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n the last issue of The Mark, there was an introductory article on the EC Pressure Equipment Directive (PED). From the responses we received on that article, it is clear that one of the most critical aspects of compliance with the PED is that of approval of materials. Ideally, manufacturers would be able to use the same materials to comply with both the PED and the ASME Code. This can be accomplished in two ways: by having European materials approved for use in the ASME Code; or by having ASME materials accepted under the PED. The following provides an update on the work being done to assist ASME Certificate Holders in this area. There are three different methods for gaining approval for the use of a material in the construction of pressure equipment under the PED. The first is the concept of presumption of conformity, which is bestowed upon EuroNorms (standards) that comply with the required template of the PED. Another method for approval of materials is particular material approval. This is the process by which a manufacturer works with a Notified Body to gain approval of a material by demonstrating that it meets the essential requirements for materials under the PED. The use of materials approved in this manner is

Volume 2, No. 1 March 2000

n increasing number of ASME Certificate Holders have expressed the desire to be able to use a single design standard for all pressure equipment, regardless of whether it is destined for the US, Europe, or anywhere around the world. Some of our efforts to allow the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code to fulfill that goal are described in this issue of The Mark. The difficulty in using local materials to comply with The Code had once been an impediment to its use outside of North America that has changed with the ability to adopt international specifications (see page 4). The lead article also describes the initiative we are taking to avoid having the European Communitys Pressure Equipment Directive create other constraints in the choice of materials. Future additions of The Mark will provide information on other activities, such as a comparison of Section VIII, Division 1 with the essential safety requirements of the PED. As always, ASME looks for your input on these and other developments in order to guide the work being done in the direction that best suits its certificate holders. David Wizda, Managing Director, Conformity Assessment [email protected] 1-212-591-8590

Approval of Materials for Use Under the EC Pressure Equipment Directive

limited to a single application by a single manufacturer. The third process is European Approval of Materials (EAM). Once a material is approved under the EAM process, it may be used by any pressure equipment manufacturer for construction under the PED. Presumption of Conformity for EuroNorms There is an extensive effort underway within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) to identify those EN material specifications currently used for pressure equipment that contain all the essential requirements of the PED, and to revise those that do not. EuroNorms that have been identified as having a presumption of conformity are also eligible for adoption by the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee for use in construction under the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Any manufacturer who wishes to use an EN material would need to submit a request to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee. See the companion article, "Adoption of International Material Specifications in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code" in this issue of The Mark for more information. Particular Material Approval Particular material approval provides an avenue for ASME Certificate

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Approval of Materials...................1 Ron Berberich Retires ...................4 Certification of NDT Personnel ....4 Adjusting the Boiler Code .........4 ASME Conformity Assessment Programs.......................................5

Holders to use the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code as the basis for compliance with the PED. Although manufacturers could use this method for approval of any material they wanted to use, it could be quite cumbersome. Because this method only applies to a particular material for a single application, the approval process would have to be repeated for each material

and product produced. There is an advantage to this process, and that lies in the similarities of ASME and EN materials. One Notified Body has identified a list of ASME material specifications and grades that could be harmonized with EN material specifications and grades. This list of ASME material specifications and grades is shown in Table 1 of this article. The harmoniza-

tion process would involve a manufacturer demonstrating to a Notified Body that an ASME material specification is equivalent to a corresponding EN material specification that has been accepted under the presumption of conformity process. This administrative process should be relatively simple and could easily be repeated for each application.

