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Are non-pressure parts considered a Code part requiring a U-2 form?

Are non-pressure parts considered a Code part requiring a U-2 form?

Are non-pressure parts considered a Code part requiring a U-2 form?

(OP)
What is considered a code part under ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 or when does a part require a partial data report?

For instance is a simple plate such as a pipe support clip considered a part?

What about welding plates together for a non-pressure part to be installed on a vessel?

RE: Are non-pressure parts considered a Code part requiring a U-2 form?

Review UG-11.

RE: Are non-pressure parts considered a Code part requiring a U-2 form?

(OP)
UG-11 describes pressure parts.
My question is regrading non-pressure parts or parts that are not subject to allowable working stress due to internal or external pressure.
Would non-pressure parts require a partial data report?

RE: Are non-pressure parts considered a Code part requiring a U-2 form?

Non-pressure parts do not need a partial data report, only that they are weldable by a WPS.

RE: Are non-pressure parts considered a Code part requiring a U-2 form?

I think the better VIII-1 reference here would be UG-4(b).

Quote (UG-4(b))

Material for nonpressure parts, such as skirts, supports, baffles, lugs, clips, and extended heat transfer surfaces, need not conform to the specifications for the material to which they are attached or to a material specification permitted in this Division, but if attached to the vessel by welding shall be of weldable quality [seeUW-5(b)]...

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