Message From Chairman

Indian Boiler Regulations are the standards in respect of materials, design and construction, inspection and
testing of boilers and boiler components for compliance by the manufacturers and users of boilers in the
country. These regulations are being updated regularly by amending them in line with fast changes in boiler
technology by the Central Boilers Board. With the globalisation of Indian economy and the competition it is
facing with the foreign companies, it is prudent to impart the latest information about the international
standards and technology without loss of time.

It gives me great pleasure to say that users across the Industry would now be able to download information
related to the standards for materials, design, construction as well as for registration and inspection of boilers.
In fact such a move was indeed required as accessing information through hard copies is time taking and also
inconvenient.

With the uploading of the Indian Boiler regulations - 1950, the standards would now be readily available at the
click of the mouse.

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About Central Boilers Board

The Central Boilers Board, constituted under Section 27A of the Indian Boilers Act 1923 ( 5 of 1923) is
responsible for making regulations for laying down the standards for materials, design, construction as well as
for registration and inspection of boilers. The Board comprises of the represntatives of the Central and State
Governments, Union Territories, Bureau of Indian Standards, Coal Industry, Boiler Manufacturing Industry,
Boiler Ancillaries Industry, Steel Manufacturers, users of Boilers and other interests connected with the Boiler
Industry.
The Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is the ex-officio Chairman and Technical Adviser
( Boilers) is the ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Board.
The Board deals with the problems of both the users and manufacturers and takes policy decisions for the
proper growth of the boiler manufacturing units in the country. The Board formulates the Indian Boiler
Regulations incorporating the latest developments taking place in the Boiler Industry all over the world.

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History of Indian Boiler Regulations
Steam Boilers are of very ancient origin. The introduction of famous James Watt's improved steam engine from
1769 to 1775 onwards resulted in great improvement in steam plants.
In the year 1863, a very serious boiler explosion occurred in Calcutta which caused the loss of several lives. As a
result of this explosion, the necessity of inspection of boilers was widely recognised and a bill was introduced in
the Bengal Council to provide for the inspection of steam boilers. In the year 1864, the Bengal Act VI of 1864 was
passed which provided for the inspection of steam boilers and prime movers in the town and suburbs of Calcutta.
This is the beginning of boiler legislation in India.
Following the Bengal Act of 1864, each of the other provinces framed legislation. At that time there were seven
different Acts and seven different sets of rules and regulations. Those Acts and rules & regulations were
inconsistent with one another. As the differences in the Acts and rules and regulations among the various
provinces in India gave rise to many difficulties and hampered the development of industries, the Central
Government appointed a committee called "The Boiler Law Committee" in 1920 to examine and report on the
general question of boiler legislation in India.
The Boiler Laws Committee, 1920-21, the first to review the boiler laws on a national scale reported in March,
1921. The report criticised the differences in the Acts, rules and regulations. The report also pointed out that in
the inspection of boilers the personal element was a weighty factor, and the difference in regulations resulted in
what was termed as "provincial jealousy". The report stressed that all provinces should be subject to the same
regulations and work done in one province should be accepted as correct in another province. The Committee
recommended that regulations to cover the standard conditions for material, design and construction of boilers
should be framed by Government of India and make applicable to all the provinces. The report also pointed out
that regulations were entirely of technical nature and there was no reason for which these regulations would be
affected by local conditions. The Committee prepared a draft Act on the lines of which, the basic All-India Act was
passed in 1923. The Boiler Laws Committee also prepared a uniform set of technical regulations and a model set
of administrative rules. A sharp distinction was drawn between the regulations and the rules. The regulations
referred entirely to technical matters where as the rules referred to questions concerning the administration of the
Act. Indian Boiler act, 1923 provides for the safety of life and property of persons from the danger of explosion of
boilers.
The Government of India Act, 1935 assigned the subject 'Boilers' to the concurrent field. The provision for
constituting Central Boilers Board having the authority to make regulations consistent with the Act was made in
the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1937. A Board called the Central Boilers Board was accordingly constituted
in the year 1937.
The Central Boilers Board in exercise of the powers conferred under section 28 of the said Act, formulated
regulations on boilers. The current version of these regulations is known as the Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950
with amendments up to 22nd February, 2005.








Foreword

There has been demand for information on the Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950 both in hard copy & electronic
form over the Internet. It's last reprint incorporated amendments upto 31st August, 1962.
Section 13(2) of the Standards of Weights & Measures Act, 1956, came into force on the first day of
December, 1966. Under this section and the relevant State /Union Territory enactments relating to the
enforcement of weights & measures, no unit of measure other than a metric unit can be used in any
transaction for the purposes of trade or commerce of any dealing or contract or any work to be done or for
goods to be sold or delivered. The standards given in thee regulations in non-metric units, therefore cannot be
used for any of the above purposes with effect from aforesaid date. Work is separately underway to convert the
specifications given in these regulations in non-metric standards to metric units, and to issue an edition
incorporating these, to bring this Regulation in conformity with the law with effect from December 1, 1967. This
reprint of the old edition of these regulations is being issued for facility of reference. The mere fact, however,
that in this reprint non-metric standards have been used would not absolve any person from the requirements
of compliance with the law relating to enforcement of standards of weights and measures. The standards given
in this reprint have to be converted into metric units for the purposes of trade, commerce or any dealing or
contract or for any work to be done.
The latest reprint has been made available in the electronic form over the Internet for the benefit of users
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CONTENTS - CHAPTER WISE

> PRELIMINARY
> CHAPTER - I
(Regulations)
> CHAPTER - II
(Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Boiler And Super-Heater Tubes For Design Metal Temperatures Not
Exceeding 454C (850F)
> CHAPTER - III
(Boiler Tubes Subject To External Pressure)
> CHAPTER - IV
(Regulations For Determining The Working Pressure To Be Allowed On Various Parts Of Boilers Other
Than Fusion Welded And Seamless Forged Drums.)
> CHAPTER - V
(Fusion Welded And Seamless Forged Drums For Water Tube Boilers And Super Heaters)
> CHAPTER - VI
(Requisite Mountings, Fittings and Auxiliaries)
> CHAPTER - VII
(Boiler And Super Heater Tubes, Headers And Other Pressure Parts Tubes)
> CHAPTER - VIII
(Steam-Pipes And Fittings)
> CHAPTER - IX
(Regulations For The Registration Of Boilers And Inspection Of Boilers And Steam-Pipes)
> CHAPTER - IX A
(Safety Of Persons Inside Boilers)
> CHAPTER - X
Electrode Boilers (General Requirement)
> CHAPTER - XI
Standard Conditions For The Design And Constgruction Of Economizer, Feed Pipes, Feed Heaters
And Other Similar Vessels (Economizers)
> CHAPTER - XII
(Shell Type Boilers Of Welded Construction)
> CHAPTER - XIII
(Qualification Tests For Welders Engaged In Welding Of Boilers And Steam-Pipes Under Construction,
Erection And Fabrication At Site In India And In Repairing Boilers And Steam-Pipes By Welding)
> CHAPTER - XIV
(Regulations made under clause (a) and (aa) of section 28 of the Act)
Small Industrial Boilers (General)
> CHAPTER - XV
(Feed Water For Boiler)
> APPENDIX








