Appendix 10, Clause 10-12 of ASME Section VIII-1
Appendix 10, Clause 10-12 of ASME Section VIII-1
(OP)
Interpretation: VIII-1-83-82R (Published in Vol. 17)
Subject: Section VIII-1, Appendix 10, 10-12, Calibration of Measurement and Test
Equipment
Date Issued: June 24, 1985
File Number: BC80-289*, BC85-158
Question: For Section VIII, Division 1 construction, 10-12 of Appendix 10 Quality Control System requires that "the manufacturer shall have a system for the calibration of examination, measuring and test equipment used ..." Is traceability to a national standard required?
Reply: No.
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Could anybody please explain the last sentence of the question and its intent?
Subject: Section VIII-1, Appendix 10, 10-12, Calibration of Measurement and Test
Equipment
Date Issued: June 24, 1985
File Number: BC80-289*, BC85-158
Question: For Section VIII, Division 1 construction, 10-12 of Appendix 10 Quality Control System requires that "the manufacturer shall have a system for the calibration of examination, measuring and test equipment used ..." Is traceability to a national standard required?
Reply: No.
.............................
Could anybody please explain the last sentence of the question and its intent?
Nasir
Welding Engineer
DESCON ENGINEERING LIMITED
PAKISTAN





RE: Appendix 10, Clause 10-12 of ASME Section VIII-1
An Interp means exactly how it reads. This one says that you are NOT required to calibrate to ['calibration traceable to'] a 'National Standard'. NBS / NIST / ISO traceability is not required. -- period --
Ooops -- if not a National [or International] Standard, what would the committee members consider adequate? Actually, this is a moot point, the actual AI reaponsible for the Inspection would not have accepter 'calibrated' instruments & gauges not traceable to some recognized standard.