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NR 476 DTM R00 E
November 2001
ARTICLE 1 5.3. - The Society does not declare the acceptance or commissioning of a Unit, that
1.1. - BUREAU VERITAS is a Society the purpose of whose Marine Division (the being the exclusive responsibility of its owner.
Society) is the classification ( Classification ) of any ship or ve ssel or structure of any 5.4. - The Services of the Society cannot create any obligation bearing on the
type or part of it or system therein collectively hereinafter referred to as a Unit whether Society or constitute any warranty of proper operation, beyond any representation
linked to shore, river bed or sea bed or not, whether operated or located at sea or in set forth in the Rules, of any Unit, equipment or machinery, computer software of any
inland waters or partly on land, including submarines, hovercrafts, drilling rigs, offshore sort or other comparable concepts that has been subject to any survey by the
installations of any type and of any purpose, their related and ancillary equipment, subsea Society.
or not, such as well head and pipelines, mooring legs and mooring points or otherwise as
decided by the Society. ARTICLE 6
The Society: 6.1. - The Society accepts no responsibility for the use of information related to its
prepares and publishes Rules for classification, Guidance Notes and other Services which was not provided for the purpose by the Society or with its assistance.
documents ( Rules );
issues Certificates, Attestations and Reports following its interventions 6.2. - If the Services of the Society cause to the Client a damage which is proved to
( Certificates ); be the direct and reasonably foreseeable consequence of an error or omission of the
publishes Registers. Society, its liability towards the Client is limited to ten times the amount of fee paid
for the Service having caused the damage. This limit is subject to a minimum of fifty
1.2. - The Society also participates in the application of National and International
thousand (50.000) French francs, and to a maximum which is the greater of five
Regulations or Standards, in particular by delegation from different Governments. Those
millions (5.000.000) French francs and one and a half times the above mentioned fee.
activities are hereafter collectively referred to as Certification .
1.3. - The Society can also provide services related to Classification and Certification The Society bears no liability for indirect or consequential loss such as e.g. loss of
such as ship and company safety management certification; training activities; all revenue, loss of profit, loss of production, loss relative to other contracts and
activities and duties incidental thereto such as documentation on any supporting means, indemnities for termination of other agreements.
software, instrumentation, measurements, tests and trials on board. 6.3. - All claims are to be presented to the Society in writing and on pain of
1.4. - The interventions mentioned in 1.1., 1.2. and 1.3. are referred to as Services . debarment by right, within three months of the date the Services were supplied or of
The party and/or its representative requesting the services is hereinafter referred to as the the date the events which are taken advantage of were first known.
Client .
ARTICLE 7
The Services are prepared and carried out on the assumption that the Clients are
aware of the International Maritime and/or Offshore Industry (the Industry) 7.1. - Requests for Services are to be in writing.
practices. 7.2. - Either the Client or the Society can terminate as of right the requested Services
1.5. - The Society is neither and may not be considered as an Underwriter, Broker in by prior written notice according to paragraph 7.3., for convenience, and without
ships sale or chartering, Expert in Units valuation, Consulting Engineer, Controller, Naval prejudice to the provisions in Article 8 hereunder.
Architect, Manufacturer, Shipbuilder, Repair yard, Charterer or Shipowner who are not 7.3. - The notice due by the Society to the Client to exercise the possibility under 7.2.
relieved of any of their expressed or implied obligations by the interventions of the is of three calendar months and conversely, of ten banking days.
Society. 7.4. - The class granted to the concerned Units and the previously issued certificates
ARTICLE 2 remain valid until the date of effect of the notice issued according to 7.2. hereabove
subject to compliance with 2.3. hereabove and Article 8 hereunder.
2.1. - Classification is the appraisement given by the Society for its Client, at a certain
date, following surveys by its Surveyors along the lines specified in Articles 3 and 4 ARTICLE 8
hereafter on the level of compliance of a Unit to its Rules or part of them. This 8.1. - The Services of the Society, whether completed or not, involve the payment of fee
appraisement is represented by a class entered on the Certificates and periodically upon receipt of the invoice and the reimbursement of the expenses incurred.
transcribed in the Societys Register.