CHAPTER : I

Reg.1 Short Title, Extent, Application and Commencement
Reg.2 Definitions
Reg.3 General Requirements, Applications of Standard Conditions and Expectations thereto
Reg.3A Inspection of Boiler to comply into any foreign code
Reg.4 Standard Requirements-Material, Construction, Inspecting Authority's Certificates and Maker's
Stamp
Reg.4A Application for Recognition
Reg.4B Scrutiny of applications by the Evaluation Committee
Reg.4C Recognition of a firm as Competent Authority, Inspecting Authorities, etc.
Reg.4D Validity of Certificate of Recognition
Reg.4E Renewal of Certificate of Recognition
Reg.4F Application for registration of existing competent authority
Reg.4G Appeal
Reg.4H Function of Evaluation committee
Reg.5 Modification of Formulae
Reg.5A Material not fully identified
Reg.6 Standard Specifications for Materials
Reg.7 Boiler Shells not in Accordance with Standard Conditions
Reg.8 Use of Welding






Reg. 1
Short Title, Extent, Application and Commencement:

1) These Regulations may be called the Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950.
2) They extend to the whole of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
2a) These Regulations generally apply to:-
(i) all boilers, including those working on the principles of natural circulation, forced circulation and
forced flow with no fixed steam water line, and
(ii) to steam pipes.
3) They shall come into force at once
Reg. 2
Definitions
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires
a) the Act means the Indian Boilers Act, 1923:
b) Accident means an explosion of a boiler or steam-pipe or any damage of a boiler or steam-pipe,
which is calculated to weaken the strength thereof so as to render it liable to explode:
c) Boiler means any closed vessel exceeding 22.75 litres (five gallons) in capacity which is used
expressly for generating steam under pressure and includes any mounting or other fitting attached to
such vessel, which is wholly or partly under pressure when steam is shut off:
cc) Calculation Pressure, in relation to a boiler, means the design pressure of any part adjusted to take
into account the pressure drops corresponding to the most severe conditions of pressure drop and
hydraulic head;
d) Chief Inspector and Inspector means, respectively, a person appointed to be a Chief Inspector and
an Inspector under the Act:
dd) Competent Authority means an authority recognised by the Central Boilers Board in the manner as
laid down in regulation 4A to 4H, as competent to issue certificates to welders for the purposes of
regulation 4(b)(ii) and regulation 605;
ddd) "Design Pressure" means:-
(i) in relation to a natural or assisted circulation boiler, the maximum allowable working pressure in
the steam drum of the boiler;
(ii) in relation to a once through forced-circulation boiler, the maximum allowable working pressure
at the final superheater steam outlet;
e) Economiser means any part of a feed-pipe that is wholly or partly exposed to the action of flue
gases for the purpose of recovery of waste heat:
ee) Evaluation Committee means a committee constituted by the Central Government consisting of :-
(a) Technical Adviser (Boilers) : Chairman
(b) Chief Inspector (Boilers) of the State where the unit is located : Member
c) A representative of the manufacturers of boilers/ancillaries in
public sector.

: Member
f) feed-pipe (i) means any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under pressure through which
feed-water passes directly to a boiler.
(ii) every reference to a steam-pipe or steam-pipes shall be deemed to include also a reference to
feed-pipe or feed-pipes respectively.
g) Inspecting Authority means an authority recognised by the Central Boilers Board in the manner as
laid down in regulation 4A to 4H, as competent to grant a certificate in Form-II, II-A or II-B.
h) Inspecting Officer means :-
(i) in respect of material manufactured or boilers constructed in any State an officer appointed by
the Inspecting Authority in that State;
(ii) in respect of material manufactured or boilers constructed outside the States an officer acting
on behalf of the Inspecting Authority:
(iii) in respect of :
(a) Approval of drawings of boilers or parts thereto with minor changes, where
necessary, except for the drawings of the first set of boilers or parts thereto;
(b) Inspection at stages of manufacture including examination of repairs;

hh) Liaison Sub-Committee means a committee constituted by the Central Boilers Board under bye-law
3 (i)(e) of the Bye-Laws of the Central Boilers Board.
i) owner includes any person using a boiler as agent of the owner thereof and any person using a
boiler which he has hired or obtained on loan from the owner thereof :
j) prescribed means prescribed by regulations or rules made under the Act:
k) Steam-pipe means any pipe through which steam passes from a boiler to a prime-mover or other
user or both if :-
(i) the pressure at which steam passes through such pipe exceeds 3.5 Kilograms
per square centimetre above atmospheric pressure; or
(ii) such pipe exceeds 254 millimetres in internal diameter; and includes in either
case any connected fitting of a steam-pipe.
l) State or States means a State or the States to which these regulations extend.
m) Structural alteration, addition or renewal shall not be deemed to include any renewal or
replacement, of a petty nature when the part or fitting used for replacement is not inferior in strength,
efficiency or otherwise to the replaced part or fitting
n) Technical Adviser (Boilers) means Technical Adviser (Boilers) to the Government of India in the
Ministry of Industry (Department of Industrial Development).
Reg. 3
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, APPLICATION OF STANDARD CONDITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS THERETO:

3(1) A boiler shall not be registered under sub-section (4) of Section 7 of the Act and a certificate shall not be
issued under sub-section (5) of that section with reference to a boiler, unless the standard conditions in respect of
material, design and construction, which are specified in the subsequent Chapters of these Regulations, are
satisfied in respect of such a boiler.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (1), the Chief Inspector may, subject to the provisions of
regulation 7 and 8, register a boiler and order the issue of a certificate authorising the use thereof, under any of
the following circumstances, namely -
(i) when the material used in the construction of a boiler, steam-pipe, economiser or superheater is not in
conformity with the Indian Boiler Regulations but is known to be commonly used in other countries as
being suitable for use in the construction of boilers and steam-pipes, provided that such material is not
specifically prohibited by the Regulation and that the methods of manufacture, fabrication and heat
treatment conform to the specified Codes or Standards;
(ii) when the constructional features of a boiler, steam-pipe, economiser or superheater are not in conformity
with the Regulations but are not considered by the Chief Inspector to be inferior in strength to those
prescribed in the Regulations and form part of the usual manufacturing practice of boilers and steam-
pipes in other countries;
(iii) when a boiler, steam-pipe, economiser or superheater has obviously been built in conformity with the
regulations but no certificate as required under the regulations is forthcoming.
(3) No structural part of a boiler, which is subject to pressure, shall be made of Bessemer process steel or of Cast
or Malleable Cast Iron.

(4) Where no specific provision is made in these regulations for design or manufacture of any pressure part, the
Inspecting Authority may permit the design, manufacture, stage inspections and certification of such pressure
parts including the valves, mountings and fittings conforming to the Codes or Standards like BS, ASME Boiler
and pressure vessels code, TEMA, TRD, GOST and JIS which are known to be commonly used in industrially
advanced countries. The decision of Inspecting Authorities shall be binding on all Registering authorities.
(4A) The tubes of boilers and heat exchangers made of Titanium and other exotic metals may be approved
as per international codes, including ASME, BS, DIN, TEMA with the minimum thickness specified in those
codes of manufacture.

