2013 SECTION VIII - DIVISION 1
of records of nondestructive
on the vessel or vessel parts, This
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the film if radio-
UW-S2,
name-
er vessel
(18) preparing required Manufacturer's Data Report
and having it certified by the Inspector (UG-120);
(19) providing for retention of radiographs (UW-S1),
ultrasonic test reports (12-4), Manufacturer's Data Re-
ports (UG-120), and other documents as required by this
Division (10-13).
(c) See below:
(1) The Inspector shall make all inspections specifi-
cally required of him plus such other inspections as he be-
lieves are necessary to enable him to certify that all vessels
which he authorizes to be stamped with the Certification
Mark have been designed and constructed in accordance
with the requirements of this Division. Some, but not all,
of the required inspections and verifications, which are
defined in the applicable rules, are summarized as follows:
(-a) verifying that the Manufacturer has a valid
Certificate of Authorization [UG-117 (a)] and is working
to a Quality Control System [UG-117( e)];
(-b) verifying that the applicable design calcula-
tions are available [U-2(b), U-2(c), lO-S, and 10-lS(d)];
(-c) verifying that materials used in the construc-
tion of the vessel comply with the requirements of UG-4
through UG-14 (UG-93);
(-d) verifying that all welding and brazing proce-
dures have been qualified (UW-2S, UW-47, and UB-42);
(-e) verifying that all welders, welding operators,
brazers, and brazing operators have been qualified
(UW-29, UW-48, and UB-43);
(-fJ verifying that the heat treatments, including
PWHT, have been performed (UG-SS, UW-10, UW-40,
UW-49, and UF-S2);
(-g) verifying that material imperfections repaired
by welding were acceptably repaired [UG-7S,
UW-S2(d)(2)(-c), UF-37, and UF-47(c)];
(-h) verifying that weld defects were acceptably re-
paired (UW-SiCa) and
(-i) verifying that required nondestructive exami-
nations, impact tests, and other tests have been performed
and that the results are UG-93, UW-SO,
UW-Sl, UW-S2, and
a visual of vessel to confirm
that the material identification numbers have been prop-
erly transferred and
(-k) making a visual inspection of the vessel to con-
firm that there are no material or dimensional defects
UG-96, and
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UG-90 - UG-92
that the required is pro-
and that any has been attached
to the proper vessel;
the Certificate of on the
Manufacturer's Data Report when the vessel, to the best
of his and belief, is in compliance with all the
provisions of this Division. When the Inspector has certi-
fied by signing the Manufacturer's Data Report, this indi-
cates acceptance by the Inspector. This acceptance does
not imply assumption by the Inspector of any of the re-
sponsibilities of the Manufacturer.
(2) When mass production of pressure vessels makes
it impracticable for the Inspector to personally perform
each of his required duties,4 the Manufacturer, in colla-
boration with the Inspector, shall prepare an inspection
and quality control procedure setting forth, in complete
detail, the method by which the requirements 4 of this Di-
vision will be maintained. This procedure shall be devel-
oped, accepted, and implemented in accordance with
Mandatory Appendix 3S.
UG-91 THE INSPECTOR
(a) All references to Inspectors throughout this Division
mean the Authorized Inspector as defined in this para-
graph. All inspections required by this Division of Section
VIII shall be:
(1) by an Inspector regularly employed by an ASME
accredited Authorized Inspection Agency,35 i.e., the in-
spection organization of a state or municipality of the Uni-
ted States, a Canadian province, or an insurance company
authorized to write boiler and pressure vessel insurance,
except that
(2) inspections may be by the regularly employed
user's Inspector in the case of a User-Manufacturer which
manufactures pressure vessels exclusively for its own use
and not for resale [see UG-116(a)(1)].
Except as permitted in (2) above, the Inspector shall
not be in the employ of the Manufacturer. All Inspectors
shall have been qualified by a written examination under
the rules of any state of the United States or province of
Canada which has adopted the Code.
(b) In addition to the duties specified, the Inspector has
the duty to monitor the Manufacturer's Quality Control
System as required in 10.
UG-92 ACCESS FOR INSPECTOR
The Manufacturer of the vessel shall arrange for the In-
spector to have free access to such parts of all plants as are
concerned with the supply or manufacture of materials for
the vessel, when so The Inspector shall be per-
mitted free access, at all times while work on the vessel is
being performed, to all parts of the Manufacturer's shop
that concern the construction of the vessel and to the site
of field erected vessels during the period of assembly and