8.2. - The class of a Unit may be suspended in the event of non-payment of fee after a
2.2. - Certification is carried out by the Society along the same lines as set out in Articles
first unfruitful notification to pay.
3 and 4 hereafter and with reference to the applicable National and International
Regulations or Standards. ARTICLE 9
2.3. - It is incumbent upon the Client to maintain the condition of the Unit after 9.1. - The documents and data provided to or prepared by the Society for its Services, and
surveys, to present the Unit for surveys and to inform the Society without delay of the information available to the Society, are treated as confidential. However:
circumstances which may affect the given appraisement or cause to modify its Clients have access to the data they have provided to the Society and to the reports
scope. and certificates which have been prepared for them;
2.4. - The Client is to give to the Society all access and information necessary for the copy of the documents made available for the classification of the Unit can be
performance of the requested Services. handed over to another Classification Society Member of the International
Association of Classification Societies (IACS) in case of the Units transfer of class;
ARTICLE 3 the data relative to the evolution of the Register, to the class suspension and to the
3.1. - The Rules, procedures and instructions of the Society take into a ccount at the survey status of the Units are passed on to IACS according to the association
date of their preparation the state of currently available and proven technical working rules;
knowledge of the Industry. They are not a code of construction neither a guide for technical records and history related to specific class notations may be transferred to
the new owner in case of change of ownership;
maintenance or a safety handbook.
the certificates, documents and information relative to the Units classed with the
Committees consisting of personalities from the Industry contribute to the development of Society are passed on upon order of the flag authorities of the Unit or of a Court
those documents. having jurisdiction.
3.2. - The Society only is qualified to apply its Rules and to interpret them. Any The documents and data are subject to a file management plan.
reference to them is void unless it involves the Societys intervention.
ARTICLE 10
3.3. - The Services of the Society are carried out by professional Surveyors according to
the Code of Ethics of the Members of the International Association of Classification 10.1. - Any delay or shortcoming in the performance of its Services by the Society arising
Societies (IACS). from an event not reasonably foreseeable by or beyond the control of the Society shall be
3.4. - The operations of the Society in providing its Services make use of random deemed not to be a breach of contract.
inspections and are absolutely exclusive of any monitoring and thorough verification. ARTICLE 11
ARTICLE 4 11.1. - The Society may designate another Surveyor at the request of the Client in case of
4.1. - The Society, acting by reference to its Rules: diverging opinions during surveys.
reviews the construction arrangements of the Units as shown on the documents 11.2. - Disagreements of a technical nature between the Client and the Society can be
presented by the Client; submitted by the Society to the advice of its Classification Committee.
conducts surveys at the place of their construction;
ARTICLE 12
classes Units and enters their name in its Register;
surveys periodically the Units in service to note that the requirements for the 12.1. - Disputes over the Services carried out by delegation of Governments are assessed
maintenance of class are met. within the framework of the applicable agreements with the States, international
Conventions and national rules.
The Client is to inform the Soc iety without delay of circumstances which may cause
the date or the extent of the surveys to be changed. 12.2. - Disputes arising out of the payment of the Societys invoices by the Client are
submitted to the Court of Nanterre, France.
ARTICLE 5
12.3. - Other disputes over the present General Conditions or over the Services of
5.1. - The Society acts as a provider of services. This cannot be construed as an the Society are exclusively submitted to arbitration in London according to the
obligation bearing on the Society to obtain a result or in a warranty. London arbitration procedural rules in force. English law applies.
5.2. - The certificates issued by the Society pursuant to 5.1. here above are a ARTICLE 13
statement on the level of compliance of the Unit to its Rules or to the documents of
reference for the Services provided for. 13.1. - These General Conditions constitute the sole contractual oblig ations binding
together the Society and the Client, to the exclusion of all other representation,
In particular, the Society does not engage in any work relating to the design,
statements, terms, conditions whether express or implied. They may be varied in
building, production or repair checks, neither in the operation of the Units or in their
writing by mutual agreement.
trade, neither in any advisory services, and cannot be held liable on those accounts.
