Sunday, September 30, 2007

The Indian Boilers Act and regulations

THE INDIAN BOILERS ACT
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THE INDIAN BOILERS ACT, 1923 (5 of 1923)(AS MODIFIED UP TO THE 1ST JULY, 1962)

1. The Repealing Act, 1927 (12 of 1927)
2. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1929 (9 of 1929)
3. The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937
4. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1937 (11 of 1937)
5. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1939 (34 of 1939)
6. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1942 (5 of 1942)
7. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1943 (17 of 1943)
8. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1947 (34 of 1947)
9. The Indian Independence (Adaptation of Central Acts & Ordinances) Order, 1948
10. The Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950
11. The Part B State (Laws) Act, 1951 (3 of 1951)
12. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1951 (38 of 1951)
13. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1952 (25 of 1952)
14. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1952 (48 of 1952)
15. The Adaptation of Laws (No 3) Order, 1956
16. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1960 (18 of 1960)


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Beginning of Boiler Legislation in India
Steam Boilers are of very ancient origin. The introduction of famous James Watt's improved steam engine from 1769 to 1775 onwards resulted in great improvement in steam plants.
In the year 1863, a very serious boiler explosion occurred in Calcutta which caused the loss of several lives. As a result of this explosion, the necessity of inspection of boilers was widely recognised and a bill was introduced in the Bengal Council to provide for the inspection of steam boilers. In the year 1864, the Bengal Act VI of 1864 was passed which provided for the inspection of steam boilers and prime movers in the town and suburbs of Calcutta. This is the beginning of boiler legislation in India.
Following the Bengal Act of 1864, each of the other provinces framed legislation. At that time there were seven different Acts and seven different sets of rules and regulations. Those Acts and rules & regulations were inconsistent with one another. As the differences in the Acts and rules and regulations among the various provinces in India gave rise to many difficulties and hampered the development of industries, the Central Government appointed a committee called "The Boiler Law Committee" in 1920 to examine and report on the general question of boiler legislation in India.
The Boiler Laws Committee, 1920-21, the first to review the boiler laws on a national scale reported in March, 1921. The report criticised the differences in the Acts, rules and regulations. The report also pointed out that in the inspection of boilers the personal element was a weighty factor, and the difference in regulations resulted in what was termed as "provincial jealousy". The report stressed that all provinces should be subject to the same regulations and work done in one province should be accepted as correct in another province. The Committee recommended that regulations to cover the standard conditions for material, design and construction of boilers should be framed by Government of India and make applicable to all the provinces. The report also pointed out that regulations were entirely of technical nature and there was no reason for which these regulations would be affected by local conditions. The Committee prepared a draft Act on the lines of which, the basic All-India Act was passed in 1923. The Boiler Laws Committee also prepared a uniform set of technical regulations and a model set of administrative rules. A sharp distinction was drawn between the regulations and the rules. The regulations referred entirely to technical matters where as the rules referred to questions concerning the administration of the Act. Indian Boiler act, 1923 provides for the safety of life and property of persons from the danger of explosion of boilers.
The Government of India Act, 1935 assigned the subject 'Boilers' to the concurrent field. The provision for constituting Central Boilers Board having the authority to make regulations consistent with the Act was made in the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1937. A Board called the Central Boilers Board was accordingly constituted in the year 1937.
The Central Boilers Board in exercise of the powers conferred under section 28 of the said Act, formulated regulations on boilers. The current version of these regulations is known as the Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950 with amendments up to 22nd February, 2005.




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Notification
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No. DB/GL65/1870/CIB/____________________ in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) read with the Govt. of India, Home Department Notification No. F125/37, dated the 1st April, 1937, the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to make after previous publication, the following rules further to amend the Delhi boilers Rules, 1927, namely:-


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No. DB/GL65/1870/CIB/____________________ in exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) read with the Govt. of India, Home Department Notification No. F125/37, dated the 1 st April, 1937 , the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to make after previous publication, the following rules further to amend the Delhi boilers Rules, 1927,namely:-

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Short title and commencement

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These rules may be called the Delhi boilers (Amendment) Rules, 2005

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They shall come into force with effect from the date of their publication in the Delhi Gazette.
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Amendment of rule 27.

In the Delhi Boilers rules, 1927, in rule 27, for sub-rule (1) the following shall be substituted, namely:-






(1)
The fee required to accompany an application for renewal of the certificate of a boiler under sub-section (3) of section 8 of the Indian Boilers Act, 1923 shall be as

(A)
Fees for inspection. Fees for inspection for renewal of certificate of boilers shall be calculated on the basis of rating and shall be levied in accordance with the following scales, namely:-

Rs. P
For Boiler Rating not Exceeding 10 Square Metres.
500.00
For Boiler Rating exceeding 10 but not exceeding 30 Square Metres.
600.00
For Boiler Rating exceeding 30 but not exceeding 50 Square Metres.
700.00
For Boiler Rating exceeding 50 but not exceeding 70 Square Metres.
800.00
For Boiler Rating exceeding 70 but not exceeding 90 Square Metres.
900.00
For Boiler Rating exceeding 90 but not exceeding 110 Square Metres.