Reg. 3A
Inspection of boiler to comply into any foreign code:

Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, the Inspecting Authority may inspect any boiler meant
for export during the various stages of its construction so as to comply with the requirements of any foreign code
and may grant a certificate in Form-II-A.
Reg. 4
STANDARD REQUIREMENTS

(a) Material.-All plates, rivets and bars used in the construction of boilers shall be tested and found to conform
with the Regulations hereinafter contained.

(b) Construction.-
(i) All boilers during construction shall be under the supervision of an Inspecting Officer and shall be
inspected at all stages of construction prescribed in Appendix J. Tubes and steampipes shall also be
inspected at the makers works at the stages prescribed in Appendix J, and the tests conducted by the
makers shall also be witnessed by the Inspecting Officer.
(ii) Welders engaged in site welding of boilers, steam-pipes, economisers and superheaters shall possess
and produce to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector the Welders Performance Qualification Certificate
issued by a Competent Authority.
(c) Certificates, etc. under section 14(1)(c) of the Act.-In advance of or along with an application for registration of
a boiler the following certificates and drawings or specifications shall be furnished to the Chief Inspector, namely:-
(i) A certificate in Form-II.- from an Inspecting Authority certifying that the material was tested and the boiler
was built under their supervision. Together with such certificate the Inspecting Authority may furnish a
Memorandum of Inspection Book in Form-I prepared in the manner prescribed by Regulation 386 in
respect of the Inspection of the boiler during construction and the hydraulic test applied on completion. In
case of a boiler which is to be assembled only at site, requirement of the hydraulic test on a completely
assembled boiler by the Inspecting Authority shall not apply provided that the individual parts of such
boiler have been hydraulically tested and certified by the Inspecting Authority separately as required
under these Regulations.

NOTE.-In lieu of Form-II, a certificate in Form-II-B may be granted by the Inspecting Authority for boilers
for which variations from the standard conditions in respect of material, design and construction features
have been permitted by the Board or the Inspection Authority under sub-regulation (5) or sub-regulation
(6) of regulation 3.
(ii) A certificate in Form-III of manufacture and test signed by the maker or by a responsible representative of
the maker of the boiler containing a description of the boiler, its principle dimensions, particulars of the
kind of material used in its construction, the thickness of all plates, the diameter of and method of forming
the rivet holes in the shell plates, particulars of any departure from ordinary practice in making the shell
such as solid rolling or welding, the hydraulic test to which the boiler was subjected, the intended working
pressure, the area of heating surface, the maximum continuous evaporative capacity, the year and place
of make, and the works number of the boiler.

NOTE.-The Chief Inspector may, however, approve a modified form of certificate wherein items which do
not pertain to a particular boiler may be omitted.
(iii) A drawing or print to a scale, in the case of large boilers of not less than inch to the foot and, in the
case of small boilers of not less than 1 inches to the foot, showing the principal dimensions and a
longitudinal section and end view of the boiler, and bearing the works number of the boiler and Makers
office stamp. The drawing shall show details of riveting of longitudinal and circumferential seams with
pitch of rivets, cross spacing of dished end plates, fillets and flanges and corners of bent plates, and
where gusset stays are fitted the number and diameter of rivet holes in each gusset stay.

In the case of water tube boilers, the foregoing scales shall apply to the main boiler drums only, but in
addition a general arrangement drawing of the boiler to a scale of not less than inch to the foot shall be
provided.
(iv) A certificate in Form-IV from the steel maker and a certificate from the maker of the plates, rivets or bars,
shall show the charge numbers, the plate or bar numbers and the number and dimensions of the various
plates etc. tested, their chemical analysis, their ultimate tensile breaking strength in tons per square inch
of section, the percentage of elongation and the length on which measured, the number, kind and result
of bend or other tests made and the date of tests:
Provided that where an Inspecting Authority furnished a certificate in Form-II together with a Memorandum of
Inspection Book in Form-I in accordance with sub-regulation (c)(i) the certificates prescribed under clauses (ii)
and (iv) need not be furnished to the Chief Inspector when application is made for registration of the boiler. But
should any question arise in respect of the fitness of the boilers for the working pressure approved by the
Inspecting Authority within a period of three years from the date of their registration, the owner shall if requested
by the Chief Inspector obtain and furnish the original documents specified in the said clauses.

Provided further that in respect of the steel made and tested by Well-known Steel Makers recognised by the
Central Boilers Board in the manner laid down in regulations 4A to 4H, a certificate of Well-known Steel Maker in
Form-IV-A shall be accepted in lieu of a certificate from an Inspecting Authority:

Provided also that in respect of the tubes/pipes made and tested by Well-known tube/pipe maker recognised by
the Central Boilers Board in the manner as laid down in regulations 4A to 4H, a certificate of manufacture and
test of Well-known tube/pipe maker in Form-III-D or III-E, as the case may be, shall be accepted in lieu of a
certificate from an Inspecting Authority.

In case where certificate in Form-IV is not producible owing to such certificate containing details of plates used
for other purpose, also, all the relevant information in respect of the boiler furnished in Form IV-A duly signed by
the Makers of the boiler and countersigned by the Inspecting Authority, shall be acceptable in lieu of the
certificate in Form-IV. Original steel makers certificate or manufacture and results of tests shall be produced to
the Chief Inspector on demand.

In the case of fusion welded drums the diagram of welded repairs and temperature charts of heat-treatment shall
also be furnished.

In addition, certificates in respect of yield point at service temperature (0.2 per cent proof stress), the average
stress to produce elongation of 1 per cent (creep) in 100,000 hours and the average and the lowest stresses to
produce rupture in 100,000 hours in the material, wherever is applicable, are to be furnished.
(vi) For tubes and pipes subjected to internal pressure, a certificate giving results of tests regarding chemical
analysis, warm yield point (0.2 per cent proof stress), the average stress to produce an elongation of 1
per cent (creep) in 100,000 hours and the average and the lowest stresses to produce rupture in 100,000
hours in the material wherever applicable, shall be furnished.

