VALVE RECEIVING INSPECTION

I. Preparing necessary documents

Purchase Order + Change Order
Technical Specifications
Applicable Standard:
ASTM A216-2010 Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, Suitable for
Fusion Welding, for High-Temperature Service (Applicable Standard)
ASTM A703-2010 Specification for Steel Castings, General Requirements, for
Pressure-Containing Parts
ASTM A182-2010 Standard Specification for Forged or Rolled Alloy-Steel Pipe
Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service
(Applicable Standard)
ASTM A961-2010 Standard Specification for Common Requirements for Steel
Flanges, Forged Fittings, Valves, and Parts for Piping Applications
ASME B16.5 Pipe Flanges And Flanged Fittings
ASME B16.34-2009 Valves Flanged, Threaded, and Welding End.
ASME B16.10-2000 Face-to-face End-to-end Dimensions of Valve
ASME B16.25-2003 Buttwelding Ends
MSS SP-25-2008 Standard Marking System for Valves, Fittings, Flanges and Union
MSS SP-80-1997 Bronze gate, globe, angle and check valves.
ABS MODU Rule 2012
NACE MR0175-2001
API 598-2009 Valve Inspection and Testing
API 600-2009 Steel Gate ValvesFlanged and Butt-welding Ends, Bolted Bonnets
And other reference standards.
Relevant Drawings
Packing list/Delivery Order
II. Certificate Inspection
1.Certificate of Origin:
Check if Origin of valve is complied with PO.
2. Mill Test Certificates:
Check type of certificate as EN 10204. Type 3.1 is acceptable.
a. Body material: ASTM A216 Gr.WCB.
Heat analysis:
An analysis of each heat shall be made (ASTM A703).
Chemical Requirements (ASTM A216):

 Product analysis (if required) tolerance (ASTM A703):

 Tension Test:
One tension test shall be made from each heat.
Tensile Requirements (ASTM A216):

b. Stem material: ASTM A182 Gr. F6a

Heat Treating Requirements (ASTM A182):

Note: B not applicable

Heat analysis:
An analysis of each heat shall be made (ASTM A703).

 Chemical Requirements (ASTM A182):

Chemical Requirements, %
(ASTM A182 Gr.F6a)
Carbon, max
0.15
Manganese, max
1
Phosphorus, max
1
Sulfur, max
0.04
Silicon, max
0.03
Nickel, max
0.5
Chromium
11.5-13.5

Product Analysis (if required) tolerance:

 Tensile Requirements:
One tension test shall be made from each heat.
Tensile Requirements (ASTM A182):

Note: A-Determined by the 0.2 % offset method. For ferritic steels only, the 0.5 % extensionunder-load method may also be used.
Additional requirement for H2S service (NACE MR0175):
Carbon and low alloy steels are acceptable at 22 HRC maximum hardness provided
they contain less than 1 % nickel, are not free-machining steels and are used in one of
the following heat-treatment conditions:
a) hot-rolled (carbon steels only);
b) annealed;
c) normalized;
d) normalized and tempered;
e) normalized, austenitized, quenched, and tempered;
f) austenitized, quenched, and tempered.
In addition to the restrictions of above, some carbon steels are acceptable subject to the
revised or additional restrictions as follows.
a) Forgings produced in accordance with ASTM A105 are acceptable if the hardness does not
exceed 187 HBW.
b) Wrought pipe fittings to ASTM A234 grades WPB and WPC are acceptable if the hardness
does not exceed 197 HBW.
Reference for unit conversion: ASTM E140 - Standard Hardness Conversion

Supplementary Requirements
3. Hydrostatic test certificate:
Depending on which standard the valve complied with: ASME B16.34/API
598/Applicable standard.
ASME B16.34:
Shell test pressure: no less than 1.5 times the 100oF pressure rating(**), rounded off to the
next higher 1 bar (25 psi), test duration shall be not less than the following:

Closure test pressure: no less than 1.1 times 100oF pressure rating, rounded off to the next
higher 1 bar (25 psi). Pneumatic test at gage pressure not less than 5.5 bar (80 psi) can be
carried out to substitute for hydrostatic test for valve sizes and pressure class as follows:

Test duration shall be not less than the following:

(**): Determine pressure rating of valve: look up table 2 Rating for Groups Material
API 598:

 MSS SP-80 (for bronze valve):