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Acts and Rules

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Important Legislations
  

Acts

Orders
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Explosives Act 1884  
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Boilers Act 1923/Indian  Boiler  Regulations 1950  / Hindi (version)shine.gif (1153 bytes)Cement Control Order 1967
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951shine.gif (1153 bytes)Cement (Quality Control) Order 1995
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Salt Cess Act, 1953shine.gif (1153 bytes)Cement (Quality Control) Order 2003
  shine.gif (1153 bytes)Electrical Wires, Cables, Appliances, Protection Devices & Accessories 
(Quality Control) Order 2003
  shine.gif (1153 bytes)Newspaper Control Order 2004 (English / Hindi)
  shine.gif (1153 bytes)Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order - 19-01-2005 (English / Hindi)
  shine.gif (1153 bytes)Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order - 18-05-2005 (English / Hindi)
  shine.gif (1153 bytes)Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order - 31-05-2005 (English / Hindi)
  shine.gif (1153 bytes)Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order - 30-06-2005 (English / Hindi)
  shine.gif (1153 bytes)Newsprint Control (Amendment) Order - 19-09-2005 (English / Hindi)
  shine.gif (1153 bytes)Paper Section Order - 20-12-2005 (English / Hindi)
    
Rules  
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Cement Cess Rule, 1993  
shine.gif (1153 bytes)The Central Advisory Council (Procedural) Rules, 1952  
shine.gif (1153 bytes)The Development Council (Procedural) Rules, 1952  
shine.gif (1153 bytes)The Scheduled Industries (Submission of Production Returns) Rules, 1979  
shine.gif (1153 bytes)The Registration and Licensing of Industrial Undertakings Rules, 1952  
    

DIPP Bilaterals

  
shine.gif (1153 bytes)MOU between Ministry of Commerce & Industry of the Republic of India and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Joint Statement of Intent of Bilateral Cooperation between Indian and the UK on IPR  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)MOU between Ministry of Commerce & Industry of the Republic of India and Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry of the Republic of France  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)MOU on Bilateral Cooperation between Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) and European Patent Office (EPO)  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)MOU on Bilateral Cooperation between CGPDTM,  Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India and The United States Patent and Trademarks Office, U.S. Department of Commerce  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Protocol of Intent between the Ministry of Industry, Government of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, Government of the Republic of France on November 24, 1998  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)MOU between the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea in the field of Investment Promotion  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)MOU for Investment Promotion between the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Economic Affaris of the Netherlands  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Joint Statement between C&IM and METI -   June 2006  
    
shine.gif (1153 bytes)Mumbai Declaration - 3rd India-GCC Business Conference - May 29-30, 2007, Mumbai, Republic of India  




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You may be aware that THE INDIAN BOILERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007 has now been published in The Gazette of India. Some of these long awaited amendments would significantly reform the regulation which may prove to be advantageous to Steam Generating Industries.
In order to have a very clear understanding of these amendments, their salient points and correct interpretation, Plant Operation & Maintenance Club is now arranging a Nation wide discussion forum.
MR. V K GOEL, FORMER SECRETARY, CENTRAL BOILER BOARD has kindly agreed to answer the queries related to the amendments from the industry personnel. It was primarily his initiatives, which helped to bring forth these amendments into force.
MR. P K DAS, FORMER DIRECTOR, WEST BENGAL IBR OFFICE would be also available in this forum to help us understand some of the salient points of this amendment.
Some of the critical points on which deliberation would be initiated are:
i) Section 2 of the Principal Act.
ii) Section 4B to 4F of the Principal Act.
iii) Section 13 and 14 of the Principal Act
iv) Section 23 and 24 of the Principal Act for penal measures for any offence.
These are related to Definition of IBR Boiler, scope of statutory inspection, Introduction of parallel private inspecting agencies like Inspecting Authority, Competent Authority & Competent Persons, Penal measures for any offence and like, where some drastic changes have been introduced.

Who can join?
Interested professionals will have to submit a request form, either through e-mail or directly on-line. Though this is a totally free Discussion Forum at the website, it would be restricted to only those professionals who are directly related to Steam Generating Industries and dealing with IBR in some way or other. The access to directly participate in this exclusive discussion forum will be given to only those professionals from whom we receive the request form as mentioned above.

