Section 1 General

101. General

1. Application

The requirements in this Chapter apply to the procedures and tests for type approval of materials and equipment for which approval of the Society is to be obtained in advance before they are used in ships in accordance with the requirements in the Technical Rules of the Society. However, the materials and equipment, other than those specified in the Technical Rules may be approved upon request of the manufacturer. In this case, the requirements in this Chapter are correspondingly applied.

2. The manufacturers wishing to obtain the type approval are to comply with the requirements speci- fied in the relevant Section of this Chapter according to the kind of materials and equipment in addition to the requirement for the procedures and tests specified in this Section.

3 Definition

(1) Mass production method means to be produced by either lot production method or quasi-lot production method defined in the followings.

(2) Lot production method means a production method in which the parts are produced in a batch

as a unit and the batch is manufactured repeatedly.

(3) Quasi-lot production method means a production method in which the parts are produced in a batch as a unit whereas the machinery is produced as a unit.

102. Approval application

1. The applicant

The applicant is, in principle, to be the manufacturer of the materials and equipment. However, the applicant, where deemed appropriate by the Society, need not always be the manufacturer of the materials and equipment.

2. The manufacturer wishing to obtain a type approval is to submit a copy of the application of type approval (refer to Annex 6) of the Society, together with three copies of the required data for ap- proval and two copies of the required data for reference, to the Society. However, the required data previously submitted to the Society, according to the Technical Rules, may be exempted from submission.

3. Data to be submitted

(1) Data for approval

(A) Type test program and applicable standards, codes or rules (when the test methods, proce- dures, etc. in the Guidance, IMO Resolution, Korean Industrial Standards, etc. apply, their number and subject stipulation instead of submission may be accepted except details of test specimens.)

(B) Relevant drawings (fully detailed sectional assembly, drawings for main component parts) and documents as belows.

(a) Product specifications

(b) All product details, catalogues, data sheets, calculations and functional descriptions, parts list, etc,(if any)

(c) Application and operational limitation

(d) Drawings showing the interaction between the main component(if any)

(e) PCB(Printed Circuit Board) Lay-out/circuit diagram(if any)

(f) Wiring diagram, connection diagram(if any)

(g) System block diagram(control logic)(if any)

(h) Name and version No of software to be installed and Quality Assurance Plan(if any)

(i) Installation and operation manual(if necessary)

(j) marking methods

(2) Data for reference

(A) Particulars and specifications of products

(B) Outline of company

(a) Data on history, outline and layout of manufacturing plants

(b) Organisation and management structure, including subsidiaries to be included in the ap- proval/certification

(C) When plant audit is required in accordance with the requirements in 105., the following ref- erence data may be submitted.

(a)

Data on major manufacturing facilities

(b) Data on manufacturing process

(c)

Data of in-house standards or codes

(d) Data of quality control system

(e)

(f)

Data on major inspection and testing facilities Service records

(g) List of subcontractors and their products

(h) For a newly developed product, documents related to tests and their results for its de- velopment

4. Notwithstanding the requirements in the preceding Par 2, where the applicant is already approved by the Society and the attachments are entirely equal in content to the documents previously sub- mitted the submission of documents may be partly or wholly exempted except for the approval test program.

103. Document review

The Society examines the type test program, drawings and data and where deemed appropriate, those are to be approved and returned to the manufacturers.

104. Type test

1. After completion of the document reviews (if necessary, including plant audit specified in 105.), the type tests are to be carried out for the optionally chosen test specimens in the presence of the Surveyor in accordance with the approved type test program and test method described in each Section of the Guidance or equivalent method thereof.

2. Products which have been failed to pass the type tests specified in 1. shall not be retested without revision of drawings and/or specifications. If, following analysis of the experimental data from tests, it is found that the failure of type tests have been caused by the poor test conditions, etc., retest without revision may be permitted subject to the Society's approval.

3. In principle, the type tests are to be carried out at the manufacturing sites. However, the test may be done outside of manufacturing sites subject to the Society's approval.

4. The type tests may be partly or wholly omitted, subject to the approval by the Society, in cases where the manufacturer has been approved by other Classification Society or an inspection organ- ization recognized by the Society.

5. Test records

After completion of the type tests, the manufacturer is to submit three copies of the test records to the Society.

105. Plant audit

The Society may request the plant audit specified in Ch 2, 104. to assure the manufacturing proc- ess (including that of subcontractor's works) and quality assurance of the products.

106. Notification and announcement of approval

1. The Society is to issue a Type Approval Certificate, such as FORM AC-2 shown in Annex 2, to the applicant, where deemed appropriate by the Society on the basis of the plant audit report and the submitted test reports after completion of the type test.

2. The Certificate shall clearly state that the type and scope of products and any limitations or re- strictions imposed.

3. Where real ship tests are required, the Society is to issue a Provisional Type Approval Certificate to the applicant, where deemed appropriate by the Society on the basis of the submitted test re- ports after completion of the type test except the real ship tests.

4. The Society is to issue a Type Approval Certificate, such as FORM AC-2 shown in Annex 2, to the applicant, where deemed appropriate by the Society on the basis of the submitted test reports after completion of the real ship tests.

5. The Society announces the manufacturers who have been granted the type approval in the "List of Approved Manufacturer & Type Approved Equipment" including approval conditions.