Its certificates cannot be construed as an implied or express warranty of safety, 13.2. - The invalidity of one or more stipulations of the present General Conditions does
fitness for the purpose, seaworth iness of the Unit or of its value for sale, insurance not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
or chartering. 13.3. - The definitions herein take precedence over any definitions serving the same
purpose which may appear in other documents issued by the Society.
November 2001
NR 476 Approval Testing of Welders
2.1.3 Type of weld joint Approval test piece thick- Range of approval for pro-
A change of type of weld joint to type for which the welder ness t (mm) duction works
is not approved shall require new approval testing.
t 3 mm t to 2 t
2.1.4 Type and dimensions of base products 3 mm < t 12 mm 3 mm to 2 t
Welding of base products with dimensions out of the
approved range shall require new approval testing. t > 12 mm t 5 mm
2.2.4 Welding positions and type of weld joint and The shape and dimensions of test pieces are shown in Fig 1
products and Fig 2.
Approval tests performed on butt welds in horizontal (PC),
vertical upwards (PF), overhead (PE) positions and on fillet Figure 1 : Dimensions of test piece
welds in horizontal overhead (PD), vertical upwards (PF) for a butt weld in plate
positions extend approval to butt and fillet production (dimensions in mm)
welding in all positions except vertical downwards. This set
of tests also extends approval to production fillet welding of
fixed hollow sections to plate in positions PB, PF and PD as 125 125
shown in Fig 4.
Approval tests performed on butt welds in horizontal (PC),
vertical upwards (PF) positions and on fillet welds in vertical
upwards (PF) position extend approval to butt and fillet pro-
duction welding in positions tested and in flat (PA) and hor-
izontal vertical (PB) positions. This set of tests also extends
300
approval to production fillet welding of fixed hollow sec-
tions to plate in positions PB and PF as shown in Fig 4.
Other sets of approval tests confer approval for production
welding in positions tested and type of joint welded.
125
without gouging. t
Satisfactory approval test pieces welded from one side
with backing extend approval to welding from both
sides with gouging.
Satisfactory approval test pieces welded from both sides
without gouging extend approval to welding from one t
50
side with backing and welding from both sides with 1
gouging.
125
2.3 Welding of approval test pieces
2.3.1 General
z = a2
The welder is to have suitable practical experience and pro-
For t 6 mm a 0,5t
fessional knowledge of the welding process including the z For t < 6 mm 0,5t at
regulation of the parameters of the welding equipment used (z ~
~ 0,7t)
The surveyor may stop the test if the welding conditions are
not correct or if it appears that the welder does not have the
technical competence to achieve the required standard. a
In general the following condition apply : The welder is allowed to remove minor imperfections,
The time for the welding of the test piece is to corre- except on the surface layer, by grinding or any other
spond to the usual working condition; method used in production upon surveyor's agreement;
The test piece shall have at least one stop and restart in
the root run and in the top capping run which has to be The appearence of each pass, both for butt and fillet
identified for further examination; welds, is to be of appropriate geometry and practically
Any preheat or controlled heat input specified in the free from undercuts, convexities and sizeable local
welding procedure is required for the test piece; defects; the surface is to be sufficiently regular.
Any post-weld heat treatment specified in the welding
Similarly the back of the weld is to be free from sizeable
procedure may be omitted unless bend tests are
required; undercuts, excessive convexities and lack of penetra-
The test pieces are to be suitably identified with the tion; in particular for the welders to be qualified for one
mark of the surveyor and the identification of the welder side welding without backing the root penetration of the
before welding starts; samples is to be regular and constant.
PA Flat
PC Horizontal
PE Overhead
a) Butt welds
PB Horizontal vertical
PA Flat
PD Horizontal overhead
PG Vertical downwards
PF Vertical upwards
b) Filled welds
Pipe : fixed
PD Axis : vertical
2.4 Examinations and tests Prior to mechanical tests, backing strips where used are to
be removed. The test piece can be sectioned by thermal
2.4.1 General cutting or by mechanical means discarding the first and last
The non destructive examinations and destructive tests to be 25mm of the test piece at the end of the plates.
performed are indicated in Tab 3.
