QW-103.1: Manufacturer

[newweldeng09]

Are procedure qualififications restricted to a particular site of a qualified manufacturer or can they be given back and forth between manufacturers of the same company?

 

[metengr]

What does your QA/QC manual state? Are sites controlled by a single location (Corp) or do sites control their own welding procedures?

 

[Fizza453]

The Code recognizes a manufacturer or contractor as
the organization which has responsible operational control
of the production of the weldments to be made in accordance
with this Code. If in an organization effective operational
control of welding procedure qualification for two
or more companies of different names exists, the companies
involved shall describe in their Quality Control
system/Quality Assurance Program, the operational control
of procedure qualifications. In this case separate welding
procedure qualifications are not required, provided all other
requirements of Section IX are met.

Nasir
Welding Engineer
DESCON ENGINEERING LIMITED
PAKISTAN

 

[newweldeng09]

Metengr
Our site controls our own procedures, so it seems that each site has to weld a procedure qual. Is this correct?

 

[Fizza453]

Yes each site has to qualify his own procedures because operational control is not centralized and no so stated in quality control system.

Nasir
Welding Engineer
DESCON ENGINEERING LIMITED
PAKISTAN