How to understand Article 8 of the 1999 version of the regulatory standards
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Article 8 of the 1999 version of the regulations states that when directly adopting international standards or advanced foreign standards, they must first be converted into enterprise standards, and such standards must comply with the provisions of Article 7 of these regulations. ” May I ask, since our company has the ASME U1 and U2 stamps, is it still necessary to convert the ASME standards into our own corporate standards when carrying out ASME-compliant design? If not, how should this clause of the tolerance regulations be understood?
If you already have the qualification for standard design according to foreign standards, why do you still need to carry out conversion?
I mainly don’t know how to interpret Article 8; personally, I think that if one has foreign qualifications, there is no need for conversion, but the regulatory guidelines do not provide any clear instructions on this matter.
I believe the regulatory requirements mean that when domestic design qualifications involve the need to comply with foreign standards, these standards must be converted into corporate standards.
That requirement arises when you use materials or other components that meet foreign standards, based on design drawings that follow national standards. Since you have ASME certification, if you design according to ASME standards, there’s no need to use foreign standards; with ASME compliance, you’re not subject to those tolerance regulations, right?
This clause applies to pressure vessels that are designed and manufactured in accordance with international standards or advanced foreign standards, but are used domestically, as some of those foreign standards contain provisions that are not suitable.
I quite agree with the view of the friend on floor 4
I don’t think it should be understood in that way. The new 200,000-ton acetic acid project we have here was designed in accordance with ASME standards for use in China, and no conversion of standards was carried out
I believe Article 8 is aimed at those entities or joint ventures that do not hold foreign production licenses and manufacture products in accordance with foreign standards.
Doesn’t ASME also have various regulations regarding manufacturing?
No conversion is required; it is designed directly in accordance with the ASM standard.