Qualification overlay
The requirement adds centre hardness, document reconciliation and conditional qualification control to the base framework.
Pre-commercial quality protocol
Quality as a release decision
A planned control system defining what must be reviewed before any delivery can be released.
01 / Control sequence
Release gate sequence
- 01
Supplier and document pre-check
The launch procurement requirement is the original mill EN 10204 3.1 inspection document for every released shipment. The first three released shipment lots target true EN 10204 3.2 qualification only when the required independent or authorized validation is actually arranged.
- 02
Heat and plate identity
Heat, plate ID and marking status are reconciled before test results are linked.
- 03
Surface and centre hardness
Centre hardness is optional in the base framework but mandatory in the qualification overlay together with surface hardness.
- 04
Chemistry, impact and ordered tests
Chemistry, impact testing and ordered additions are reviewed against the order. Delivery condition must be Q or Q+T and no weld repair of plate is accepted.
- 05
Document reconciliation
Values, test objects, identities and ordered requirements are reconciled as one chain.
- 06
Release or quarantine decision
Only a complete, reconciled record proceeds. Any deviation is placed in quarantine for nonconformance assessment without implying an operating history.
Nonconformance control
Incomplete or conflicting evidence is quarantined until disposition is documented.