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Fabrication work meets ASME standards

An Arc Energy Resources product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jan 18, 2008

The SME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Certification organisation establishes the codes and rules for the design, construction, inspection and testing of pressure vessels, nuclear plant and boilers.

Weld overlay cladding and fabrication specialist Arc Energy Resources has recently been qualified by the internationally renowned ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Certification organisation, which establishes the codes and rules for the design, construction, inspection and testing of pressure vessels, nuclear plant and boilers.

The certification is in addition to the ISO9001-2000 quality system which the company has operated for many years.

Congratulating Arc Energy's team of welding and quality engineers on gaining the U and R stamp certificates of authorisation, Managing Director Alan Robinson explains that although the company has produced components for ASME certified vessels for many years, recent changes in the regulations mean that in future this highly specialised type of welding must be carried out in a qualified workshop.

This has involved the company introducing a completely separate ASME approved quality system to qualify for accreditation; and means that materials purchasing, production routing and inspection now have to be planned separately from other commercial work.

However, as Robinson reports, there was an early return on the man-hours invested when an export order that had previously been withheld was released for production; and the sales department received an enquiry for the complete construction of two, weld overlay clad vessels to be produced to the ASME code.

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