The pressure vessel manufacturing industry sees the future having a process that easily integrates with geographic variations: be it language or material in nature.

Jiutepec, Morelos -- (SBWire) -- 08/14/2014 --The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NBBI) on May 3, 2014, presented the future of ASME Standards and Certification with speakers Bernie Hrubala (Senior Vice President of ASME Standards and Certification, and Chairman of the Standards and Certification Board of Directors) and June Ling (Associate Executive Director for ASME Codes and Standards).

The goal of the said conference was to detail the operations of ASME boiler and pressure vessel system and to look beyond what’s shaping the pressure vessel manufacturing industry, as well as the trends and challenges the industry is expected to face in the future.

Hrubala, in his speech, emphasized that currently, the focus of the industry is more on codes and standards and merely the boiler and pressure vessel part. Today’s globalization requires the industry to stay on top of the development and technical codes and standards. NBBI’s publication contains 30 separate code books which are now more technical in nature. With the help of thousands of volunteer members of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committee who continuously write codes, it becoming more and more possible to deal with the 25 different conformity evaluation marks.

NBBI’s standards are now being adopted by all US states, provinces of Canada, and are referred to in national regulations. The publication is now in French, Chinese, Japanse, and Korean translations, and soon to have Spanish translations to accommodate the growing industry in Spanish-Latin America.

Hrubala projects how the market would fare stronger as he sees the international market exceeding the US market by far towards the end of 2014. And what’s more exciting according to him is that the great rebirth of nuclear would entail better growth in the board’s conformity assessment programs. The industry sees a swift swing in global operations and competition. National and regulatory codes are expected to grow as the board keenly works with a number of countries, their governments, and inspection authorities in assisting them in coming up with customized standards within their countries using ASME code as the general basis. The goal of this effort is have each country vigilantly use the codes and abide by the standards set by the board. This trend is geared towards helping each country achieve a safer industry. Well-trained and well-educated operators are but the biggest investment of the pressure vessel manufacturing industry.

Ling, on her speech, also noted that building upon the strengths of the system is where she sees the industry heading to. “We must maintain our technical prowess. We must continue to engage stakeholders in the process. We maintain an open and transparent consensus process, and that means a lot to many of the stakeholders. We maintain a focus on safety and market-driven need. And we maintain confidence in the integrity of the process and infrastructure. It's all of the above that brings the ASME code process throughout the world, and all five in combination is unique.”

The pressure vessel manufacturing industry sees the future having a process that easily integrates with geographic variations: be it language or material in nature. The goal is to be the vanguard in technological advancement where the board has a strengthened configuration with other countries’ codes and where there is sufficient stakeholder participation not only in the US but all across the globe. Meeting the market needs of both the governments and the pressure vessel industry is the board’s target.

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