107. Changes in the approved contents

1. When the alteration to the specifications (materials, composition, dimension, construction, particulars, etc.), manufacturing facilities, manufacturing methods and/or quality control system has a significant effect on the property or quality of the products, or when the works was removed, the manu- facturer is to submit the application of alteration to the Society together with the detailed docu- ments of the alteration (where practicable, to be mentioned with a comparison table form between

new and old). The Society may request an occasional plant deemed necessary upon reviewing the contents of alteration.

2. For the insignificant alterations, the manufacturer shall give Surveyor for confirmation at the appropriate time. In this case tents of alteration to the head office.

audit or confirmation test, where

the contents of alteration to the the Surveyor shall report the con-

3. When the manufacturing sites (including that of subcontractor's works) were changed or added, the manufacturer is to submit the application for alteration to the Society together with the detailed documents of the alteration. The Society is to carry out the plant audit equivalent to Ch 2, 104. and to reissue ‘Type Approval Certificate’ in which the alteration is noted.

108. Validity and renewal of approval certificate

1. Validity of approval certificate

(1) The type approval certificate will be valid within five years from the date of issue. In case where the approval certificate is renewed in accordance with the requirements specified in the preceding 107., the expiration date will not be changed.

(2) Where the Society issued a provisional type approval certificate, the validity of the type appro-

val certificate described in 106. 3 above will be residual period within five years from issued date of provisional type approval certificate.

2. Renewal of approval certificate

(1) The Society may reissue type approval of a product without retesting, provided that no alter- ation of components or construction has been made to the product. However, the Fire protection materials are to be in accordance with the provisions in Ch 3, 2603. The manufacturer who in- tends to have a continuation of the approval is to submit an application to the Society three months before the due date together with the following data.

(A) Data related to the corrective action for approved product, if any

(B) Alteration to the approved manufacturing process or specification

(C) Service records of approved products or similar products which are approved by this Society (minimum 6 months and over)

(2) The Society may request an approval test and/or plant audit, where deemed necessary, after the

examination of application and documents thereof.

3. Extension of approval certificate

(1) At the request of the manufacturer, the Society may extend the validity of approval certificate within the period of three months after expiry of the validity. In this case, the renewed appro- val certificate will be valid within five years from the expiry date of old approval certificate.

(2) At the request of the manufacturer, the Society may extend the validity of Provisional Type Approval Certificate for one time only, in case where the manufacturer submit the data includ-

ing reasons of not completing the real ship test required and details of real ship test schedule, etc. However the extension can be made within two years from the expiry date of Provisional Type Approval Certificate.

109. Confirmation test and/or occasional plant audit

1. The confirmation test and/or occasional plant audit may be required when serious shortcoming is found in structure or performance, etc. of the materials and equipment already approved.

2. After completion of the confirmation test and/or occasional plant audit, the manufacturer is to pre- pare a record of the confirmation test and/or occasional plant audit and submit three copies to the Society upon receiving confirmation by the Surveyor.

110. Suspension or withdrawal of approval

1. The Society can withdraw the type approval in case any of the following cases.

(1) When the materials and equipment no longer confirm to the given requirements due to amend- ments or establishment of conventions, laws, rules and regulations.

(2) When serious shortcoming is found in structure or quality of the materials and equipment al-

ready approved after being installed in ships.

(3) When the products are produced in breach of the approval conditions or when the test results have been improperly reported.

(4) Changes brought by the Manufacturer without preliminary agreement of the Society to the extent of the approval defined at the time of the approval

(5) When the materials and equipment failed to pass the confirmation test and/or occasional plant

audit specified in 109.

(6) In case where a serious failure of the manufacturer's quality system has been identified or where the manufacturer has failed to inform any changes which will affect the approved quality system to this Society.

(7) In case where the manufacturer has not undergone a renewal plant audit or where the manu-

facturer is refusing to undergo occasional plant audit requested by this Society.

2. In renewal or occasional audit for approved products, where non-conformities in the approved qual- ity system are found, or where conditions for the issuance of the certificate or for its maintenance have deteriorated, the manufacturer is to correct the non-conformities. Such corrections are to be verified by the Society. In case corrective actions are not taken within the specified period, the Society may suspend the approved certificate for a given period. In case the corrective actions are not taken for the suspended period, the Society may withdraw the approval.

3. Having no concern with the product quality the Society can withdraw, during the period of validity, the type approval in the following cases:

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

(2) When the approval fees are not paid.

(3) When considered inappropriate for approved condition by the Society.

4. A manufacturer whose approval has been withdrawn, may apply for re-approval provided that the reasons which resulted in cancellation are corrected, and the Society is to issue the approval certifi- cate after it is confirmed that the corrective action has effectively been implemented.

5. Where an application for re-approval is made for product which had its type approval withdrawn, such application shall be handled according to initial type approval requirements. But, it may be considered as exceptional case in case where the Society specially accepted.

111. Marking

The approved products are to be identified by a mark showing that they are the products approved by the Society.

112. Quality control

1. The manufacturing process and the quality control of the products are to be assured in accordance with the same procedure and system as they have been surveyed and examined by the Society un-

der the manufacturer's responsibility.

2. The in-house Society.

test results for production are to be available for review whenever requested by the