NOTE:- Until 33,000 hours tests are carried out by National Metallurgical Laboratory or Corporate
Research and Development Laboratory of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited for collecting elevated
temperature data of alloy steel produced indigenously against ASME or BS or EN Code, these grades of
steel may be accepted and long time elevated temperature properties/maximum allowable stress values
given in ASME or BS or EN Code, as the case may be, may be used for the purpose of design. Provided
that
(I) a certificate is furnished by the producer of the steel to the effect that the steel has been
manufactured strictly in accordance with the technical requirements of the ASME or BS or EN Code to
assure that the creep rupture requirements are complied with.
(II) the Steel maker furnishes the necessary certificate that the steel conforms to the chemical analysis,
room and elevated temperature mechanical properties given in ASME or BS or EN Code as the case
may be.
(III) the short-term stress-rupture tests for 1000 hours as described below are carried out by NML/Steel
Plants for the purpose of checking whether the steel is up to the specification and also to ensure that the
Steel is capable of meeting the long-term rupture stress values/ maximum allowable stress values given
in ASME or BS or EN Code, as the case may be, and a certificate is given by NML/Steel plant to this
effect.
(IV) two numbers of 1000 hour creep rupture tests shall be carried out at a temperature 50C above the
service temperature for each grade of steel for tubing or piping or castings or plates grades; when in
furnace and/or in superheater zone. However, the forging to be used in valves should be tested at 550C
for 1000 hours. The stress to cause rupture in 1000 hours at above temperatures may be taken from the
master curve corresponding to 20% line. At this stress, a minimum rupture life of 1000 hours is
expected. Both the samples should pass 1000 hour tests at the above stress and temperature. These
samples may be selected at random by the Chief Inspector of Boilers of the respective State. The
samples could be in the form of semi-finished products, say, forged bars of about 25mm
2
which will
undergo heat treatment as prescribed by the relevant specifications.

(d) Makers Stamp.- The boiler shall have stamped upon its front plate in a conspicuous position the following
particulars:-
MAKERS NAME

Works Number_____________________________________ Year of make__________________ Tested to
__________________________ Lbs.________________________ on _______________
W.P.________________________________________________ Lbs._____________

Inspecting Officers or
Inspecting Authoritys Official
Stamp
___________________________________

(e) Certificates for steam-pipes A certificate of manufacture and test in Form III-A, signed by the maker and
the Inspecting Authority shall be furnished.

(f) Certificates for tubes A certificate of manufacture and test in Form III-B, signed by the maker and the
Inspecting Authority shall be furnished.

Note: In case of tubes made by Well-known Tube Makers recognised by the Central Boilers Board in the manner
as laid down in regulations 4A to 4H in India or other countries, material testing including mechanical tests may
be carried out by them and the particulars regarding testing of material including mechanical tests as certified by
them shall be noted in the appropriate column or paragraphs in the certificate in Form III-B. In case, certificate
from the Well-known Tube Makers as aforesaid, is produced, such certificate may be accepted in lieu of the
certificate from the Inspecting Authority in so far as it relates to testing of material including mechanical tests
specified in this form.

(g) Certificates for mountings and fittings:- A certificate of Manufacture and Test in Form III-C signed by the
Maker and the Inspecting Authority in respect of boiler mountings and steam-pipe fittings during manufacture,
shall be furnished.

Note-1: For the purpose of this clause certificates issued by an authority empowered in this behalf by or under
the law in force or the national code in a foreign country, in respect of mountings and fittings in that country and
containing the particulars required to be specified in this certificate, may be accepted. Where, however, the
material used, is in conformity with the code of the country of manufacture and is covered by those Regulations,
the permissible stress figures specified in the Code at different temperatures may be accepted in lieu of figures
computed from the data required to be furnished under Regulation 271 in any of the following cases, namely:-
(i) Where a certificate is furnished from an Inspecting Authority to the effect that the steel complies with the
requirements of the grade steel (to be specified) and the permissible stress for the working conditions as
allowed for in the Code of the country of manufacture falls within the limit permissible under this
Regulation.
(ii) Where the basis upon which these stresses have been arrived at is made available and such basis is not
found to be such as to give rise to stresses higher than those permissible under the Regulations.

Note-2: For the purpose of clause (c), (e), (f) and (g) of this regulation, certificates issued by an authority
empowered in this behalf by or under the law in force or national Code or Standard of any foreign country in
respect of plates, bars, tubes, pipes, forgings and castings manufactured in that country and containing the
particulars required to be specified in the steel makers certificates referred to in the above mentioned clauses of
regulation 4 may be accepted provided such certificates contain a statement duly signed by the Inspecting
Authority to the effect that these materials comply with the requirements of the law or the Code or Standard of the
foreign country.

Note-3: Photostat copy of the certificate in Form III-C shall be accepted provided it is endorsed by the
manufacturer or the Inspecting Authority.

(h) Certificates of inspection during construction of pipes for which variation from standard conditions
have been permitted.- A certificate of manufacture and test in Form III-A(I), signed by the maker and the
Inspecting Authority shall be furnished.

(i) Certificate of Inspection during construction of tubes for which variation from standard conditions
have been permitted.- A certificate of manufacture and test in Form III-B(i), signed by the maker and the
Inspecting Authority shall be furnished.
Reg. 4 A
PROCEDURE FOR RECOGNITION OF COMPETENT AUTHORITY,
INSPECTING AUTHORITY, WELL-KNOWN MATERIAL TESTING
LABORATORY, WELL-KNOWN STEEL MAKER, WELL-KNOWN
FOUNDRY/FORGE AND WELL-KNOWN TUBE/PIPE MAKER AND WELL-
KNOWN REMNANT LIFE ASSESSMENT ORGANISATION:-

Application for recognition:-

(1) An application for recognition as Competent Authority, Inspecting Authority, Well-known Material Testing
Laboratory, Well-known Steel maker, Well-known Foundry/Forge and Well-known tube and pipe Maker
and Well-known Remnant Life Assessment Organisation shall be made by a firm to the Secretary,
Central Boilers Board, Ministry of Industry (Department of Industrial Development), New Delhi, for
recognition as one of the aforementioned areas of activity in which that firm is engaged.
(2) On receipt of applications under sub-regulation (1), the Secretary, Central Boilers Board shall send a
questionnaire in any of the Form (Form XV-A to XV-G) applicable to the area of activity to the applicant
who shall send the same after duly completed, to the Secretary, Central Boilers Board.
(3) Any firm applying for recognition under sub-regulation (1) shall have a minimum experience of two years
in the area of activity for which recognition is applied for.
(4) In case of firms in foreign countries seeking recognition as Well known Steel Maker, Well known
Pipe/Tube maker, Well known Foundry or Well known Forge, a fee of US$ 10,000/- (Ten Thousand
US Dollars) to meet the expenses of the visit of the Evaluation Committee shall be deposited along with
the completed Questionnaire form.
Provided that where the firm has more than one manufacturing unit in the same country, an additional
fee at the rate of US$ 2000/- (Two Thousand US Dollars) per additional unit shall be deposited.
The Evaluation Committee shall carry out the evaluation of the manufacturing works of the firm within
120 days of receipt of the fees.



