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Thank you all. It seems like the only solution is to convince the surveyor to give us a break somehow. Appreciate all your help.

Thanks 3DDave! I did in fact reach out to ASTM last week but I have yet to hear back and I don't think I will any time soon (if ever). I don't think that has the potential to be a solution for us in the short term.

Thanks for the reply EdStainaless. What you are saying makes "sense" but unfortunately class societies don't always operate on sensibility. The surveyor says he needs to see a chemical and mechanical test report that says material X passes per Y standard. He also argues that the testing is to...

Hi All, We're having an issue with a series of our "as cast" condition A356 parts. Previously we never needed to test the "as cast" version of the A356 parts because they are used in very non-demanding applications. We would temper the casting only when it was necessary and test for it. We...