ASME in China
ASME in China
(OP)
Hi,
my company built a local branch in China. Chinese workers and engineers but they shall use our know-how and the CEO is located in Europe, steering from abroad. Everybody tells us, that we have to use GB150 as the vessels are manufactured in China.
I read in a document of CSEI, that we can write an application to the SELO why our company can't use GB150. So there is a chance, but yesterday someone told me, that is not a good idea. We are doing the welding, so the SELO or the CSEI will come for an audit every four years and this is really expensive as they expect us to pay for shopping binges of their wifes and are interested in having a good and expensive time than in checking our equipment.
Please if there are any chinese who read this don't feel offended. I just have to check rumors, it does not mean I believe it.
Would it be better to learn GB code? is it easy, as we have simple pressure vessels, only with water and 0,4 MPa ?
Silje
my company built a local branch in China. Chinese workers and engineers but they shall use our know-how and the CEO is located in Europe, steering from abroad. Everybody tells us, that we have to use GB150 as the vessels are manufactured in China.
I read in a document of CSEI, that we can write an application to the SELO why our company can't use GB150. So there is a chance, but yesterday someone told me, that is not a good idea. We are doing the welding, so the SELO or the CSEI will come for an audit every four years and this is really expensive as they expect us to pay for shopping binges of their wifes and are interested in having a good and expensive time than in checking our equipment.
Please if there are any chinese who read this don't feel offended. I just have to check rumors, it does not mean I believe it.
Would it be better to learn GB code? is it easy, as we have simple pressure vessels, only with water and 0,4 MPa ?
Silje





RE: ASME in China
Cheers,
gr2vessels
RE: ASME in China
RE: ASME in China
'GB-150 is the combination of Div 1 and Div 2, but slightly different that won't cause problem. It seems Chinese people are quite smart to pick and choose the best parts from both codes. And I do like GB-150 more than ASME because it is simple and clear, just like a text book, no wording subject to interpretation. We people in the pressure vessel world always joke that ASME code is written for lawyers, very vague and tedious, and people always have different interpretation and get confusion. You won't find that in GB-150.'
Cheers,
gr2vessels
RE: ASME in China
when you are that familiar to GB150, perhaps you can explain to me what is JB4732? It must be a chinese code like GB150, but I am not sure at all. Have you heard about this?
Cheers from Silje