Accreditation, ASME

For additional information write to ASME Conformity Assessment, Three Park Avenue, New librk, NY 10016-5990, or call Raj Manchanda at 212-591-8033. Fax 212-591-8599. E-mail accreditation asme.org. 

A standard is a set of technical definitions and guidelines for designers and manufacturers. A code is a standard that has been adopted by one or more governmental bodies or has been incorporated into a business contract. ASME publishes its standards accredits users of standards to ensure that they are capable of manufacturing products that meet those standards and provides stamps that accredited manufacturers place on their products to indicate that a product was manufactured according to the ASME code. 

The ANSFASME-SPP-l standards establish requirements for quality programs, accreditation of quality programs, and reporting of malfunctions and failures. Manufacturers conforming to these standards are authorized by ASME to apply the OCS monogram to SSVs (valves and actuators). 

ASME s ISO 9000 Registration Program is accredited by the American National Accreditation Program for Registrars of Quality Systems (ANSI-RAB) and the Dutch Cotmdl for Accreditation (RvA). 

ASME uses quality system auditors experienced in the above-listed fields who have been certified to the international auditor qualification standard ISO 10011-2. Registration decision and policy making are conducted within the firamework of the ASME codes, standards, accreditation, and certification committee structure. The use of volunteers from industry and government provides for a high quality program that is administered in a fair, impartial, and professional manner. 

Over 4,000 companies from 57 countries are currently accredited by ASME in one or more of the following quality assurance based programs ... 

For the purpose of ASME accreditation, electronic versions of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code do not replace the need for a single hard copy version. 

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