Pressure Vessel Data Books
Pressure Vessel Data Books
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Hi
How long are you required need to keep pressure vessel data books?
Does it matter if you are the designers and not the manufacturers?
Is there a difference in the lenght between PED and ASME vessels?
Are scanned copies acceptable? Or do you need the originals?
Can any direct me to where I might find this out?
thanks
Posture
How long are you required need to keep pressure vessel data books?
Does it matter if you are the designers and not the manufacturers?
Is there a difference in the lenght between PED and ASME vessels?
Are scanned copies acceptable? Or do you need the originals?
Can any direct me to where I might find this out?
thanks
Posture





RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
The test documents of the initial hydrostatic tests, the material cert's (from the builder) and the welder certs?
Day-to-day operating records? Repairs, replacement parts and after-repair hydro's?
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
Thanks for the reply. Let me clarify:
when we get a vessel from a fabricator, they give us a book of test reports, calcs, copies of UA1 forms where applicable etc, declarations of conformity for PED vessels , hydrotest records, nameplate scrubbings, material certs, weld maps etc etc etc. documents related to the construction and design of the vessel/
we then pass the vessel on to our client who does not always request the documents be sent to them. In some cases we design the vessel , in others the fabricator based on our design conditions.
I am wondering do we need to keep the hard copy sent to us by the fabricator or is it allowed to scan them and store electonically?
If someone can direct me to where this is information might be , I'll willing investigate myself but I can seem to find anything.
thanks
Posture
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
My recommendation, given today's environment - and today's government changes about most everything - is to pass along ALL of the hardcopy data with the PV as a deliverable. Get a signature, or include a statement to that effect with your "boilerplate" documentation with the final payment/initial contract.
That way, the client has the doc's, knows he has the doc's, and has acknowledged he has the doc's. If the client, in years down the line, sells or repairs the PV, the document package is in place to go to the next person - and YOU cannot be held liable for keeping long-out-of-date documentation that you don't control any longer.
Obviously, if you have - as a matter of standard business practice IAW ISO 9000, etc. etc. - issue hard copy documentation with the PV on delivery, then you can't keep hard copy.
But then you keep digital copies of the cert's to protect yourself. At least digital copies are small and easy to store on CD's. (Until CD's go out of date - like tape files, 3 inch floppies, 24 inch dia hard disks, 5 inch floppies, .... 286 computer hard drives, ) If anybody other than a past client wants to see the digital records in future years, charge them if you need to.
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
Mike
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
At any time you may contact NBIC for MDR.
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
Posture
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
The 3 years records retention by the ASME Certificate Holder (manufacturer of the pressure vessel), is a Code requirement.
ASME Section VIII Div. 1, Appendix 10-13 Records Retention.
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
Not sure about scanned records but as we send much of this info to the notified body electronically I see no reason why it could not be stored tat way.
Hope this helps
RE: Pressure Vessel Data Books
Posture