2.4.2 Test pieces and test specimens inspection length shall be tested against the face side
Details of the type, dimensions and preparation of test and the other half against the root side (Fig 5c and 5d).
pieces and test specimens are given in Fig 5 and Fig 6. When transverse bend testing is used for plate thickness
For butt welds in plates, the following conditions apply : greater than 3mm, 2 root bend test specimens and 2
When radiographic test is used the inspection length of face bend test specimens shall be tested in accordance
the weld in the test pieces shall be radiographed in the with EN 910 or equivalent standard. The mandrel diam-
as-welded condition in accordance with ISO 1106-1 or eter is to be 4t and the bending angle at least 120.
ISO 1106-2 using class B technique; For plate thickness greater than 12mm, the transverse
When fracture testing is used, the full test piece inspec- bend tests may be substituted by 4 side bend tests.
tion length shall be tested and to do this, the test piece
For fillet welds on plates, the following conditions apply :
shall be cut into several test specimens (Fig 5a). The
length of any fracture test specimen shall be about For fracture tests the test piece may be cut, if necessary,
50mm. If necessary, the weld reinforcement of the test into several test specimens (see Fig 6a). Each test speci-
specimen may be removed and additionally the weld men shall be positioned for breaking as shown in Fig 6b,
edges may be notched to a depth of about 5mm to ini- and examined after fracture.
tiate fracture in the weld metal (Fig 7b). In the case of When macro examination is used, 4 test specimens
single-sided welding without backing, half of the shall be taken equally spaced in the inspection length.
Figure 5 : Preparation and fracture testing of test specimens for a butt weld in plate
(dimensions in mm)
1
~ 2
~ 2
~
~
1
~ 5
~ ~ 5
~
Inspection length
~ 50
~
25 of the test piece 25
2
Inspection length
of test specimen
c) Fracture testing face bend test d) Fracture testing root bend test
Figure 6 : Preparation and fracture testing of test specimens for a fillet weld on plate
(dimensions in mm)
Inspection length
of fillet weld
25
25
2.5.1 General Change of welding process shall require new approval test-
Upon satisfactory completion of the approval tests an ing.
approval certificate is issued stating approval tests per-
formed and range of approval. 3.1.2 Welding consumables
Approval tests are to be carried out using suitable filler
2.5.2 Initial approval metal and gas shield compatible with the parent metal and
The validity of the welders approval begins from the date the process.
when all the required tests are satisfactorily completed.
3.1.3 Type of weld joint
The approval shall remain valid for a period of two years
unless the welder is not engaged in a given welding process A change of type of weld joint to type for which the welder
for which he is approved for a period exceeding six months is not approved shall require new approval testing.
and unless there is specific reason to question the welders
ability. The employer/welding supervisor is to endorse the 3.1.4 Type and dimensions of base products
relevant certificate at six months interval to confirm that the Welding of base products with dimensions out of the
conditions of validity are fulfilled. approved range shall require new approval testing.
3.1.5 Welding position side with backing and welding from both sides with or
A change in the position of welding to one for which the without gouging.
welder is not approved shall require new approval testing. Satisfactory approval test pieces welded from one side
The welding positions for plates are identified in Fig 3. with backing extend approval to welding from both
sides with gouging.
3.2 Range of approval Satisfactory approval test pieces welded from both sides
without gouging extend approval to welding from one
3.2.1 Welding process side with backing and welding from both sides with
Approval tests are to be performed for each process. gouging.
Figure 8 : Dimensions of test piece free from undercuts, convexities and sizeable local
for fillet weld(s) on plate defects; the surface is to be sufficiently regular.
(dimensions in mm) Similarly the back of the weld is to be free from sizeable
undercuts, excessive convexities and lack of penetra-
tion; in particular for the welders to be qualified for one
side welding without backing the root penetration of the
samples is to be regular and constant.
