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(1)
Major repairs such as fusion welded or riveted patches
to shells, fire boxes and end plates of boilers and
extensive building up of wasted parts of boilers
permitted under these regulations, the renewal of
furnaces and end plates, parts of shell, fire boxes,
girders and steam-pipes, etc. shall only be entrusted to
a firm who is recognised as a repairer under these
regulations.
(2) Any
firm seeking recognition shall apply to Chief Inspector
of Boilers of the State in which the recognition is
sought.
(3) A
firm seeking recognition as a repairer shall meet the
following requirements depending upon the class of
boilers, namely:-
(i)
Class I boiler repairer- The owner of the firm
himself shall have a degree in mechanical or electrical
engineering or the firm shall have on its rolls a
permanently employed engineer having a degree in
mechanical or electrical engineering with the firm
having at least five years' experience in fabrication,
erection, repair or maintenance and quality control of
boilers, and qualified and permanently employed welders
as per the provisions of these regulations;
(ii)
Class II boiler repairer- The owner of the firm
himself shall have a diploma in mechanical or electrical
engineering or the firm shall have on its rolls a
permanently employed engineer having a diploma in
mechanical or electrical engineering with the firm
having at least three years' experience in fabrication,
repair and maintenance of boilers;
(iii)
Class III boiler repairer - The firm shall have
the experience of five years in repair, maintenance,
operation, erection or inspection of boiler.
(iv)
(a) Where the power stations, fertilizer plants,
chemical and petrochemical plants or refineries apply
for repair of their own boilers, they shall have all the
facilities in-house and may apply to the Chief Inspector
of Boilers of the State for permission to repair their
own boilers in accordance with these regulations.
(b) On receipt
of the application for permission to repair to a boiler,
the Chief Inspector of Boilers of the State shall reply
to the request within a period of fifteen days of the
receipt of the application.
(4)
On receipt of the application under sub-regulation (3),
the Chief Inspector shall send a questionnaire in
‘Form XVIII’ to the applicant.
(5)
The Chief Inspector will scrutinize and evaluate the
application along with the replies to the questionnaire
and after satisfying himself that the following
requirements are fulfilled, shall recognise the firm as
a repairer in the category applied for, namely:-
(i)
that the firm possesses rectifier or generator,
grinder, general tools and tackles, dye-penetrant kit,
expander and measuring instruments;
(ii)
that the electric arc or oxy-acetylene welding
sets and all other tools and plant in his possession for
carrying out repairs are suitable for the work
undertaken;
(iii)
that the quality of material used conforms to the
specifications prescribed in these regulations;
(iv)
that the supervisory and operational staff
employed by the firm possesses the necessary training
and experience for the work undertaken;
(v)
that all welders employed by the firm possess
certificates issued as required under Chapter XIII of
these regulations;
(vi)
standard of work should be of high order and
comply with all the requirements and test that may be
prescribed by the Chief Inspector.
(6) The
recognition of the firm as a repairer shall be for a
period of two years.
Thereafter they shall apply for renewal of their
recognition at least two months before the expiry of
said period.
(7) In
case the repairer is found indulging in violating the
provisions of the Act/Regulations knowingly or
unknowingly, the firm shall be blacklisted under
intimation to Chief Inspector or Director of Boilers of
all the States/Union territories and renewal shall not
be done in any case. |
