In the course of the development of many years under public monitoring and the acceptance in other countries these technical regulation are widely propagated and recognised. For manufacturers of pressure equipment who operates on international level the profound knowledge of these technical regulations and their use as reference during the production of pressure equipment in line with the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code is essential.
These technical regulations also include detailed requirements for non-destructive testing of materials, components and welds with respect to the different testing methods, the performance and acceptance criteria, which differ from German, or other European technical regulations.
This guideline shall support European manufacturers in comparing with national technical regulations and respective consequences when using the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code.

Diese Richtlinie behandelt Kriterien zur Auswahl von mobilen Härteprüfverfahren und entsprechenden Härteprüfgeräte zur Verwendung bei metallischen Werkstoffen. Ziel der Richtlinie ist es, einen Überblick über die unterschiedlichen Verfahren, zu berücksichtigende Randbedingungen und Einsatzgrenzen der einzelnen Verfahren zu geben.