Traceability Color Coding and Marking Transfer Procedure
Traceability Color Coding and Marking Transfer Procedure
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CONTRACT NO.6600041334
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Table of Contents
1. Scope ………………………………………………….……………..…………………………….………3
2. Applicability …………………………………………………………….…….………………….……….3
5. Responsibility..………….…………………..……………………………….…………….………....3
6. Procedure………………………………………………….……..……………………………………..4
6.5 Valves…………………………………………………………………….8
Appendix A
Appendix B
1. SCOPE
This procedure refers to the traceability and color coding system applied during prefabrication and
erection activities on site, for the proper quality identification of piping bulk material and related weld
elements.
2. APPLICABILITY
Piping works related to sulfate removal facility project at Ain Dar / Abgig.
3. DEFINITIONS/ABBREVIATIONS
4. AUTHORIZEDPERSONNEL
The trace identification shall be made by nominated and authorized personnel, as per the provisions
and requirements of ASME BPVC Section I and ASMEB.31.3, latest editions and addenda’s.
5. REFERENCEDOCUMENTS&STANDARDS
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01-SAMSS-029 : RTR (fiber glass) Sewer Pipe & Fitting for Gravity flow
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Service
Tracking System
6. RESPONSIBILITY
6.2 QC Supervisor
It is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that construction is in compliance with the
applicable Codes and Saudi Aramco Standards and Standard Drawings and Quality Supervisor (Crew
&QC Supervisors, Material Control Supervisors, etc.) are responsible for ensuring the requirements of
this Procedure are fully understood and followed by all persons that are responsible for its
implementation.
6.3 QC Inspector
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He shall make sure all construction activities is in compliance with applicable Aramco standard and
drawing and all materials/equipment received on the store as per project requirement and are new and
free of damage and proper storage, handling and preservation should be followed.
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7. PROCEDURE
Prior to prefabrication / erection activities and subsequent marking transfer, materials are checked
for conformance to material specifications, proper marking and color coding, identification and
specific requirements of the Project and that no material is going to be used without existing Mill
Certificates. In case of absence of the above mentioned traceability elements, these materials shall be
transferred and stored in an isolated area and further action shall be taken in order to retrieve the
required informationfrommaterialissuereports,orpackinglists,ormaterialcertificates.Ifthis information
can not be retrieved an NCR shall be is used and the materials shall be kept isolated.
A system for continuous control and traceability for pressure containing materials used in the
prefabrication and erection of piping assemblies is carried out on site as follows.
The system include shall material designated for pressure parts and any attachment on them.
The color marking obtained through painting shall be 30 mm wide for pipe ≥2inches and
13mm
For diameter less than 2 inches as per Appendix A.
The color marking for pipes with diameter ≥4in.shall continue in the internal side of the pi-
Ping for at least 10 cm in order to avoid disappearance of the marking itself in case of sand-
blasting as per Appendix-A Table 1.
The object of using color coding and marking is to ensure the identification of piping bulk
materials and also facilitate the material handling at construction site as temporary measure as
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per Appendix-A Table 1. The color coding and marking shall be clearly indicated and shall not
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be easily erasable. The quality of paint/ ink shall have a life of not less than one year in un-
heated storage under cover without loss of any definition. Paint/ ink shall be resistant to salt
water atmosphere, tropical climate or similar attack, and be durable and of a distinctive
identifying color. They shall not cause corrosion of the materials to which it is applied through
stage, construction and operation. Paint/ ink containing sulfur, lead, or other harmful
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substances are not acceptable Paint/ink containing zinc are not acceptable for stainless steel
materials. There shall be no chemical or physical reaction between the marking material and
any protective coating used.
Note-1:
API 5L SAW pipes shall have markings on the outside surface of the pipe except that the white
longitudinal stripe shall be marked on the inside surface of pipe,whenPara.11.1.5 of01-SAMSS-
035 is applicable.
7.2.1General Requirements
The color coding shall be performed after the application of surface rust prevention as required in
the relevant specification.
7.2.2 Colors
The colors shall be selected from the British Standard 381-C “Colors for Specific Purposes”, RAL colors
or Munsell colors.
Surfaces to be color coded shall be cleaned and free of dirt, loose scale, oil, or grease.
7.2.8 Bolt sets (one stud bolt with two nuts or one machine bolt with nut)
One of the heads (opposite side of the stamped head) of stud bolts and both nuts or machine
Bolt head and one nut shall be color coded as per Appendix-A Table 3.
Spiral wound gaskets shall be color coded in accordance with ASME B16.20 (Winding and
Each sheet gasket shall be color coded on the outside edge as per Appendix-A Table 2.
Each insulation gaskets & sleeves shall be color coded on the outside edge as per Appendix- A
Table 2.
The requirements of marking and its methods shall be in accordance with the individual
applicable codes, standards, specifications, and the related SAMSS’s. MSS-SP25 is a mandatory
requirement to Valves, Fittings, Flanges and Unions. If there is a conflict between this
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specification and the related SAMSS’s, Vendor shall inform to purchaser for resolution.
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7.3.2 Marking shall not be easily erasable, and shall be clearly indicated. The method shall be either
7.3.3 The minimum wall thickness shall be maintained after any marking.
7.3.4 The following information shall be marked, as a minimum, except as supplemented in Para.5.2
thru 5.6 as per S-001-1360-002 (Identification of Piping Materials)
Note-1: For API5L pipes, “NPS” shall apply, but not “Size” in inches.
Note-2: Wall thickness indication on documents, tags, and products shall be same as those written in
purchase orders.
For example:
Note-3: “Class (e.g. ASME Class 150)” shall apply, but not “PN” or other pressure rating designation,
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7.3.5 Traceability of ID Code and Heat Number, as well as color coding markings shall be
maintained during each stage of processing warehouse sand blasting pre-fabrication
PWHT testing erection.
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Maintaining the color and letter marking on the items. Immediate restoration is required
in case of erasing them during hot operations (grinding, PWHT) or sand blasting
application. In order to not lose the marks the transfer marking (ID and Heat No) should be
done whenever it is possible by writing this information in the internal side of the pipes,
with permanent marker. For small bore piping these elements should be written at each
end of the pipe and protected with an adhesive and sand blast resistant tape. For fittings
metal sheet labels shall be fastened with wire, in case the trace ability elements are not
hard stamped.
The mark number, otherwise only blunt-nosed interrupted dot die stamp shall be used.
Minimum distance from any welding of the hard stamp or the blunt-nosed dot die
stamps shall be minimum150mm.
Each spools in fabrication shop should be identified by metal sheet labels and shall be
fastened with wire giving identification of spools with isometric line no., sheet no. and
heat no.; heat no. isometric line no.
Works Contractor shall keep track of the ID Codes and Heat numbers used for spools
fabrication on his data base which shall be available for PMT whenever required.
Purchaser’s Indent Code (e.g. P61K-001WW) shall be marked on the rim of the flanges by stamping
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in addition to Para.5.1.4 of this specification. Marking of all flanges (i.e. welding-neck, socket-
welding, threaded, blind flanges and orifice flanges) shall be in accordance with Para.12 of 02-
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7.5 Valves
All valves shall have stainless steel tag plate securely attached directly on the body and / or hand
wheel. Purchaser’s Indent Code (e.g. P81K-000E8) shall be indicated on the tag plate by stamping.
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Tag plates not attached directly on body, e.g. using stainless steel wire/ chain, are not acceptable
unless approved by Purchaser. Marking of all valves shall be in accordance with Para.11of 04-
SAMSS-035 (General Requirement of Valves).
- Welding outlets (weld lets) are identified using branch size, run size, branch wall thickness, and run
wall thickness in purchase orders. Socket-welding Outlets (sock lets), Nipple-welding outlets
(nippolets) and Threaded outlets (thread lets) are identified using branch size, run size, and pressure
class rating in purchase orders. Run pipe size range is not shown in purchase orders for socket-
welding outlets, nipple-welding outlets and threaded outlets as per 02-SAMSS-011 (Forged Steel &
Alloy Flanges).
