Definition(s)
CMLs
Condition monitoring locations.
Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Tenth Edition, May 2014, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards
Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards
CMLs
Designated areas on pressure vessels where periodic external examinations are conducted in order to directly assess the condition of the vessel. CMLs may contain one or more examination points and utilize multiple inspection techniques that are based on the predicted damage mechanism to give the highest probability of detection. CMLs can be a single small area on a pressure vessel (e.g. a 2-in. diameter spot or plane through a section of a nozzle where recording points exist in all four quadrants of the plane).
- NOTE: CMLs now include but are not limited to what were previously called TMLs.
Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Tenth Edition, May 2014, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards
CMLs
Designated areas on piping systems where periodic examinations are conducted in order to assess the condition of the piping. CMLs may contain one or more examination points and utilize multiple inspection techniques that are based on the predicted damage mechanism(s). CMLs can be a single small area on a piping system e.g. a 2 in. diameter spot or plane through a section of a pipe where examination points exist in all four quadrants of the plane.
- NOTE: CMLs now include, but are not limited to what were previously called TMLs.
Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards