Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Committee
AMBSC Code Part 2
Issue 4-1995: Steel Boilers
Contents
Preface
Section 1 General Requirements
1.1 Scope
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Definitions
Section 2 Materials
2.1 General
2.2 Carbon steel and carbon-manganese steel (plate, tube, pipe, bar, rod, etc)
2.3 Copper
2.4 Bronze and other non ferrous
2.5 Welding Matrials
2.6 Alternative Materials
Section 3 Design
3.1 Compliance
3.2 Design Approval
3.3 Barrels and Shells
3.4 Tubeplates
3.5 Firetubes and Flues
3.6 Watertubes and circulation devices
3.7 Stays and Stayed Surfaces
3.8 Foundation Rings
3.9 Cylindrical Fireboxes
3.10 Domes
3.11 Elliptical Openings and Doors
3.12 Firehole Rings
3.13 Mountings
3.14 Inspection Openings
3.15 Superheaters
3.16 Briggs type boilers
3.17 Locomotive type boilers
3.18 Boilers for traction and portable engines
3.19 Miscellaneous boilers
Section 4 Construction
4.1 General
4.2 Joint Design
4.3 Weld Prepartion and Welding
4.4 Formed plates
Section 5 Fittings and Mountings
5.1 Flange mounted fittings
5.2 Safety Valves
5.3 Pressure Gauges
5.4 Water Gauges
5.5 Feedwater systems
5.6 Blowdown Valve
5.7 Washout Plugs
5.8 Fusible Plugs
5.9 Valves
Section 6 Support
Section 7 Inspection and Testing
7.1 Inspection
7.2 Testing
7.3 Retesting
7.4 Rejection
7.5 Non-destructive testing
Section 8 Exceptions
8.1 Existing Boilers
8.2 Imported Boilers
Section 9 Operations
9.1 Water Quality
9.2 Water Level
9.3 Raising Steam
9.4 Loss of Water or other incidents
9.5 Shutting Down
Section 10 Administration
10.1 Registration of New Clubs or Societies
10.2 Winding Up
10.3 Change of Ownership or Disposal of a Boiler
Appendix 1
Examples of AMBSC Forms
Appendix 2
Participating Bodies List
Appendix 3
Typical design submission requirements
Appendix 4
New Zealand Society Registration Codes
68 pages
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