. Details the necessary methods for code specification compliance. Clarifies the inspection, testing, and documentation of the ASME code."

stanweld (Materials) this above reference Inclued ITP
as you have stated:
Inspection  & Test Plan (ITP) or Traveler and the Documentation (forms/checklists)that you employ. The ITP or Traveler will provide the discrete inspection and test steps.  

http://www.engnetbase.com/ejournals/books/book_summary/summary.asp?id=3061


Regaards
L S Thill
 

RE: General Inspection Procedure


asme76
The operative word here is customer.
If they are asking a fundamental question like this one, the read I get is they are most likely inexperienced.
Section 5 of NB-57 offers a comprehensive list of the responsibilities of the manufacture within the ASME BPV Codes and it is located on http://www.nationalboard.org
You could use this to teach your neophyte.

 Happy New Year
 Z
 

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