Hi

I hope you can help me
We are producing nickel alloy welding wires and our customer wants only buy our products if we have an asme certification.
Now the question is, what do we need to do?
I questioned ... to this, and they think that the material supplier from nickel alloy products only need to prove the chemical composition.
Is this correct, or doe we need to prove something else?
And can we get a logo for the asme then, to print it on our certificate

Thanks for all comments

Let me understand your question. You currently are not ASME Certificate holder. To obtain ASME Certificate as a Material Supplier QSC Certificate.

Best bet for you so to contact an AIA (Authorized Inspection Agency) and they will help you.
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Good luck.

Lee

Yes, you summarize right, we are currently not a ASME certificate holder.

So thanks for your advise.

Wait a minute. Did they ask you to be certified as NUCLEAR material organization?
If not, and I presume this is the case you have to comply to relevant SFA in Sect. II/C.
Mauro

Hi,

That's right; the only ASME Code that requires certification for material suppliers is nuclear Section III. For Section VIII jobs you only need to follow ASME Section II C requirements as it was already advised. However, to be a recognized welding consumables supplier you may need a certification from an independent inspection agency like Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, ABS, TUV...Ask your Customer, what they prefer.

Thanks,

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Why is it required to have certification from a third party? Which Code requires this? Not ASME.
If your product enters in one of SFA Specifications of ASME Sect.II-C, follow that specification which will require chem.analysis and mech.testing on weld deposit, then you may state your product is in accordance with ASME. Otherwise, if it doesn't fall under any SFA spec.your product may be used by a press.vessel stampholder for Code stamped items by qualifying the WPS per Sect.IX quoting the brand name of the product instead of the ASME or AWS Spec.
Mauro

Ok thanks, so it seems that if we do not sell welding material for the nuclear section, we only have to meet the spec of ASME Section II c.
Of course we want to get a certification of TÜV for the european market, but the chinese market prefer an ASME certification.

So my next question would be, if we meet the ASME spec Section II c, are we allowed to print the ASME code/logo on the prodcuct and accordingly in the test report for the quality assurance?

Yes, you have to. If you meet all test requirements there is the last requirement: correct marking and labelling of the product in accordance with ASME/AWS. marking is part of the manufacture of the welding consumables.
Mauro