of different specification, brands and lots, and shall make correct marking. Welding materials shall be protected from damage, loss or deterioration. The Welding Material Warehouse Keeper shall assure that appropriate storage conditions are maintained.
4.4 The store-house of welding materials shall be furnished with proper facilities for storing. If applicable, these facilities shall be calibrated and controlled as per the requirement of QC Manual. The Welding Material Warehouse Keeper shall be responsible for receiving, storing, baking and issuing welding materials, and maintaining the records. Before using, covered electrodes and the flux shall be dried according to the technical procedure, recommendation or specification by welding material manufacturer.
5. Material Issuance
5.1 Welding Material Warehouse Keeper shall issue the material according to the Material Requisition Card.
5.2 The Foreman shall issue Material Requisition Card to the welders. The Warehouse Keeper shall issue welding consumable to the welder.
5.3 Welding consumable used for ASME Code items shall be duly baked and stored in the specified conditions as required by the procedure of check before issuing.
5.4 The Welder shall return all welding consumable to the Welding Material Warehouse Keeper when using time limitation of welding materials is exceeded or at the end of one shift.
5.5 All returned welding consumable shall be re-baked, stored and issued as per the original.
5.6 The re-baking times for welding consumable shall not be more than three (3) times.
6. Material Identification during Fabrication
6.1 All materials shall be properly identified by the Coded Material Identification Number.
6.2 The material identification shall be carried out as per the requirements of procedure of HRAP002.
7. Nonconformity
7.1 When nonconformity was noted during the fabrication process, it shall be handled as per the requirements of Section 6 of QC Manual.
7.2 The Examiner shall be responsible to put Hold Tag on the found nonconformity parts. All fabrication work shall be stopped before disposing nonconformity.
8. Records
8.1 All records created during the construction of Code items shall be filed in the Examination Department and made available to the AI for review and acceptance.