This Code applies to facilities, technology and inspection for manufacturing of valves for piping (restrictive to ball valves for liquefied petroleum gas or city gas piping but exclusive of brass ball valves; hereinafter referred to as “valves”) exclusive of buried welded type ball valves and polyethylene valves among valves for piping in conformity to the Enforcement Regulation of the Safety Control and Business Regulation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act (hereinafter referred to as “Enforcement Regulation”), Table 3, No. 6 and Table 7, No.4-f. <Revised on December 10, 2015>
Table of Contents
1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Validity of Cod
1.3 Reference Codes and Standards
1.3.1 Inspection standard for new technology products or products in conformity to acceptable standards
1.3.2 Manufacturing registration standard of foreign products
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Application of Codes and Standards
1.6 Interim Measures
1.6.1 Interim measures for manufacturing technology standard, etc.
2. Manufacturing Installation Standard
2.1 Manufacturing Facilities
2.2 Inspection Facilities
3. Manufacturing Technology Standard
3.1 Design (currently not used)
3.2 Materials
3.3 Thickness
3.4 Construction and Dimensions
3.5 Fabrication (currently not used)
3.6 Welding (currently not used)
3.7 Heat Treatment (currently not used)
3.8 Performance
3.8.1 Product performance
3.8.2 Material performance
3.8.3 Operating performance
3.9 Marking
3.9.1 Product marking
3.9.2 Acceptance mark
4. Inspection Standard
4.1 Kinds of Inspections
4.1.1 Manufacturing installation inspection
4.1.2 Product inspection
4.2 Object Audit of Process Inspection
4.2.1 Application for audit
4.2.2 Audit method
4.2.3 Adjudication committee
4.3 Inspection Items
4.3.1 Manufacturing installation inspection
4.3.2 Product inspection
4.4 Inspection Method
4.4.1 Manufacturing installation inspection
4.4.2 Product inspection
4.5 Other Inspection Standards
4.5.1 Inspection of imported products
4.5.2 Partial omission of inspection
4.5.3 Disposal of rejected products (not applicable)
4.5.4 Detailed inspection standards