Reg. 4 B
Scrutiny of applications by the Evaluation:-

(1) The Secretary, Central Boilers Board shall send all the applications received under sub-regulation (1) of
regulation 4A, along-with replies to the questionnaire under sub-regulation (2) of regulation 4A, to the
Evaluation Committee.
(2) The Evaluation Committee shall examine all the applications and replies to the Questionnaire under sub-
regulation (1) and
(i) where the application is for recognition as Competent Authority or Inspecting Authority, the
Evaluation Committee may, (a) call any of the applicants if it considers necessary, to appear before
it to give clarification or additional information that may be required by the said Committee; (b) visit
any of the applicant firms on a specific request in writing from such firm to evaluate the performance
of the said firm:
(ii) where the applicants are for recognition as Well-known Material Testing Laboratory, Well-known
Steel Maker, Well-known Foundry or Forge, Well-known tube / pipe maker and Well-known
Remnant Life Assessment Organisation, the Evaluation Committee shall inspect the laboratories of
such Material Testing Laboratory and Remnant Life Assessment Organisation or the factories of
such steel makers, foundry or forge and tube or pipe makers, where the testing or manufacturing
activities are being carried out in order to evaluate the performance quality of the tests conducted
and product manufactured.
(3) The Evaluation Committee after satisfying itself that the requirements specified in sub-regulations (1) and
(2) are fulfilled, shall submit a report along with its recommendations to the Liaison Sub-Committee.
Reg. 4 C
Recognition of a firm as Competent Authority, Inspecting Authorities etc.:

(1) The Liaison Sub-Committee shall consider the reports and the recommendations of the Evaluation
Committee submitted under sub-regulation (3) of regulation 4B and after examining all the aspects of
such report, shall either accord recognition to a firm or refuse recognition to such firm.
(2) In case the Liaison Sub-Committee decides to accord recognition to a firm a certificate of recognition in
one of the Forms (Form XVI-A to XVI -I) applicable to the area of activity shall be issued by the Secretary,
Central Boilers Board and in case the Liaison Sub-Committee decides to refuse recognition, it shall inform
the applicant in writing giving reasons therefore.
Reg. 4 D
Validity of certificate of recognition:

A certificate of recognition issued under regulation 4C, shall be valid for a period of three years.
Reg. 4 E
Renewal of certificate of recognition:

(a) A firm desiring renewal of the certificate of recognition shall apply for such renewal at least three months
before the expiry of the validity of the certificate to the Secretary, Central Boilers Board who after following
the procedure laid down in these regulations may renew the certificate of recognition and such renewal
shall be valid for a further period of five years:
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-regulation (a), the period of validity shall be deemed to have
been extended till such time the decision on the renewal is communicated to the firm.
Reg. 4 F
Application for registration of existing Competent Authority etc.:

All the existing firms recognised as Competent Authority, Inspecting Authority, Well-known Steel maker, Well-
known Foundry/Forge and Well-known Tube and Pipe Maker and Well-known Remnant Life Assessment
Organisation, shall make an application to the Secretary, Central Boilers Board, within one year from the
commencement of the Indian Boiler (4
th
amendment) Regulations, 1988, and in case no application is made
within the time specified the recognition of such firm shall be deemed to have been withdrawn:

Provided that the firm which has been granted recognition and has not completed a period of three years, shall
continue to be so recognized as such till the expiry of the period of three years:

Provided further that if an application is not made in time, the same may be entertained by the said authority if the
applicant satisfies the authority that there was sufficient cause for not making application in time.

In regulation 4F, in the opening sentence, after the words Inspecting Authority, the words Well-known Material
Testing Laboratory shall be inserted.
Reg. 4 G
Appeal.:

(1) Any firm not satisfied with the reasons given by the Liaison Sub-Committee for refusing to accord
recognition may file an appeal in writing to the Chairman, Central Boilers Board, for reconsidering its
application.
(2) All applications received by Chairman, Central Boilers Board, under sub-regulation (1), shall be decided in
the meeting of the Central Boilers Board and the decision of the Board thereon shall be final.
Reg. 5
Modification of Formulae

(i) Under the Regulations for determining the working pressure to be allowed on various parts of boilers, the
material to which the formulae apply shall in the absence of express provision to the contrary be steel
complying with the requirements of Chapter II.
(ii) Where no test certificate for plates and rivets are produced, the material may be treated as iron, if the Chief
Inspector is satisfied that the material is of suitable boiler quality. If in such cases the Chief Inspector is
clearly satisfied that the material is of good quality, a higher strength than that allowed for iron may be
permitted but the strength of the plates shall not, save for special reasons, be assumed to be more than 26
tons per square inch. In such cases the values of tensile and shear strength shall not be more than 26 and
21 tons per square inch for steel, and 21 and 18 tons per square inch for iron. For iron across the grain the
tensile strength may be 18 tons per square inch.
(iii) For flat plates of copper, the working pressure as found from the formulae, reduced by 50 per cent shall be
the working pressure permitted.
Reg. 5 A
Material not fully identified:

Where the material as for example plate, bar, billet, pipes and tubes are not covered by mill test certificate either
due to misplacement or late receipt of the same but otherwise there are reasons to believe that the materials are
genuine and of standard specifications registering authority or Chief Inspector of Boilers may permit the use of
such materials as a special case after thorough verification test in a Test house to his satisfaction at the rate not
less than 25% subject to the following conditions:-

(a) In respect of Plates-
(i) The plates shall have a steel makers stamp.
(ii) Use of such uncertified plates, however, will not be allowed for manufacture of Shell or Drum of the
boilers.
(iii) Shipping documents/order documents shall be made available to establish the specifications of the
manufacture for inspection and testing of plates.

(b) For Billets, bars, pipes and tubes-
Shipping documents shall be made available to establish the specifications for manufacture for inspection and
testing.
Reg. 6
Standard specifications for materials.

The standard specifications for steel wrought iron and copper plates and bar, and for cast steel shall be those
prescribed in Chapter II.

Reg. 7
Registration of second hand boilers not in accordance with the standard conditions:-

If a second hand boiler is not conforming to the requirements of these regulations for its registration, then the
same shall not be registered except in the following cases, namely:-
(i) Water Tube boilers - Where the documents required under its code of manufacture for its registration are
furnished and its workmanship is not in any way doubtful, the second hand Water Tube Boiler may be
registered by reducing the working pressure of the parts of the boiler as calculated from these regulations
by ten percent.

Provided that a higher working pressure, being not more than the working pressure allowed by the code of
manufacture, may be allowed on the recommendation of the Board made by it on the basis of life
assessment tests carried out on the boiler.
(ii) Shell Type Boilers - Where the documents required under its code of manufacture, for its registration are
furnished, the second hand Shell Type Boiler may be registered by reducing the working pressure of the
parts of the boiler as calculated under these regulations as per the table given below:-

Age of boiler (from the date of first use)
in years. 25 35 45 50 60 70 80 90 100

Reduction in working pressure
(percent) 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70
Reg. 8
Welding:-

(a) The use of welding in the construction of boilers shall be permitted only where specifically provided for in
the standard conditions.


