150
t
3.4 Examinations and tests
3.4.1 General
The non destructive examinations and destructive tests to be
performed are indicated in Tab 5.
t Prior to mechanical tests, backing strips where used are to
00
3 be removed. The test piece can be sectioned by thermal
cutting or by mechanical means discarding the first and last
150 25mm of the test piece at the end of the plates.
Figure 9 : Preparation and fracture testing of test specimens for a butt weld in plate
(dimensions in mm)
1
~ 2
~ 2
~
~
1
~ 5
~ ~ 5
~
Inspection length
~ 50
~
25 of the test piece 25
2
Inspection length
of test specimen
c) Fracture testing face bend test d) Fracture testing root bend test
Figure 10 : Preparation and fracture testing of test specimens for a fillet weld on plate
(dimensions in mm)
Inspection length
of fillet weld
25
25
3.4.3 Acceptance criteria relevant certificate at six months interval to confirm that the
During the testing for butt welds in plates, the test speci- conditions of validity are fulfilled.
mens are not to reveal any open defect, in any direction,
greater than 3mm. Defects appearing at the corner of the 3.5.3 Prolongation
test specimen may be disregarded.
In order to renew the certificate for another two-year
The acceptance requirements for imperfections found by period, approval tests as per initial approval are to be per-
visual and radiographic examination or fracture are to be formed. Alternative procedure may be used upon special
assessed in accordance with ISO standard 10042. consideration by the Society.
The imperfections are to be within the specified limits of Approval tests may be reduced where records of X-ray or
level B in ISO standard 10042 except for imperfections type ultrasonic inspections or test reports about fracture tests
as follows : excess weld metal, excessive convexity, excess from production welds made by the welder are available
throat thickness and excessive penetration, for which level and maintained on file with the welders approval certifi-
C is acceptable. cate.
3.4.4 Re-testing
4 Welders employed for other produc-
The test sample is to be repeated if any test piece fails to
comply with the requirements. tions
When the failure of the repeated test is due to the welder
lack of skill, the welder is to be adequately trained and usu- 4.1 Approval tests and range of approval
ally will not be permitted to perform new approval tests
unless at least a month has elapsed since the previous 4.1.1 For productions not included in [2] and [3] (such as
examination. some welded components, boilers and pressure vessels,
pressure piping systems...), the extent of the approval tests
3.5 Certification and examinations with their acceptance criteria and the
range of approval are to be based on the relevant require-
3.5.1 General ments of a suitable standard recognized by the Society, e.g.
ISO 9606 series, EN 287 series, ASME Section IX,
Upon satisfactory completion of the approval tests an
ANSI/AWS D1.1.
approval certificate is issued stating approval tests per-
formed and range of approval.
4.2 Certification
3.5.2 Initial approval
The validity of the welders approval begins from the date 4.2.1 Upon satisfactory completion of the approval tests
when all the required tests are satisfactorily completed. performed under the supervision of a Society surveyor an
The approval shall remain valid for a period of two years approval certificate is issued stating approval tests per-
unless the welder is not engaged in a given welding process formed and range of approval.
for which he is approved for a period exceeding six months
and unless there is specific reason to question the welders 4.2.2 The conditions set in [2.5.2] and [2.5.3] are applica-
ability. The employer/welding supervisor is to endorse the ble.
Certificate number :
Type of test and examination Not performed / Performed & Test report number
Visual examination
Radiography test
Magnetic particle test
Dye penetrant test
Macrography
Fracture test
Bend test
Others
Welding variables Range of approval
Welding process
Welding consumable
Surveyor's name, signature and stamp : Employer's endorsment to confirm the validity for the following
six months (date, name, position, signature) :
This Certificate is delivered within the scope of the General Conditions of BUREAU VERITAS Marine Division. Any person not a party to the contract
pursuant to which this document is delivered may not assert a claim against Bureau Veritas for any liability arising out of errors or omissions which may be
contained in said document, or for errors of judgment, fault or negligence commited by personnel of the Society or of its Agents in establishment or issuance
of this document, and in connection with any activities for which it may provide.