ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE
SECTION III-3
INTERPRETATIONS
Volume 62
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SECTION III-3 — INTERPRETATIONS VOL. 62
INTERPRETATIONS VOLUME 62 — SECTION III-3
Replies to Technical Inquiries January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2012
FOREWORD
GENERAL INFORMATION
This publication includes all written interpretations issued between the indicated dates by the ASME Staff on behalf of
the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee in response to inquiries concerning interpretations of the ASME Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Code. A contents is also included that lists subjects specific to the interpretations covered in the individual volume.
These interpretations are taken verbatim from the original letters, except for a few typographical and editorial corrections made for the purpose of improved clarity. In some instances, a review of the interpretation revealed a need for corrections of a technical nature. In these cases, a revised interpretation is presented bearing the original interpretation
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SECTION III-3 — INTERPRETATIONS VOL. 62
Subject
Interpretation
Division 3‚ Code Case N-822, Application of the ASME Certification Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table NCA-7100-2 (Division 1), Table NCA-7100-3 (Division 2), and Table WA-7100-2 (Division 3),
Standards and Specifications Referenced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WB/WC-2431.1, Weld Filler Metal Testing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
III-3-13-01
12-1962
III-3-10-02
III-3-10-01E
11-416
10-1432
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Interpretation: III-3-10-01E
Subject: WB/WC-2431.1, Weld Filler Metal Testing Requirements
Date Issued: December 23, 2010
File: 10-1432
Question: Is it the intent of NB/NC/ND/NE/NF/NG-2431.1(d), WB/WC-2431.1, and CC-2612.1 to restrict the preparation and process requirements for the test specimens to the requirements of SFA-5.1 when the requirements of SFA-5.1
conflict with the requirements of the applicable SFA specification?
Reply: No. The preparation and process requirements of the applicable SFA specification shall be used.
NOTE: This interpretation also appears in III-NCA as III-1-10-41 and III-2-10-02.
Errata Note: This interpretation was incorrectly numbered in Volume 61 of Division 3 as III-1-10-01 and is renumbered
by errata as III-3-10-01E.
Interpretation: III-3-10-02
Subject: Table NCA-7100-2 (Division 1), Table NCA-7100-3 (Division 2), and Table WA-7100-2 (Division 3), Standards
and Specifications Referenced
Date Issued: April 20, 2011
File: 11-416
Question: Is it the intent of Tables NCA-7100-2, NCA-7100-3, and WA-7100-2 to allow the hour method, as published in
the 2006 Edition of SNT-TC-1A for achieving the necessary personnel experience in an NDE method, be used in lieu of the
month method as published in the 1992 Edition of SNT-TC-1A?
Reply: Yes.
NOTE: This interpretation also appears in III-NCA as III-1-10-46 and III-2-10-03.
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Interpretation: III-3-13-01
Subject: Division 3‚ Code Case N-822, Application of the ASME Certification Mark
Date Issued: November 14, 2012
File: 12-1962
Question (1): May N, NA, NPT, NV, and N3 Stamps be applied to items certified to Section III Editions and Addenda prior
to the 2011 Addenda?
Reply (1): Yes, the N, NA, NPT, NV, and N3 stamps may be used until recalled by ASME.
Question (2): Must Code Case N-822 be invoked when applying the N, NA, NPT, NV, or N3 Stamp to items certified to
Section III Editions and Addenda prior to the 2011 Addenda?
Reply (2): No.
Question (3): Must Code Case N-822 be included in the applicable Design Specification, Design Report, or Data Report
when certifying items with the N, NA, NPT, NV, or N3 Stamp to Section III Editions and Addenda prior to the 2011
Addenda?
Reply (3): No.
Question (4): May the new Certification Mark with designator be used for items certified to Section III Editions and
Addenda prior to the 2011 Addenda?
Reply (4): Yes, the Certification Mark with designator identified in the 2011 Addenda is equivalent to the N, NA, NPT,
NV, and N3 Stamps of previous Editions and Addenda of Section III.
NOTE: This interpretation also appears in Section III, Subsection NCA as III-1-13-10 and III-2-13-02; and in Section III, Division 5 as III-5-13-01.
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