CHAPTER : II

Reg.9 Process of manufacture
Reg.10 Chemical Analysis
Reg.11 Freedom from defects, etc
Reg.12 Rolling Margin
Reg.13 Testing and Inspecting.
Reg.13A Designate steel
Reg.14 Selection of test pieces
Reg.15 Tensile Test pieces
Reg.16 Tensile tests
Reg.17 Number of Tensile Tests
Reg.18 Dump Tests
Reg.19 Bend Tests
Reg.20 Number of Bend Tests
Reg.21 Manufactured Rivets
Reg.22 Additional tests before rejection
Reg.23 Branding
Reg.24 Defacing of rejected material
Reg.25 Facilities for inspection
Reg.26 Steel not produced where rolled
Reg.27 Makers Certificate
Reg.28 Rivet Bars
Reg.29 Manufactured Rivets Tests
Reg.30 Stay Bars
Reg.31 Stay Bars - Bend Tests
Reg.32 Special Iron for Screw Stays for Fire-boxes and Combustion Chambers
Reg.33 Plates
Reg.34 Stay and Rivet bars
Reg.35-1 Copper Tubes
Reg.35-2 Brass Tubes
Reg.35-3 Carbon steel tubes
Reg.36 Material process
Reg.37 Selection of Tubes for Test
Reg.38
Tensile strength
Reg.39 Flattening Test
Reg.40 Flanging and drift expanding test
Reg.41
Additional test before rejection
Reg.42 Hydraulic Test
Reg.43 Material
Reg.44 Tensile strength
Reg.45 Additional tests before rejection
Reg.46 Hydraulic Test
Reg.47 General
Reg.48 Material
Reg.49 Tensile Test
Reg.49B Flattering Test
Reg.49C Expanding Test
Reg.50 Additional tests before rejection
Reg.51 Hydraulic test.
Reg.52 General
Reg.53 a Material
Reg.53 b Heat treatment
Reg.53 c Workmanship and tolerance
Reg.53 d Selection of Tubes for testing
Reg.54 a Tensile Test
Reg.54 b Flattening Test
Reg.54 c Expanding Tests
Reg.55 Additional tests before rejection
Reg.56 Hydraulic Test
Reg.56A Seamless Chromium
Reg.57 General
Reg.58 Material
Reg.59 Flattening test
Reg.60 Tensile Test
Reg.61 Hydraulic test
Reg.62 Test specimens
Reg.63 Number of tests
Reg.63A Cold Drawon Electric
Reg.73 Scope
Reg.74 Process of manufacture
Reg.75
Freedom from all rectification of defects
Reg.76 Number of tests
Reg.77 Tensile Test
Reg.78 Bend tests
Reg.79 Additional tests before rejection
Reg.80 Procedure for Welding
Reg.81 Forged or rolled pressure parts
Reg.82 Selection of test pieces
Reg.83 Tensile strength
Reg.84 Bend Tests
Reg.85 Additional tests before rejection
Reg.86 General grey iron casting (Grade A)
Reg.87 Provision of test bars
Reg.88 Dimension of test bars
Reg.89
Mechanical test
Reg.90 Transverse test
Reg.91 Tensile test
Reg.92 Number of transverse and tensile tests
Reg.93 Additional Tests
Reg.94 General requirements
Reg.95 Requirements for Normal Penetration Electrodes
Reg.96 Requirements for Deep Penetration Butt-Welding Electrodes
Reg.97 Requirements for Deep Penetration Fillet Welding Electrodes
Reg.98 Periodic Check Test
Reg.98A Filler rods for gas welding of steel
























Reg. 9
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Process of manufacture

(a) Steel for plates shall be made by the open hearth, electric furnace or basic oxygen process or any other
process which gives steel having equivalent specified properties.
(b) General deoxidation practice shall be appropriate to the type of steel used, particularly where the deoxidation
practice influences the level of the elevated temperature properties of steel.
(c) Rimmed steels may be permitted only for riveted drums or shells made of plates having a nominal thickness
upto 20 mm.
(d) Plates of carbon steel shall conform to one of the following four grades of tensile strength:-
(i) 37 to 45 kgf/mm2
(ii) 42 to 50 kgf/mm2
(iii) 47 to 56 kgf/mm2
(iv) 52 to 62 kgf/mm2
(e) Semi-killed steel may be used for plates in C and C-Mn steel with an upper limit of the tensile strength not
exceeding 56 kg /mm2 and with thickness not exceeding 50mm under service temperature condition 0-450C.
Reg. 10
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Chemical Analysis

(a) The steel shall not contain more than 0.05 per cent of sulphur or phosphorus.
(b) A sulphur print test shall be taken from the material of each charge used for rivet bars for the purpose of
ensuring that sulphur segregates are not concentrated in the core. The stage in manufacture at which this test is
made shall be at the option of the Steel-Maker.
(c) When the material is required for flame cutting and/or welding, the carbon content shall not exceed 0.30% and
special precautions shall be taken when the carbon content exceeds 0.26%.
When steels are intended for service temperatures over 700F the silicon content shall be not less than 0.10% or
alternatively, the material shall pass the proof test for creep quality of carbon steel plates of boiler quality.
(d) Plates having thickness of 12 mm and less than that, not intended for hot forming, can be supplied in
unnormalized or as rolled condition subject to the condition that the code of manufacture provides for the same.
For plates having thickness more than 12mm, not intended for hot forming, shall be supplied in the normalized
conditions:
Provided that the normalizing may be exempted if it is demonstrated by the manufacturer that equivalent
properties can be produced by the rolling subsequent cooling.
NOTE:- The boiler manufacturer may, if he so wishes order a check analysis.
Reg. 11
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Freedom from defects, etc.

Minor surface defects of the plates may be removed by mechanical means to achieve a smooth level surface
provided that the minimum specified thickness is maintained. Surface defects may be repaired by welding, only
with approval of the Inspecting Authority provided that the plate is stress relieved after welding where necessary.
Reg. 12
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Rolling Margin

No plate or rolled section shall be under the specified thickness at any part, nor more than 5 per cent over the
calculated weight, except that in the case of thin plates and wide plates the weight tolerances shall be as set out
in the table below:
Schedule of percentage of Rolling weight tolerances for boiler plates
Thickness Width in inches

Under
48
48 to
under 60
60 to
under 72
72 to
under
84
84 to
under
96
96 to
under
108
108 to
under120
120 to
under
132
132 and over
In % % % % % % % % %
to under
5/16
5 5 5 7 9 12 - - -
5/16 to
under 3/8
5 5 5 6 7.5 10 11 12 -
3/8 to
under 7/16
5 5 5 6 6 8 9 11 15
7/16 to
under
5 5 5 5 6 7.5 8 9 12
to under
5/8
5 5 5 5 6 6 7.5 9 10
5/8 to
under
5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 9
to under
1
5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8
1 to under
2
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 7

All the above margins will be taken over nett theoretical weight.