Table 1 LIST OF MATERIALS THAT ARE CANDIDATES FOR HARMONIZATION WITH EN NORMS SA-515 Gr 60 SA-515 Gr 65 SA-515 Gr 70 SA-240 TYPE 304 SA-240 TYPE 316 SA-240 TYPE 316L SA-240 TYPE 304L SA-240 TYPE 304H SA-240 TYPE 316H SA-240 TYPE 317 SA-240 TYPE 321 SA-240 TYPE 321 H SA-240 TYPE 347 SA-240 TYPE 347 H SA-240 TYPE 316 TI SA-240 TYPE 348 SA-240 TYPE 348 H SA-240 TYPE 309 S SA-240 TYPE 309 H SA-240 TYPE 310 S SA-240 TYPE 310 H SA-240 TYPE S 31254 SA-240 TYPE S 31803 SA-240 TYPE S 32750 API 5L GrB SA-312 TYPE 304 SA-312 TYPE 316 SA-312 TYPE 316L SA-312 TYPE 304L SA-312 TYPE 304H SA-312 TYPE 316H SA-312 TYPE 317 SA-312 TYPE 321 SA-312 TYPE 321 H SA-312 TYPE 347 SA-312 TYPE 347H SA-312 TYPE 316 T1 SA-312 TYPE 348 SA-312 TYPE 348 H SA-312 TYPE 309 S SA-312 TYPE 309 H SA-312 TYPE 310 S SA-312 TYPE 310 H SA-105 SA-350 Gr LF2 SA-350 Gr LF3 SA-182 Gr F316L SA-182 Gr F304L SA-182 Gr F22 CDA 613 CA 636 SA-182 Gr F51 SA-182 Gr F304 SA-182 Gr F316 SA-182 Gr F321 SA-182 Gr F321H SA-182 Gr F347 SA-182 Gr F5 SA-182 Gr F6 SA-182 Gr F1 SA-182 Gr F2 SA-182 Gr F5A SA-182 Gr F12 SA-182 Gr F7 SA-564 Gr 630 SA-352 Gr LC 3 SA-352 Gr LC 1 SA-352 Gr LC 2 SA-351 Gr CF3 SA-351 Gr CF8 SA-351 Gr CF8M SA-351 Gr CF8C SA-494 Gr CY 40 SA-744 Gr CN 7 M SA-216 Gr G5 SA-216 GrW 69 SA-395 SA-395 Gr M SA-48 Gr 35 A SA-48 Fr 35 B SA-48 Gr 35 C

Table 2 PARTIAL LIST OF ASME MATERIALS BEING SUBMITTED FOR EUROPEAN APPROVAL OF MATERIALS SA-516 Gr 60 SA-516 Gr 70 SA-333 Gr 6 SA-106 GrB SA-350 Gr LF1 SA-182 Gr F44 SA-182 Gr F316H SA-182 Gr F6A SA-182 Gr F9 SB-649 No 8904 SB-564 No 6600 SB-564 No 10276 SB-564 No 8800 SB-564 No 8810 SB-564 No 4400 SB-462 No 8020 SA-182 Gr F304 H SA-351 Gr CD4 MCU SA-494 Gr M 35-1 SA-217 Gr CA 15 SA-217 Gr C12 SA-351 Gr CN 7 M SA-351 Gr CF 10 M SA-351 Gr CK3M CuN SA-351 Gr CK3M WCuN SA-494 Gr CW 2 M SA-494 Gr N 12 MV SA-494 Gr N 7M SA-494 Gr CX 2MW SA-494 Gr CW 12 MW SA-494 Gr CW 6 MC SA-494 Gr CU 5 MC UC SB-148 UNSC 95800 SA-216 Gr WCC SA-216 Gr WCB SA-352 Gr LCB SA-352 Gr LCC SA-351 Gr CF3M MONEL 400 SB-166 No 6600 SB-408 No 6800 SB-408 No 8800 SB-160 No 2200 SB-160 No 2201 SB-574 No 10276 SB-164 No 4400 MONEL 800 SA-479 Gr 316H SA-193 Gr B7 SA-193 Gr B16 SA-193 Gr B8M SA-193 Gr B8M cl1 SA-193 Gr B8M cl2 SA-194 Gr 2H SA-194 Gr 4 SA-194 Gr 8M SA-320 Gr L7 SA-320 Gr B8M SA-320 Gr B8M cl1 SA-320 Gr B8M c12 SA-536 Gr 60 SA-536 Gr 40 SA-536 Gr 18 SA-217 Gr C 5 SA-217 Gr WC 6 SA-217 Gr WC 5 SA-217 Gr WC 9 SA-217 Gr WC 1 SA-217 Gr WC 4 SA-479 Gr 304 SA-479 Gr 304L SA-479 Gr 304H SA-479 Gr 316 SA-479 Gr 316L SA-479 Gr 321 SA-479 Gr 321H SA-479 Gr 316Tl SA-479 Gr 347 SA-479 Gr S32550 SA-479 Gr S32750 SA-479 Gr 431 SA-479 Gr S31803 SA-479 Gr 347H SA-479 Gr 348 SA-479 Gr 348H SA-479 Gr 310S SA-479 Gr 310H SA-193 Gr B7M SA-193 Gr B8 SA-193 Gr B8 cl1 SA-193 Gr B8 cl2 SA-194 Gr 2HM SA-194 Gr 8 SA-320 Gr L7M SA-320 Gr B8 m SA-320 Gr B8 cl1 SA-320 Gr B8 cl2

