Rules for building and classing steel vessels.
Chalk test watertight doors.
B the operating gear for operating from above the bulkhead deck any sliding watertight door fitted in the bulkhead of a machinery space shall be.
2 a every watertight door of the sliding type shall be capable of being operated by efficient hand operated gear both at the door itself and from an accessible position above the bulkhead deck.
If there are irregularities in the chalk markings then it is assumed that these areas are not weather tight.
Installed and all penetrations including pipe connections fitted and before any ceiling and cement work is applied over the joints.
Code of federal regulations cfr standards.
Very important to ensure the door perfo.
Close the door tightly then open check the watertight door sealing.
Very important to ensure the door ope.
A test to verify the tightness of a joint by a jet of water with.
Chalk is applied evenly around the knife edge coaming compression bars or panel cross seams of doorways.
The international association of classification societies states that a chalk test must be followed by a hose test.
Shipboard machinery equipment and systems requirements for.
The rubber joints are carefully examined.
A chalk test is a way of verifying that the gasket in a watertight door is evenly contacting the frame which ensures a watertight seal.
Apply chalk to watertight flat sealing continuously.
The spray from a nozzle of 12 mm diameter is sprayed from a distance of 1 to 1 5 m with a water jet pressure of 0 5 ms 1.
Chalk testing is one of the key elements in quality testing at the manufacturing plant.
Specific test requirements are given in 4 4 and table 1.
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The hose test is used in conjunction to determine the weather tightness of doors and hatch covers.
Chalk testing chalk powder is applied to the coaming compression bars and panel cross seams the hatches are then closed and re opened.
Chalk and hose tests for seals are time consuming and sometimes completely impractical.
Chalk testing is used for visual inspection of the compression integrity of doors and hatches on vessels that hold the potential for flooding.
How to perform a chalk test on a wheel operated watertight door and how to adjust door dogs should it fail the test.
The chalk must have continuously around the watertight sealing it has water tightness.