Reg. 13
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Testing and Inspecting

The following tests and inspections shall be made at the place of manufacture prior to despatch; but in the event
of any of the material proving unsatisfactory in the course of being worked into boilers, such material shall be
rejected, notwithstanding any previous certificate of satisfactory testing, and such further tests of the material
from the same charge shall be made as the Inspecting Officer in attendance may consider desirable.
Reg. 13A
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL

Where a steel plant is not able to designate steel as IS: 2002 because of the fact that they have not been able to
carry out all the tests required as per IS 2002, the steel plant may supply steel with a certificate in respect of such
of these tests as it has been possible, for them to carry out indicating the tests which it has not been possible for
them to conduct in order to get the steel certified as IS: 2002. It is open to the manufacturer to take such steel
which has the required potentialities of IS: 2002, provided he can arrange the remaining tests to be conducted at
any of the independent testing laboratories, namely, the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur; The
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur; and the National Test House, Alipur or Sewri,
provided that samples be drawn in the presence of the Inspecting Authority. Such remaining tests may also be
conducted at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Tiruchirapalli in the presence of the Inspecting Authority in
respect of plates intended for their use.
If the certificate of tests from steel makers and the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, or the Central
Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur or the National Test House, Alipur or Sewri or Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited, Tiruchirapalli be furnished in the manner mentioned above, the boiler quality plates
shall be accepted by the Inspecting Authority/Chief Inspector of Boilers of the State.
Reg. 14
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Selection of test pieces

All test pieces shall be selected by the Inspecting Officer and tested in his presence, and he shall satisfy
himself that the conditions herein described are fulfilled.

Reg. 15
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Tensile Test pieces

(a) The tensile strength and percentage elongation shall be determined from test pieces of gauge lengths
preferably equal to Lo=5.6(Ao)
1/2
(see regulation 16). Alternatively, other gauge lengths may be used, provided the
elongation is expressed as the equivalent value on a gauge length of 5.65(Ao)
1/2
.
(b) In arbitration cases, a test piece of gauge length equal to 5.65(Ao)
1/2
for rectangular test piece or 5 do for round
test pieces shall be used. For plate thickness exceeding 60mm, test pieces shall be taken from the exterior third of
the plate cross section. Wherever practicable, the rolled surface shall be retained on two opposite sides of the test
piece.






Reg. 16
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Tensile tests
(a) The tensile strength of different grades of material shall be within the limits specified in regulation 9 (d).
(b) The upper yield point at room temperature shall be not less than 50% of the specified minimum tensile
strength at room temperature.
(c) The breaking elongation in percentage shall be not less than ( N-Rm)/C

Where Rm = Tensile strength at room temperature in kgf/mm
2


N = a quality index of 100 for plate thickness upto 50 mm or 95 for plate
thickness over 50mm.

C = 2.2 for only gauge lengths of L=5 do or L=5.65/ A

Where L

= gauge length

A

= original cross section of the rectangular test piece.

d

= original diameter of the round test piece.

NOTE: C= 1.9 for gauge lengths of 4 A

for test piece of Appendix-B.

(d) The minimum values of the stress at proof limit 0.2% at elevated temperature (Et) may be calculated by
multiplying the minimum specified tensile strength at room temperature (R20) by the value of the ratio (Et/R20) given
in the table below:
TABLE

Minimum values for the ratio of the stress at proof limit 0.2% at elevated temperature (Et) to the minimum specified
tensile strength at room temperature (R20) of carbon steel boiler plates.
Temperature 250C *275C 300C 325C 350C 375C
Et/R20 0.40 0.38 0.36 0.34 0.33 0.32
Temperature 400C 425C
Et/R20 0.31 0.30
*For temperatures lower than 300C any test required for acceptance purposes (in the absence of records of
previous tests at these temperatures) shall be made at 300C, in which case the proof stress shall be not less than
value obtained by calculation from the specified minimum tensile strength at room temperature and the above
proof-ratio of 0.36 for 300C.


Reg. 17
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Number of Tensile Tests

(a) Plates For shell plates, butt straps and plates, gusset plates, end plates, furnace plates and flanging
plates one tensile test piece shall be cut from each plate as rolled.
(b) Angle, tee, rivet, and stay bars.- One tensile test shall be made from each 15 or part of 15 bars rolled of
each section or diameter from the same charge, but not less than two tensile tests shall be made unless the
total number of bars rolled from the same charge is 8 or less than 8 and the bars of the same section or
diameter, in which case one tensile test shall suffice. For round bars of 1 inches diameter and under, the
numbers 50 and 20 shall be substituted for 15 and 8 respectively for determining the number of tests required.

Reg. 18
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Dump Tests

Short lengths equal to twice their diameter cut from the rivet bars shall, when cold, withstand without fracture
being compressed to half their length. A dump test shall be made for each Tensile Test.
Reg. 19
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Bend Tests

Cold Bends.-(a) Test pieces shall be sheared lengthwise or crosswise from plates or bars, and shall not be
less than 1 inches wide, but for small bars the whole section may be used. For rivet bars bend tests are not
required.
b) In all cold bend tests, on samples 0.5 inch in thickness and above, the rough edge or arris caused by
shearing may be removed by filing or grinding, and samples 1 inch in thickness and above may have the
edges machined, but the test pieces shall receive no other preparation. The test pieces shall not be annealed
unless the material from which they are cut is similarly annealed in which case the test piece shall be similarly
and simultaneously treated with the material before testing.
(c) (i) For bend test of plates of all grades of steel, the test piece shall withstands, without fracture, being bent
cold through 180
o
around a mandrel, the radius of which shall have a relationship to the plate thickness as
given below:
Tensile strength Mandrel Radius
36 - 49 kg./mm
2
1 T
41 - 57 kg./mm
2
1 T
45 - 64 kg./mm
2
1.5 T
where T = Plate thickness
(ii) For cold bend test of sections and bars, the test piece shall withstand, without fracture,
being doubled over until the internal radius is equal to that shown in Table under regulation 16
and the limbs are parallel.

(d) For small sectional material these bend tests may be made from the flattened bar.
(e) Bend tests may be made either by pressure or by blows.




Reg. 20
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Number of Bend Tests

(a) Plates.- A bend test shall be taken from each plate as rolled. The bend test from shell plates, butt straps and
other plates which have not to be flanged or worked in the fire or which when in use are not to be exposed to
flame shall be cold bend test.
(b) Angle Bars.- A cold bend test shall be made from each angle bar rolled, provided that the cold bend test
need not be carried out if basic material specification does not call for it.
(c) Stay Bars.- A cold bend test shall be made from every 15 stay bars as rolled from each charge.
Reg. 21
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Manufactured Rivets

(a) Quality of Material.- Rivets shall be manufactured from steel complying with the aforementioned
requirements of this Chapter in respect of rivet bars.
(b) Tests.-
(i) The rivet shanks shall be bent cold, and hammered until two parts of the sank touch, without fracture
on the outside of the bend.
(ii) The rivet heads shall be flattened while hot, without cracking at the edges until their diameter is 2
times the diameter of the shank.
(c) Number of Tests.- Upto half per cent of rivets of each size shall be selected by the Inspector or Inspecting
Officer from bulk for the above tests.
Reg. 22
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Additional tests before rejection

Should the test pieces first selected by the Inspector or Inspecting Officer not fulfil the test requirements, two
further tests of the same kind may be made, but should either of these fail, the plates or bars from which test
pieces were cut shall be rejected. In all such cases further tests shall be made before any material from the same
charge can be accepted.
If the unsatisfactory result of a test is obviously due to technical conditions of the testing method or to a closely
limited defects of a test piece, then the failure can be left out of consideration in the decision on the fulfilment of
the requirement and another test piece may be substituted. If the unsatisfactory result of test is due to an
unfavourable heat treatment the plate and the test strip may be heat treated again. Following this, the entire test
shall be repeated.

