Other Registration
In addition to boiler, pressure vessel, pressure piping and fitting designs, and welding brazing
and other joining procedure specifications, ABSA also registers the following
procedures to ensure pressure equipment safety:
- Piping pressure testing procedures other than normal hydrostatic testing
- Since the Pressure Equipment Safety Regulation (AR 49/2006), Section 30 mandates that
all piping must be hydrostatically tested, unless a specific alternative has been
accepted by a Safety Codes Officer, all other methods of testing, including in-process
examination in lieu of pressure testing, must be submitted to Design Survey for acceptance.
- Submitted procedures must be job-specific and contain actual test pressures, not formulae
such as: "test pressure is to be 1.1x design pressure".
- Proof test procedures
- Proof test procedures to establish the MAWP of a vessel or component, whether submitted
as a part of an overall design or separately for a specific component of a larger
design, are subject to acceptance.
- Proof test procedures must be detailed, and the method chosen must be appropriate
to the materials of construction and the type of component involved.
- Note: ABSA is not in a position to receive electronic submissions.
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Updated Feb 18, 2010