Steel Tube Handbook - 16. edition january 2021

9 Management of quality consists of several steps: • certification of the quality management system according to international standards ISO 9001 • certification of the quality management system according to specific technical regulations • certification of products and Approbation of products. This sec - tion consists of three areas: 1. Product certification - certification that products are manufac- tured according to the standards and meet the requirements of the regulations (e.g. EU regulations) 2. Products for construction use - Attestation of Conformity 3. Approbation of products - affirmation of companies authori- zed to accept the tubes that the products comply with rele- vant standards Environmental Management System For the introduction of the Environmental Management System (EMS) and its certification the ISO 14001 standard applies. Safety at work Requirements for the management of health and safety protection at work are included in the international standard OHSAS 18001. The legislation Steel tubes are divided accordance to their use to individual groups, where they are subject to different types and degrees of superior re- gulations. In the countries of European Union (EU) the Directives are valid for the relevant groups of products. Following the publication the individual countries must include them into their national legisla- tion and technical standards. The Directives stand out in the relevant documentation under the double designation. The Directorate-General (DG) elaborates pro- posal for the directive. Steel tubes are covered by DG Enterprise and Industry. Then based on the proposal of the European Commission‘s they are approved by the European Parliament. The Directives are marked as follows: Year of issue / number /EEC respectively EC or if necessary EU (Euro- pean Economic Community, after 1992 or 1993 only European Com- munity). These Directives acquire the Legal authority after they are issued in the Official Journal of the European Communities (Official Journal (EU - Collection of Laws, where the directive is placed under the cor- responding number of law into this collection). In this Collection it is marked as OJ L number and date. EN standards set out the requirements for specific groups of tubes. In terms of legislation, there are three important group types of steel tubes: - tubes for construction use - tubes for pressure purposes - tubes for parts of machines Tubes intended for construction use They are classified as finished products and in placing them on the market, and as of 1.6.2013 a new legislation is valid for them. • Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No. 305/2011 (CPR), by which they are establishing harmonized conditions for introduction of construction products on the market and repealing Council Directive 89/106 of EEC. Addres- Quality management systems certification, legislation Handbook is primarily aimed at providing an overview of the technical parameters steel tubes produced by Podbrezová Železiarne, a.s.. and Transmesa SAU. The tubes themselves and also the products and equipment whose parts consist of the tubes must also comply with the relevant national or industry laws, decrees and regulations designed to ensure the safety of operation, health and the environmental protection. Also the quality management system shall be in accordance with the relevant regulations and must be certified by authorized company. ses the assessment and verification of the constancy of para- meters of construction products and its introduction on the market by means of harmonized technical specifications. • Harmonized technical specifications: harmonized EN and Euro - pean Technical Assessment (ETA) issued on the basis of Europe- an Assessment Documents (EAD) • Declaration of parameters (DoP) - issued by the manufacturer based on our assessment and verification of the constancy of performance and shall affix the CE mark. Valid for tubes according to EN 10210, EN 10219, EN 10224, and EN 10255. (EU) Regulation 305/2011 is directly applicable therefore does not need to be transformed into national legislation. Tubes for pressure purposes Pressure equipment and legislation in EN Brief Overview of the European regulations for pressure equip- ment with respect to the materials used: 1. Directive of the European Parliament and the Council 2014/68 EC (PED 2014/68 EC) applicable to specified pressure equipment. Pressure equipment within the meaning of this Directive withstand max. allowable pressure (PS) greater than 0.5 bar, and it is a pressure above the normal atmospheric pressure, i.e. excess pressure. 2. According to the Directive PED 2014/68 EC pressure equipment is divided into three types, which are subject to the harmonized EN standards: 2.1 Steam and hot water boilers - EN 12952 and EN 12953 2.2 Pressure Vessels (unheated) - EN 13445 2.3 Metallic industrial pipeline - EN 13480 3. Parts 2 of these harmonized standards prescribed materials used for construction of equipment which is exposed to pressure. (In the case that other materials are used than those listed in Part 2 of the quoted standards, it is up to assessment whether these materials need to use a special procedure). Steel tubes must be supplied in accordance with EN 10216-2, EN 10216-3, EN 10216-4, EN 10217-2, EN 10217-3, EN 10217-4, EN 10217-5, EN 10217-6 (for carbon and low alloy steel). Note: in the past, even on the international scale, the German regulations for pressure equipment TRD, TRB, TRR, AD-Merkblatt were used. For the transition period regulations AD2000 - Mer- kblatt were prepared, where the steel is according to EN. Tubes for mechanical application and machine parts For Machinery see directive (Machinery Directive) No. 1998/37/EU For supplies of tubes for the automotive industry it is necessary that the supplier was certified according to IATF 16949 regula- tions. IATF 16949 regulation provides special (additional) requirements for the application of EN ISO 9001 standard in organizations for production of automobiles and their spare parts. IATF 16949 regulations is by the individual producers further adapted to their specific needs. Regulation were issued by organizations IATF - International Auto- motive Task Force (International Automotive Industry Association) and JAMA - Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association) Regulation VDA 6 are quality standards of the German Automoti- ve Industry Union (Verband der Automobilindustrie).