European Approval of Materials In the EAM process, a material manufacturer or a pressure equipment manufacturer submits a material specification to a Notified Body for approval by the European Commission. The biggest advantage of this process is that once a material is approved and published in the Official Journal of the European Commission, that material can be used by any manufacturer in the construction of equipment under the PED. One significant disadvantage is the amount of time it takes to process the approval.

There are two separate comment periods and the total time involved could be as much as four to six months. With that in mind, one Notified Body has begun to take steps to submit a list of ASME material specifications and grades for EAM (see Table 2). This list represents many of the materials most commonly used by ASME Certificate Holders, some of which cannot be easily harmonized as described under the particular material approval process above. Data sheets for each material listed in Table 2 have been drafted and

the submittal process has begun. Additional Information Taking advantage of these opportunities requires the Certificate Holder to initiate the action. ASME stands ready to assist in gaining approval of materials under the PED. For more information, please contact Mark Sheehan, Director, ASME Pressure Technology Codes and Standards (Tel. 1-212-591-8530, Fax 1-212-591-8501, Email [email protected]). s

Table 3 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES DATA Item Description

Type of material Application Range of temperature application Mechanical property data

Ferrous or nonferrous Product forms, size range, and specification Maximum and minimum Ultimate tensile strength, yield strength, reduction of area, and elongation at 100F or 50C intervals, from room temperature to 100F or 50C above the maximum intended use temperature for three heats of appropriate product forms and sizes Must be submitted if the requested temperatures of coverage are above those at which time-dependent properties begin to govern design values

Time-dependent property data for base metal, weld metal, and weldments Mechanical property data below room temperature Toughness considerations required by the construction Code External pressure considerations

Must be submitted if the coverage is below room temperature is requested, the appropriate Must be defined and the appropriate data submitted

Must be defined and stress-strain curves submitted for the establishment of external pressure charts. Must be defined and the appropriate fatigue data submitted

Cyclic service considerations and service limits Physical property data

Coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, Young's modulus, shear modulus, Poisson's ratio Must be defined and procedure qualification test data submitted Influence of fabrication practices on material properties

Welding requirements Fabrication practices

Adjusting the Boiler Code

by Domenic A. Canonico Domenic A. Canonico is the Chair of the Main Committee for the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. He is also the 1999 recipient of ASMEs Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal.

recent change in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code has lowered the material design factor that is used in calculating allowable stress values under the Codes Section I (power boilers) and Section VIII Division 1 (pressure vessels). The new figure, found in the 1999 Addenda to the 1998 Edition of the Code issued on July 1, 1999, contains allowable stress values based on a material design factor of 3.5, rather than 4 (the figure in use for more than a halfcentury). [For the complete text of this article please refer to the February 2000 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine which is available on ASMEs website at www.asme.org].

Ron Berberich during one of his final weeks at ASME.

