Section 2 Approval of Manufacturing Process

201. Application

1. The manufacturers wishing to obtain the type approval are to obtain the approval of manufacturing process, in advance, in accordance with the requirements in this Section.

2. The manufacturers wishing to obtain the approval of manufacturing process are to maintain and demonstrate the efficient quality control arrangements to ensure that the production of series con- tainers produced is in conformity with the prototype container approved by the Society.

202. Approval application

1. The manufacturer wishing to obtain the approval of manufacturing process is to submit a copy of the approval application form of the Society together with three copies of the required data and in- formation to the Society.

2. Data to be submitted

(1) An outline, history of the works and organization

(2) An outline of containers intended to be built and the manufacturing process

(3) Main facilities for the production

(4) Facilities for testing

(5) Process of the quality control including the manufacturer's standards for inspection and the or- ganized system of quality control internal audits and corrective actions.

(6) Marking method of manufacturer's serial numbers, etc.

(7) Major supplier of material of container

(8) Other data deemed necessary by the Society

3. Notwithstanding the requirements in Par 1, where the applicant is already approved by the Society and the attachments are entirely equal in content to the documents previously submitted to the Society, the documents may be partly exempted from submission.

4. Where a part of the manufacturing process is shared by other companies or other manufacturing plants, documents related to the manufacturing process showing the names and addresses of the other companies and plants together with the organization and method of inspection for purchasing semi- final products are to be included.

203. Document review

1. The Society examines the documents submitted and where deemed appropriate, the documents are approved and returned to the manufacturer.

2. Review of quality control system

The manufacturers wishing to obtain the approval of manufacturing process are to be satisfied with the following requirements in accordance with the quality control system.

(1) Line of responsibility of the quality control department, which is to be independent of pro- duction department, and responsibility of the person in charge and the responsible person of quality control system is to be clearly defined.

(2) Arrangements for introducing approved design/ production changes and ensuring that they are acted upon at the appropriate production stage.

(3) Arrangements to ensure that supplies and services from sub-suppliers meet with design

requirements. Identifiable test data for materials and components are to be available.

(4) Jigs suitable for maintaining dimensional accuracy during repeated use are to be provided at mainframe assembly points. Jig dimensions are to be periodically verified by the quality control department.

(5) Arrangements to ensure a proper storage of stock materials and spare parts and approved fab-

rication procedures and qualified personnel nents and in container assembling.

(6) Rejection procedure and rejected component

are to be engaged in fabricating container compo- identification arrangements are to be clearly defined.

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(7) Records of inspection, tests and results of checks and corrections are to be complete and reli- able for each container. The record of inspection is to contain the manufacturer's identification numbers, dates of delivery and names and addresses of purchasers.

(8) All stages listed above (1) to (7) together with final dimensional examinations necessary must be under the responsibility of the quality control department.

204. Plant audit

1. Purpose

The Society will, where deemed appropriate upon review of documents and data submitted, carry out the plant audit in the presence of the Surveyor to verify that the manufacturer has a technical capability to continuously produce the proposed container of equal level in quality under the stable workmanship to the satisfaction of the Society.

2. Items to be audited

Plant audit is to apply to the following items in the presence of the Surveyor.

(1) Status and capacity of production and testing facilities

(2) Organization and system of production of quality control

(3) Manufacturer's standard or criteria of quality control, flow of production and workmanship

3. Time for audit

The plant audit for approval is, in general, to be carried out so far as practicable during the con- struction of test containers for the type approval.

205. Approval test

1. The approval test is to be carried out in the presence of the surveyor in accordance with the test method described in each section of Ch 2 or equivalent method therof. However, the test may be partly of entirely omitted subject to the approval by the society in case any of the following (1) or

(2) is relevant.

(1) In case

spection

(2) In case

where the manufacturer has been approved by other classification society or an in- organization recognized by the society.

of approval test for the lower grade products manufactured by the similar methods

which have been approved by the Society.

2. In principle, the approval test is to be carried out at the manufacturing sites. done at an outside of manufacturing sites subject to the society's approval.

However, it may be

3. The test containers used for the approval test are to be selected, as a rule, from the same con-

ditions of products in the presence of the survey or during the examination practicable.

4. Test records

of works as far as

After completion of the approval test, the manufacturer is to prepare a record of the approval test and is to submit three copies to the Society upon receiving confirmation by the surveyor.

206. Notification and announcement of approval

1. The Society shall issue an Approval Certificate for Manufacturing Process, where deemed appro- priate by the Society on the basis of the submitted test reports and plant audit results after com- pletion of the approval test.

2. The Society announces the manufacturers who have been granted the approval of manufacturing process in the “List of Approved Manufacturer & Type Approved Equipment” containing the types of products and the main conditions of approval.

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207. Changes in the manufacturing process

1. When the alteration to the manufacturing facilities, manufacturing methods and/or quality control system has a significant effect on the property or quality of the containers, or when the works was moved, the manufacturer obtained the approval of manufacturing process is to submit the applica- tion of alteration to the Society together with the detailed documents of the alteration (where prac- ticable, to be mentioned with comparison table form between new and old), and they are to be ap- proved by the Society.

2. The Society may request an plant audit, where deemed necessary upon reviewing the contents of alteration.

3. For the insignificant alterations, the manufacturer is to give the contents of alteration to the Surveyor for confirmation at the appropriate time. In this case the Surveyor is to report the con- tents of alteration to the Head Office.

208. Withdrawal of approval

The Society may withdraw the approval of manufacturing process in case any of the following (1) through (4) is relevant.

(1) When test records differ from the time of approval and do not satisfy the approval conditions.

(2) When a request for withdrawal is made by the manufacturer.

(3) When the container is manufactured without approval of the changes in the manufacturing proc- ess according to the requirements specified in 206.

(4) When considered inappropriate by the Society.

209. Review of quality control system and manufacturing method

The surveyor will keep the quality control arrangements and workmanship under continuous review.