Iranian Classification Society Rules

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Section 4 Production Unit Inspection


401. Application

The requirements in this Section are applied to production unit inspection of containers that have been approved by a design type. For containers of special types not fully covered in this Chapter, tests and inspections are to be carried out in accordance with the discretion of the Society .


402. Application of production unit inspection

The prototype container manufacturer having satisfactorily passed the type approval test of

304. is to submit a copy of the production unit inspection application form of the Society tain the production unit inspection of type-series container manufacture.


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403. Kinds of production unit inspection

The kinds of production unit inspection for type series containers are given in Table 2.1.


Table 2.1 Kinds of production unit inspection for type-series containers


Kinds of container

Kinds of test

Frequency


General Cargo Container

· Visual inspection

· Dimensional inspection

· Weather tightness test


for each container

· Mass measurement

· Top lifting

· Floor strength


for one container selected at random from every fifty containers


Thermal Container


· Same as the General Cargo Container

Same as the General Cargo Container

· Airtightness tes.

· Operation test for refrigerating unit or

heating appiiance


for each container

· Thermal test

· Performance test of refrigerating unit

for one container selected at random from every fifty containers


Tank Container


· Same as the General Cargo Container

Same as the General Cargo Container

· Pressure test

for each container


404. Production unit inspection procedure


1. The surveyor may properly modify kinds and their production unit inspection accordance with the requirements in each Section of this Chapter.


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2. The surveyor may properly modify kinds and their frequencies specified in 403. depending on the test results previously obtained. The foregoing test results and inspections carried out by the manu- facturer may be accepted where they have been executed to the satisfaction of the Society.


405. Review of documents

The manufacturer is required to keep the record of production unit inspection, quality control and maker's checks to be complete and reliable for each container and submitted for a review of the Society when requested.


406. Certificates

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The Society will issue a container production certificate to the type-series container having satisfac- torily undergone production unit inspection in accordance with the requirements in 404.