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Interpretation
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Is it permissible to have one Quality Control System (Corporate) Manual established and implemented, for ASME Accreditation, at more than one location owned by the same company?
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No
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The reply has always been “No” for ASME non-nuclear boiler and pressure vessels activities based on the following:
1. ASME has no Corporate Certificates of Authorization for non-nuclear boiler and pressure vessels activities. ASME code requires each plant to have a separate Certificate of Authorization and demonstrate a Quality Control System to establish that all Code requirements, including material, design, fabrication, examination, inspection of boilers/pressure vessels or parts, pressure testing, and certification will be met.
2. In order to obtain an ASME Certificate of Authorization, the Manufacturer is required to have and maintain a quality control system that describes the Code activities, who is responsible and how the Code activities will be controlled for each location.
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Listed below are some questions and
replies to help understand this requirement:
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A company owns several plants fabricating pressure vessels with each plant having its own ASME Certificate of Authorization. The main office of this company is where engineering is located and establishes the quality control system manual for implementation at each plant. The quality control system manual covers the requirements that are the same at each location and an appendix to cover the specific details for that plant. Is this acceptable? |
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Yes, but the quality control system manual plus addenda are subject to acceptance, at each location, by the AI and during the joint review by the ASME Review Team.
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A Company owns several plants fabricating pressure vessels with each plant having its own ASME Certificate of Authorization. The main office of this company is where engineering is located and establishes the quality control system manual for implementation at each plant. The quality department wants to implement the same quality control system at each location. This company wants one AI to accept the quality control system manual to be used at all locations, even those there is a different AI servicing each location. Is this acceptable? |
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No. The AI for each location must accept changes to the quality control system manual and during the renewal of the ASME Certificate of Authorization; the quality control system manual is subject to review and acceptance by the ASME Review Team.
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