Det Norske Veritas - Germanischer Lloyd

DNVGL  Rolled austenitic and ferritic-austenitic stainless steel products
 N DNVGL-CP-0244

Annotation

Scope and application

This programme is applicable for the approval of material manufacturers of:

Rolled austenitic and ferritic-austenitic steel products,

as referred in the Society's rules and standards. For a description of general requirements, conditions and procedures related to the approval, please refer to DNVGL CP 0346 which shall be applied in combination with this programme.

This AoM programme is applicable for the approval of manufacturers of products indicated in Table 1 as given in RU SHIP Pt.2 Ch.2 and relevant parts of other applicable DNV GL rules and standards.

The product(s) used for approval testing (see Sec.3) will place limitations on the range of approval. The approval will be limited to:

each steel grade listed below

each product category, see Table 1

each kind of product form (plates, strips/coil, sections, bars etc.)

particular processing route and manufacturing variables

maximum tested thickness or diameter.

Approval of one product form will not cover other product forms (example: round/flat bars will not cover sections). However, approval for one grade of steel may also cover approval other grades, i.e. without additional approval testing. This is based on certain approval principles as given in App.A.