-Vendor shall categorize each outlet (Weldolet, Sockolet, Nippolets and Threadolet) into this
standard range, or tailor made, if necessary. Vendor standard range of welding outlets shall have
branch size, run size range, branch wall thickness, and run wall thickness. Vendor standard range of
socket-welding outlets, nipple-welding outlets and threaded outlets shall have branch size, run size
range, and pressure class rating.
7.6.1 Size and Wall Thickness Marking on Welding Outlets NPS2 and larger welding outlets shall have
double marking on products.
- For example, if"2 x 14 sch40 x sch20" is specified in a purchase order, then the products shall have
double marking "2 x14-36 STD/ STD (2 x 14 sch40 xsch20)",i.e. vendor’s standard marking like"2 x14-
36 STD/ STD" plus those specified in the purchase order. The vendor standard marking shall have size
range so that inter change ability at construction site can bemaintained.NPS1-1/2 and smaller
welding outlets shall have vendor standard marking like"3/4 x14-36 XS/ STD" only. However, a
stainless steel tag shall be tied to each welding outlet with stainless steel wire. The tag tied to each
welding outlet shall have branch size, run size, branch wall thickness, and run wall thickness
identified by purchase orders, as a minimum.
- Galvanized or other plated wire is not acceptable to prevent contamination. All bags shall have a
label reporting branch size, run size, branch wall thickness, and run wall thickness Identified by
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purchase orders plus item number, Purchaser’s Indent Code, or any other code Mentioned in
purchase orders. If a welding outlet does not fall into any of vendor standard range, then vendor
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proceeds with a "tailor made" product with marking as per purchase order. This is common for all
sizes as per 02-SAMSS-011. (Forged Steel & Alloy Flanges).
7.6.2 Size and Pressure Class Rating Marking on Socket-welding Outlets, Nipple-welding
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Outlets and Threaded Outlets, All sizes of socket-welding outlets, nipple-welding outlets and
threaded outlets shall have vendor standard marking only, e.g. "1 x 6-36 CL3000".Tags in the
bag are not required.
7.6.3 Nipples
Nipples including swaged nipples shall have marking of material, size, wall thickness, length
as a minimum.
Spiral wound gaskets shall have marking in accordance with ASME B16.20, with the following
supplements to ASME B16.20 Table 19.Winding Material Identification316 SS S 316.
Marking of all RTR pipes and piping components shall be in accordance with
Para.13 of 01-SAMSS-029RTR (fiber glass) Sewer Pipe & Fitting for Gravity flow,
Para 5.9 of01-SAMSS-042 RTR Pipe & Fitting in Water & Hydrocarbon Service)
Work contractor is responsible for maintaining traceability of the welded joints. The pipe fitter after
identifying the weld number through the relevant Isometric, he shall mark it next to the bevel, in
such a way that it will not burn from the heat developed during welding. Welders shall mark (by
stamp or marker) their identification stamp close to the finished joint. In case that more than one
welder is involved, then a scheme shall be marked on the pipe for each side and each layer of the
corresponding welders: e.g.
- Field Weld "F" and Shop Weld "S" follow Welding Control & Identification Procedure and Welding
Repair Procedure weld identification /numbering should be consecutive in the direction of flow per
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- Repair marking procedure AS (R1, R2, T1, T2 & RW), kindly follow) Welding Control & Identification
Procedure (11067-QLS-PSP-031) and for Reshoot, follow Welding Repair Procedure.
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APPENDIX – A
COLORCODINGFORBULKMATERIAL
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Bronze None -
Non-Metallic None -
1. Including galvanized carbon steel, carbon steel cement lined and carbon steel PTFE lined.
3. Austenitic stainless steel grades not mentioned in Note 1 are not applicable for this project.
4. The pink color code was added to denote compliance with NACE MR-0103.
NOTES:
1. Vendor shall provide color code for both winding and filler material.
2. Supplier may offer their standard color code for these materials together with quotation.
APPENDIX-B
SATR-W-2006: DAILY FIT-UP AND PRODUCTION
REPORT PLANT PIPING
SATR-W-2007: DAILY FIT-UP AND PRODUCTION
REPORT FIELD WELD-PIPE
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