Professional Documents
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Edition 2006
The following Guidelines come into force on June 1st, 2006.
Alterations to the preceding Edition are marked by beams at the text margin.
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"General Terms and Conditions" of the respective latest edition will be applicable
(see Rules for Classification and Construction, I - Ship Technology, Part 0 - Classification and Surveys).
Section 1 Approval of Reaction Plastics and Composite Materials for the Seating and Repair
of Components
A. General ....................................................................................................................................... 1- 1
B. Approval Conditions .................................................................................................................. 1- 1
C. Approvals ................................................................................................................................... 1- 3
D. Realization of Seatings and Repairs ........................................................................................... 1- 4
VI - Part 9 Section 1 B Approval of Reaction Plastics and Composite Materials for Chapter 5
GL 2006 the Seating and Repair of Components Page 1–1
Section 1
ity management system concerning the manufacturing 5. Conditions for authorized application
process and the material in question. companies
3.2 The licensee has also to meet the conditions 5.4 It has to be ensured, that at GL Head Office a
according to 2.1 to 2.3. complete listing of all application companies can be
kept.
– description of the application procedure and of If the adherence of the conditions according to B.1. is
specimens and tests accompanying the applica- proven in the approval order with satisfying test re-
tion sults, GL may grant a material approval.
– storage and treatment rooms With consent and co-operation of a material manufac-
turer a material approval may be inquired also by an
– equipment for application and possibilities for application enterprise. In this case the material manu-
after treatment facturer has to guarantee for the validity of the mate-
rial approval that all relevant information, which has
4.2 Personnel an influence on the data defined for the approval, are
transferred to the owner of the material approval. With
Application enterprises must have trained personnel
consent of the owner of the material approval the
which follows the framework conditions specified in
material approval may also be quoted by further appli-
the Approval Certificate and which is able to perform
cation enterprises.
the application in a professional way. The qualifica-
tion and the area of responsibility of the personnel
have to be reported. 3. Manufacturer approval
7.2 On request by GL an actual documentation 4.3 If the dispersion of the individual compo-
has to be submitted. If the review of this documenta- nents of the material is done by the application enter-
tion does not show noteworthy deviations in the com- prise or the application company, the composition has
position of the material as well as of the applied to be documented and a reference specimen has to be
manufacturing and application procedures, the ap- taken from each mixture.
provals may be renewed for further 5 (five) years.
4.4 The application of the quality management
system of the application enterprise and application
company, respectively, has to ensure the prescribed
D. Realization of Seatings and Repairs storage and the professional application of the mate-
rial.
1. Materials
5. Surveillance by GL
All materials to be used for seatings and repairs have
to be suitable for the intended application and have to Seating and repair work is to be carried out under
be approved by GL. supervision of GL Surveyors.