Reg. 23
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Branding

(i) Every plate, section and bar shall be clearly and distinctly marked by the maker in two places with the
number of identification mark by which they can be traced to the charge from which the material was
made. As an alternative the rivet bars may be bundle and tabbed to enable the material to be traced to
the cast of steel from which they are made.
(ii) Every plate shall also be stamped by the steel maker as provided in IS: 2002. The following information
shall necessarily be provided:-
1. Name of the manufacturer;
2. Specification:
3. Heat No.;
4. Plate No.; and
5. Stamp.

Reg. 24
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Defacing of rejected material

In the event of the material failing in any case to withstand the prescribed tests, the identification mark of the
Inspecting officer which has been stamped on the material, shall be defaced by punch marks extending beyond
the identification mark, in the form of a cross, thus denoting that the material has failed.
Reg. 25
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Facilities for inspection

The maker shall adopt a system of making the ingots, billets, slabs, plates, bars, etc. which will enable all finished
material to be traced to the original charge, and the Inspector or Inspecting Officer shall be given every facility for
tracing all plates and bars to their respective charges, and for witnessing the required tests. When he is satisfied
with the material and with the results of the tests, he shall be furnished with two copies of the advice notes of the
material for his signature.
Reg. 26
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Steel not produced where rolled

Where steel is not produced in the works at which it is rolled, a certificate in Form IV or Form III-B, as the case
may be, shall be supplied to the Inspecting Officer deputed to witness the testing of the material, stating the Open
Hearth or Electric Process or any of the Oxygen Processes by which it was made, the name of the Steel-Maker
who supplied it, also the numbers of the charges for reference to the books of the Steel-Maker. The number of
the charge shall be marked on each plate or bar for the purpose of identification.
Reg. 27
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
STEEL PLATES, RIVETS, SECTION AND BARS IN CARBON STEEL
Makers Certificate

Before the mill sheets are signed, the maker shall furnish the Inspecting Officer with a certificate in Form IV or
Form III-B, as the case may be, guaranteeing that the material has been made by the Open Hearth or an Electric
Process, acid or basic, and that it has been subjected to, and has withstood satisfactorily the test above
described in the presence of the Inspecting Officer.
Reg. 28
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
WROUGHT IRON STAY AND RIVET BARS
Rivet Bars

The tensile breaking strength shall be between 21 and 25 tons with an elongation of not less than 25 per cent
measured on the standard Test Piece B (as rolled) or 30 per cent measured on the Standard Test Piece B1 (as
rolled).
Reg. 29
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
WROUGHT IRON STAY AND RIVET BARS
Manufactured Rivets Tests

To comply with Regulation 21.
Reg. 30
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
WROUGHT IRON STAY AND RIVET BARS
Stay Bars

The tensile breaking strength shall be between 21 and 25 tons with an elongation of not less than 22 per cent
measured on the Standard Test Piece B or 27 per cent measured on the Standard Test Piece B1.




Reg. 31
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
WROUGHT IRON STAY AND RIVET BARS
Stay Bars - Bend Tests
To comply with Regulation 19.
Reg. 32
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
WROUGHT IRON STAY AND RIVET BARS
Special Iron for Screw Stays for Fire-boxes and Combustion Chambers.

In order that iron screw stays may be approved of the same size as would be required for mild steel, the iron
must withstand the following tests:-
(a) Tensile Tests.- The tensile breaking strength shall not be less than 21 tons per square inch, with an
elongation of not less than 25 per cent measured on the Standard Test Piece B or 30 per cent measured on the
Standard Test Piece B1.
(b) Bend Tests.- Test pieces either of the bar as rolled, or turned down to 1 inch diameter, shall stand bending
cold until the sides are parallel and the space between the two sides is not greater than the diameter of the test
piece.
(c) Number of Tensile Tests.- The bars as rolled shall be placed in batches of twenty, and one tensile test shall
be taken from each batch. If this is unsatisfactory two other bars shall be selected for test, and should either of
these fail the batch shall be rejected.
(d) Number of Bend Tests.- One ordinary bend test shall be taken from each batch, and a similar test piece
from each batch shall be lightly and evenly nicked on one side with a sharp cutting tool and bent back at this
point through an angle of 180 degrees by pressure or by a succession of light blows. The fracture must be clean,
fibrous, free from slag or dirt or any coarse crystalline structure. If either of these is unsatisfactory, two other bars
shall be selected for test, and should either of these fail the batch shall be rejected.
(e) In all cases the selection of the test pieces shall be made by the Inspector or the Inspecting Officer.








Reg. 33
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
COPPER PLATES, STAY AND RIVET BARS
Plates

(a) Process.- The copper shall be fire-refined or electrolytic and hot-rolled from suitable cakes.
(b) Chemical Composition.- The chemical composition of the plates shall be as follows:-

Per cent.
Copper 99.2 minimum
Arsenic .30 to .50
Antimony 0.05 maximum
Bismuth 0.05 maximum
Oxygen 0.10 maximum
(c) Freedom from defects.- The plates shall be clean, smooth and free from defects and shall have a
workmanlike finish. They shall be thoroughly annealed.
(d) Rolling Margin.- No plate shall be under the specified thickness at any part, not more than 5% over the
calculated weight. The scrap margin, partly sheared and left attached, shall be not less than 3 inches at the
ends and 1 inches at each side.
(e) Tensile Tests.- One tensile test shall be taken from each plate as rolled.
The tensile breaking strength, from Standard Test Piece A, shall not be less than 14 tons per sq. inch with an
elongation of not less than 35%.
(f) Hot and Cold Bend tests.- One hot (temperature between 1200F and 1400F) and one cold bend test
shall be taken from each plate as rolled.
For either hot or cold bend tests, the test piece shall withstand being doubled over without fracture until the
sides are touching and parallel.










Reg. 34
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
COPPER PLATES, STAY AND RIVET BARS
Stay and Rivet bars

(a) Process.- To comply with Regulation 33 (a).
(b) Chemical Composition.- To comply with Regulation 33 (b).
(c) Freedom from Defects.- To comply with Regulation 33 (c).
(d) Rolling Margin.- The bars in any part shall not be more than 1% over or more than % under the specified
diameter.
(e) Tensile Tests.- The materials shall have the tensile properties shown in the following table:-
Tensile properties

Unturned rods (rods upto
1 inches dia.)
Turned rods (rod above 1
inches dia.)
Minimum tensile strength lb. per sq.
inch.
32,400 32,400
Elongation, minimum per cent in 2
inches gauge length.
40 45
f) Bend Tests.- To comply with Regulation 33(f).
(g) Dump Tests.- a piece of rod 1 inch long shall be placed on end and hammered or crushed down cold to a
thickness of 3/8 inch without showing either crack or flaw on the circumference of the resulting disc.
(h) Number of Tests.- One bar, from which the required test specimens shall be taken, shall be selected at
random from each batch of 50 (or part thereof) bars of each size from each melt. From each bar selected, one
tensile test, one cold bend test, one hot bend test and one dump test shall be made.