Section 7 Quality Assurance Scheme for Machinery
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Section 7 Quality Assurance Scheme for Machinery

7.1 General

7.1.1 This certification scheme is applicable to both individual and series produced items manufactured under closely controlled conditions and will be restricted to works where the employment of quality control procedures is well established. LR will have to be satisfied that the practices employed will ensure that the quality of finished products is to standards which would be demanded when using traditional survey techniques.

7.1.2 The Committee will consider proposed designs for compliance with LR’s Rules or other appropriate requirements and the extent to which the manufacturing processes and control procedure ensure conformity of the product to the design. A comprehensive survey will be made by the Surveyor of the actual operation of the quality control programme and of the adequacy and competence of the staff to implement it.

7.1.3 The procedures and practices of manufacturers which have been granted approval will be kept under review.

7.1.4 Approval by another organization will not be accepted as sufficient evidence that a manufacturer’s arrangements comply with LR’s requirements.

7.2 Requirements for approval

7.2.1 Details for approval to the requirements of this Quality Assurance Scheme for Machinery (QAM) are contained in Pt 5, Ch 1, 6 Quality Assurance Scheme for Machinery of the Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships, July 2022.


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