Ron Berberich Retires

Ron Berberich, staff member of ASME International for over 47 years, retired in December. Berberich, manager of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Accreditation department for Codes and Standards when he retired, started his tenure with ASME on Sept. 2, 1952. His work with Codes and Standards is what he has valued most professionally. In his last position, Berberich read scores of daily reports on companies that hold ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel certificates. "Ron became an expert in Boiler and Pressure Vessel accreditation," said June Ling, associate executive director of Codes and Standards. His work has been an important part of what ASME does. "Hes a wonderful example of how a person can come to ASME and grow," Ling said.

Adoption of International Material Specifications in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

any Certificate Holders may be unaware that the requirements have changed for the materials they use in their ASME construction. At one time, materials needed to be covered by an ASTM specification before they could be adopted by the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Now, manufacturers can use materials made to specifications developed by other recognized national,

regional or international organizations such as those of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), the Japan Standards Association (JSA), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), or the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), without having to invoke the processes described in PG 10 (Section I) or UG-10 (Section VIII, Div. 1). The end result is that ASME Certificate Holders will

have a wider choice of materials for ASME construction. The procedure for submittal of these types of material specifications to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee is described in Section II, but there is more that goes on behind the scenes that ASME Certificate Holders should know about. The following description will provide not only a step-by-step guide to submitting material specifications for
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approval, but also information on how the decision to adopt is made by the Committee. The request must be from a manufacturer of pressure equipment, not from a material manufacturer or supplier. The type of request being made must be stated, in this case the adoption of nonASTM specification. The specification must be provided in English, but the units may be either US or SI/metric units. The specification must also be developed by a recognized national, regional or international organizations, such as, but not limited to ASTM, DIN, JSA, ISO, or CEN. The Section(s) and Division(s) of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code in which the inquirer wants the material to be incorporated needs to be stated. Examples would be Section I or Section VIII, Division 1. At this point, the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee will make a

determination on whether the candidate specification closely resembles a material specification currently listed in Section II. The determination will be made on the basis of similarities in chemical and physical properties of the material. If so, allowable stresses will be assigned to the candidate material based on its tensile strength at room temperature, using the same trend curves as the material currently listed in Section II. If the candidate material does not closely resemble a material specification currently listed in Section II, the additional information shown in Table 3 must be submitted. The physical properties data list in this table is the same type of data that has always been required for new materials whether they are covered by an ASTM specification or not. This data is needed to establish allowable stresses and service limitations commensurate with the design philosophy of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

The above information should be sent to the Secretary/Secretaries of the Section(s) that you would like the material to be adopted by. For inquiries/requests you can contact the following ASME staff representatives: Section I - Paul Stumpf at (212) 591-8536 or via e-mail at [email protected] Section II - Noel Lobo at (212) 591-8540 or via e-mail at [email protected] Section III Chris Sanna at (212) 591-8513 or via e-mail at [email protected] Section IV Mike Argenziano at (212) 591-8534 or via e-mail at [email protected] Section VIII Alan Roby at (212) 591-8538 or via e-mail at [email protected] s

Certification of NDT Personnel

The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), and Rheinisch-Westfalischer Technischer Uberwachungsverein (RWTUV) of Essen, Germany, have entered into an agreement to offer NDT personnel certifications which can satisfy the requirements of both the European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) and the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. The PED specifies NDT personnel certification in accordance with European Standard EN 473. RWTUV and ASNT have incorporated minor modifications to bring ASNT's Central Certification Program (ACCP) into compliance with EN 473. Serving as an accredited organization within the European Union, RWTUV will issue EN 473 certifications upon successful completion of qualification and examination requirements, while ASNT will simultaneously issue ACCP certification. For more information regarding this joint certification, contact: ASNT, 1711 Arlingate Lane, P.O. Box 28518, Columbus, OH, USA, 43228-0518 Attention: Jim Houf, Senior Manager, Technical Services Phone: 1.800.222.2768 or 614.274.6003, Fax: 614.274.6899 or RWTUV, Kurfurstenstrasse 58, D-45138 Essen, Germany, Attention: Detlef Reichwaldt Phone: 201.825.2754, Fax: 201.825.2632

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