Request for participation

IBR Act 2007

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Welder Qualification

WHY AND WHEN WELDER QUALIFICATIONS AND WELDING PROCEDURE APPROVALS REQUIRED?
One of the essential safety requirements of the European Pressure Equipment Directive (97/23/EC) demands that for pressure equipment, permanent joining of components (Welding) that contribute to the pressure resistance of equipment and components which are directly attached to them must be carried out by QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ACCORDING TO SUITABLE OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ICLCL is providing services for these approvals as per EN 287-1 and ASME IX standards.The above requirement of PED calls for need of Approval of Welders Qualifications and Welding Methods and processes.

Welding is the most common method used for joining steel fabrications largely because of the speed at which joints can be made and the reliability and strength of these joints in service. However because most welding operations are now relatively simple to perform it is all too easy to forget the complexity of the chemical and metallurgical actions that are taking place when the weld is being deposited. Therefore not surprisingly welds can occasionally fail.

WHICH PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES REQUIRE APPROVALS FOR WELDERS QUALIFICATIONS AND WELDING PROCEDURES?
Welding activities which include safety critical welds are: • Work with pressure vessels • Work where safety and strength are critical factors • Work where equipment is subject to stresses and failure could cause injury • Work where equipment requires mechanical lifting • Load bearing structures

WELDING PROCEDURE SPECIFICATIONS
The design of the welding procedure for any critical weld (i.e. the way in which the weld is to be made) should be carried out by a person competent to do so. The output from the design of the welding procedure is a document which specifies the following requirements: i) A sketch of each type of welded joint involved, showing the geometry and thicknesses of the parts to be joined, the weld preparations required and the number and size of weld runs required ii) Parent material type iii) The welding process to be used iv) The welding position in which the weld is to be made v) The type and size of welding consumables to be used at the various stages of completing the weld. vi) The welding conditions, e.g. for arc welding current, arc voltage, travel speed, and any preheat requirements, for other types of welding the relevant controlling parameters. vii) Any surface preparation required before welding is carried out. viii) Any special requirements for storage of welding consumables prior to use.

This sample shall be tested which may include some or all of the following:i) Either non destructive testing or production of a macrosection to demonstrate soundness of the joint and freedom from defects ii) Hardness of the weld metal and the heat affected zone iii) Cross weld tensile tests for butt welds iv) Face, root or side bend tests v) V notch impact tests
The tests results shall be recorded.

ROAD MAP FOR WELDER QUALIFICATION AND WELDING PROCESS APPROVALS
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go here http://www.iclcertifications.com/iclnew/welder_qualifiations.htm?gclid=CLLytNH-uo0CFQp4TAod4D8mFg

Sunday, June 24, 2007

List of ASME U certified companies in India

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ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code 2007

Since 1914, ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) has been setting the standards necessary to ensure the safety of individuals working with or around boilers and pressure vessels. The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes are internationally recognized codes for the latest rules and regulations for safety of design, fabrication, maintenance, and inspection of all types of vessels.

The entire collection of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes (BPVC) updates every three years with addenda published each year. The 2007 edition contains thousands of pages of updated code, standards, examples, and figures.

The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is available in a variety of packages including hardcopy individual purchasing and Internet subscriptions. Internet subscriptions can be configured for one or unlimited users depending on the needs of your organization. This is especially crucial for large organizations where incremental savings on additional licenses save money over purchasing several individual hardcopies.

IHS, the worldwide leader for engineering, technical, and regulatory information, has been working with ASME since 1989 to publish the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code in easily accessible CD-ROM and Internet formats, and the hardcopy version of the Code.
In addition to the Code updates, IHS provides all the critical ASME content related to the Code either as part of your subscription or as individual document purchases. The referenced standards available from IHS include more than 78 standards that are actually referenced within the Code and an additional 200+ ASME standards that we have identified as beneficial to users of the Code.

go here for the list of Code Books
http://www.asme2007.com/

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Boiler & Pressure Vessel Certification

General Information
Since 1916, ASME has accredited companies in the pressure vessel industry to certify that their products, services and quality system comply with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

The ASME International Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV) Code establishes rules governing the design, fabrication, and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels, and nuclear power plant components during construction.

The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is in a class of its own. It is internationally renowned. ASME Code Symbol Stamps, which are regarded as the hallmark of acceptance and certification, are used to indicate that the stamped item(s) conform to the latest edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes.

As well, utilization of the ASME Code Symbol Stamp is a means of complying with the laws and regulations in all 50 states in the U.S., and all of the provinces of Canada. In addition, it has been estimated that over 100 countries accept the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code as a means of meeting their government safety regulations.

The quality systems of more than 4500 companies in more than 65 countries are currently accredited by ASME. Whether or not an ASME Code Symbol Stamp is legally required, it provides users with a high degree of confidence that the stamped items conform to established safety standards.
http://www.asme.org/Codes/CertifAccred/Certification/Boiler_Pressure_Vessel.cfm

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Is ASME U Stamping mandatory ?

Different States of US have different regulations with reference to Stamping.
Some States dont require Stamping

for California
http://www.dir.ca.gov/Title8/494.html