GB/T 18253-2018Steel and steel products -- Types of inspection documents (English PDF)
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Issued by
AQSIQ; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
March 15, 2018
Implementation date
December 1, 2018
Scope
GB/T 18253-2018 (Steel and steel products -- Types of inspection documents) is available as an English-translated PDF.
GB/T 18253-2018 — This Standard specifies, when delivering the steel and steel products as per the requirements of ordering list, different types of document that shall be provided to the purchaser.
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National Standard of the People's Republic of China
Issued by: AQSIQ; SAC
Contents
- Foreword...3
- 1 Scope...5
- 2 Normative References...5
- 3 Terms and Definitions...5
- 4 Inspection Documents based on Non-Specific Inspection...6
- 5 Inspection Document based on Specific Inspection...7
- 6 Inspection Document Provided by Intermediary...8
- 7 Approval of Inspection Document...8
- 8 Inspection Document List...8
Foreword
This Standard was drafted as per the rules specified in GB/T 1.1-2009.
This Standard replaced GB/T 18253-2000 Steel and Steel Products - Types of
Inspection Documents.
Compared with GB/T 18253-2000, this Standard has the major technical changes as
follows.
--- Add the terms and definitions for "product specification", "manufacturer" and
"intermediary" (see 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 of this Edition);
--- Modify the number and content of the document type (see Clause 4, Clause 5
and Table 1 of this Edition; Clause 4, Clause 5 and Table 1 of Edition 2000)
--- Delete "specified test report 4.3" (see 4.3 and Table 1 of Edition 2000);
--- Delete inspection certificate "5.1A" and "5.1C" (see 5.1 and Table 1 of Edition
2000);
--- Modify the inspection document approval methods and formal requirements (see
Clause 7 of this Edition).
The translation method of this Standard equivalently adopted ISO 10474.2013 Steel
and Steel Products - Inspection Documents.
The Chinese documents that have correspondences with the international documents
in the normative reference of this Standard are as follows.
--- GB/T 17505-2016 Steel and Steel Products - General Technical Delivery
Requirements (ISO 404.2013, MOD).
For the benefit of use, this Standard made the following editorial changes.
--- Change the standard name;
--- Add the informative appendix;
--- Delete the information overview elements in the international standard (Table of
Contents, Foreword and Bibliography).
This Standard was proposed by China iron and Steel Industry Association.
This Standard shall be under the jurisdiction of National Technical Committee for
Standardization of Steel (SAC/TC 183).
Drafting organizations of this Standard. China Metallurgical Information and
Standardization Institute.
Chief drafting staffs of this Standard. Luan Yan, Dai Qiang, Yan Chengming.
The historical edition replaced by this Standard is as follows.
--- GB/T 18253-2000.
Steel and Steel Products
- Types of inspection Documents
1 Scope
This Standard specifies, when delivering the steel and steel products as per the
requirements of ordering list, different types of document that shall be provided to the
purchaser.
2 Normative References
The following documents are essential to the application of this document. For the
dated documents, only the versions with the dates indicated are applicable to this
document; for the undated documents, only the latest version (including all the
amendments) are applicable to this document.
ISO 404.2013 Steel and Steel Products - General Technical Delivery
Requirements
3 Terms and Definitions
The following terms and definitions are applicable to this document.
Related to the order, the technical requirements specified completely and detailed in
written form; for example. cited standards or other specifications.
4 Inspection Documents based on Non-Specific Inspection
The manufacturers declare that their products meet the order requirements, and
provide test result documentation according to the non-specific inspection.
5 Inspection Document based on Specific Inspection
If the manufacturer implements a traceability procedure and can provide the
corresponding required test documents; then the manufacturer is allowed to transfer
the results obtained from the relevant specific inspection performed on the semi-
finished products to the inspection certificate 3.1.
The inspection certificate 3.2 shall be jointly issued by inspection representative
authorized by the manufacturer and the inspection representative authorized by the
purchaser; or jointly issued by inspection representative authorized by the
manufacturer and the inspection representative authorized by the third party.
6 Inspection Document Provided by Intermediary
When the product is provided by the intermediary, the original and copy of the
manufacturer's inspection documents that meet the requirements of this Standard and
without any modification shall be provided to the purchaser.
7 Approval of Inspection Document
All inspection documents shall be attached with the name and title of the person in
charge instead of the signature. The additional contents on the copy (see Clause 6)
shall take into effect in the same form.
8 Inspection Document List
The inspection document type list contained in this Standard can refer to Table 1.
The comparison between this Standard and foreign inspection document type can
refer to Table NA.1.
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Referenced standards
Normative references
ISO 404.2013
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