Verify mill test reports against purchase orders
Compare each mill test report to the purchase order: certificate type, heat number, chemistry, and mechanical results. A quality person dispositions every failure and raises any nonconformance.
| Check | Cert shows | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Cert type | EN 10204 2.2 | Wrong type |
| Heat number | H-00417 | Match |
| Carbon max | 0.18 | Within |
| Yield min | 33 ksi | Below |
| Melt source | Not stated | Person reviews |
Limits are sample PO values, not from a standard.
- Vendor
- Test Vendor 3
- Lot
- LOT-0417
- Reviewer
- Pending quality review
- NCR
- Raised by a person, if needed
How it runs.
Paper certs stack up at receiving. The wrong certificate type, or a heat number that does not match the tag, can stay hidden until a customer audit.
MTR and PO
Scanned certificate, the PO, and the heat or lot tag.
Your dataCompare to PO
Certificate type, heat, chemistry, mechanicals, and PO clauses compared.
AutomatedQuality person decides
Dispositions every failure and raises any nonconformance report.
A personCert filed to lot
Certificate and decision stored against the heat and lot.
Automated
EN 10204 documents / ERP or QMS / Purchase orders / Scanned MTRs / DFARS 252.225-7009
The rules and limits.
- Type 2.2
- EN 10204 type 2.2 is a test report from non-specific inspection. The products tested are not necessarily the products actually supplied.
- Types 3.1 and 3.2
- Types 3.1 and 3.2 rest on specific inspection of the products supplied or their test units. A 3.2 adds the purchaser's representative or a designated inspector.
- Heat traceability
- A heat or cast number can trace material back to its ladle analysis. We compare the number on the certificate to your tag.
- Specialty metals
- DFARS 252.225-7009 restricts where covered specialty metals are melted or produced, with exceptions. The clause names no mill cert, so your customer's terms set the proof.
- Limits come from you
- We do not hold ASTM or EN tables. Chemistry and mechanical limits come from your PO or the specification you provide.
What a person does.
- A quality person dispositions every failure.
- A person raises any nonconformance report.
- A person decides what DFARS melt-source proof is enough.
- A person signs any certificate of conformance to your customer.
Where we stand: we have not shipped this for a metals buyer. It uses the same pattern as our document extraction and review-queue work.
Common questions.
Is a 2.2 test report the same as a 3.1 certificate?+
No. A 2.2 reports results from non-specific inspection, and the products tested may not be those supplied. A 3.1 rests on specific inspection. If your PO requires 3.1, a 2.2 is flagged.
Does this make us DFARS compliant?+
No. It only compares documents. Whether material meets DFARS 252.225-7009, or an exception applies, is for your quality and contracts people, and counsel where needed.
Do you check against ASTM specifications?+
Only through limits you give us. ASTM standards are sold separately and we do not claim to hold them. Limits come from your PO or the specification you provide.
Sources
- UNI EN 10204:2005 preview (scope, definitions, 2.1 and 2.2)
- LRQA guide to EN 10204:2004 type 3.2
- DFARS 252.225-7009
- DFARS 225.7003-3
General information, not legal, tax, or compliance advice. Rules change; confirm against the current source and your own advisers.
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