CEN
EN 10204
Metallic Products — Types of Inspection Documents
Defines what a material certificate is worth. Type 2.2 is the manufacturer's own statement based on non-specific inspection; 3.1 is specific inspection with results, validated by the manufacturer's own independent inspection function; 3.2 adds validation by the purchaser's representative or an independent inspector. Specifying 3.1 when the service needed 3.2, or accepting 2.2 against a 3.1 requirement, is one of the commonest material findings on a project.
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Where it is applied on this site
- Plate materials — what vessels and tanks are actually made fromPiping
- Inspection and test plans — hold, witness, review, and who signsPiping
- Non-conformance and corrective action — the four dispositions, and why NCRs repeatPiping
- Pressure test packs and reinstatement — the gate, and what gets put back afterwardsPiping