Applicable standard: check in the standard

4. ABS certificate:
This is additional requirement for satisfying ABS Surveyor.
All valves intended for installation on the side shell at or below the deepest load
waterline, including those at the sea chests, are to be hydrostatically tested in the presence
of the ABS Surveyor, before installation, to a pressure of at least 5 bar (5.1 kgf/cm2, 72.5
psi) ( 2010 Steel vessels Rules 4-6-2/7.3.2).
Test pressure shall conform to API 598/ASME B16.34/Applicable standard
Visual and hydrostatic test of valves shall be inspected by ABS Surveyor.
Valve that satisfied ABS Surveyor shall be mark AB on body.
5. Certificate of Warranty

III. On site inspection:

1. Type inspection:
Check the compliance of valve with the Description in Technical Specifications
Valve Type: Ball valve, Lug Type Butterfly valve, Wafer check valve,
End Connection: Flanged, Threaded, WeldNeck, Socketwelded,
Actuator: gear operator, handwheel,
Thread type (if any): BSPT (British Standard Pipe Thread), NPT (National Pipe
Thread Taper),
Flange type (if any): Raise Face, Flat Face, Ring Type Joint,
.
2. Marking on body (ASME B16.34 and MSS SP-25):
Manufacturers name or Trademark
Material identification
Material marking is not required on ASTM B61, B62, B584 alloys, C 83800 and C 84400,
cast copper alloy threaded or solder-joint or wrought copper solder-joint valves (MSS SP25).
With ASTM A126 class B or C are not usually marked with material designation symbols.
Malleable iron body castings will be marked with MI.
Ductile iron valves shall be marked with the word Ductile or DI. At the manufacturers
option, the ASTM number or grade may be added.
Heat number (identical with Heat No. in Mill certificate)
ANSI Class
Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) or Diameter Nominal (DN)
Flow or pressure indication shall be marked on unidirectional valves. (arrows or words
inlet/outlet/high pressure side)
Thread identification, when required (threaded end valves only)

 All connecting end flanges having standard ring-joint grooves manufactured in

accordance with API 6A shall be marked with the letter "R" and the corresponding ring
groove number (MSS SP-25)
ABS marking AB (if valves were certified by ABS)
3. Marking on trim parts (if practicable)
Trim identification marking is required on the identification plate for all flanged end and
butt welding end steel or flanged end ductile iron body valves having trim material which
is different than the body material.(MSS SP-25)
Material identification
Heat number (identical with Heat No. in Mill certificate)
NPS or DN
3. Identification Plate (ASME B16.34 and MSS SP-25):
Manufacturers name or Trademark
Body and Trim (Stem, Disc, Seat, Plug, Ball, Gate, ) Material Identification

ANSI Class
Working Temperature/ Pressure ; service limitations.
NPS or DN
Applicable Standard
4. Tag name (if any)
5. Dimension + Quantity

IV. Self-done testing:

Chemical Analysis, Tensile Test, Hardness test have to be done at manufacturers plant.
Self-doing these tests for valves materials are not practicable.

 Pressure test (API 598):

Backseat test:
The backseat test is required for all valves, except for bellows seal valves, that have
the backseat feature and shall be performed by applying pressure inside the assembled
valve with the valve ends closed, the valve fully open, and the packing gland loose or
packing not installed. If the backseat test is performed after the shell test, the packing
shall be installed and/or packing glands retightened after the backseat test.
For valves DN 100 (4 in. NPS) and smaller, the backseat test may be combined with
the shell test when volumetric devices are used to monitor leakage from the shell and
backseat. When tested by this method, the packing shall be loose. The manufacturer
shall be responsible for demonstrating that the packing will not leak at the valves
rated pressure at 38oC (100oF).
Shell test:
The shell test shall be made by applying the pressure inside the assembled valve with
the valve ends closed, the valve partially open, and any packing gland tight enough to
maintain the test pressure, thereby, except for bellows seal valves, testing the stuffing
box.
Low-pressure Closure Test
The low-pressure closure test shall be performed with the seat sealing surface
interface clean and free from oil, grease, and sealant. If necessary to prevent galling,
the sealing surfaces may be coated with a film of oil that is not heavier than kerosene.
This requirement does not apply to a valve that uses a lubricant as its primary seal
(e.g. lubricated plug valves).
Any leakage at the seat sealing surface interface, behind the seat ring, or through the
disk on the open side of the valve shall be detected when bubbles are observed
coming from the closure (disk, seat, and seat ring), covered with water.
High-pressure Closure Test
The procedure for the high-pressure closure test shall be the same as the procedure for
the low-pressure closure test except that, in the case of a liquid test, leakage shall be
detected when drops.

Instruction ny c th dng :

Kim tra Steel Gate, Glove, Butterfly, Check, Ball, Knife Valve; Bronze
gate, globe, check valves.
a ra hng dn t hydro-test.