Form IV Part C: Certificate of manufacture and test for tubes
The certificate of manufacture and test for boiler tubes.
Pujan Motiwala · Checked against the Gazette on · IBR 2026, in force from 1 October 2026
What is Form IV Part C?
Form IV Part C of the Indian Boiler Regulations, 2026 is the certificate of manufacture and test for tubes, prescribed under regulation 11. Under the Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950 it was Form III-B (certificate of manufacture and test for tubes).
Who issues and signs Form IV Part C?
The tube maker and the Inspecting Authority. Well-known tube makers may issue it electronically with a digital signature.
What does Form IV Part C record?
- The part and quantity, drawing number, maker and customer
- The steel: process of manufacture, fully killed or rimmed, chemical composition, heat number, size, test certificate number and date, steel maker
- The tube: process of manufacture, main dimensions, tolerances, specification
- Tests: tensile strength, elongation, bend, flattening, crushing, flare and flange tests, heat treatment, hydraulic test in kg/cm² (g)
When is Form IV Part C filed, and with what?
Kept with the boiler's records by the Inspecting Authority, the owner and the manufacturer (regulation 308).
What changed for Form IV Part C from IBR 1950?
Under IBR 1950 this was Form III-B.
Related forms
- Form IV Part A: Constructor's certificate of manufacture and test (was Form III)
- Form IV Part B: Certificate of manufacture and test for pipes (was Form III-A)
- Form IV Part D: Certificate of manufacture and test of boiler mountings and fittings (was Form III-C)
- Form IV Part E: Certificate of manufacture and test of castings (was Form III-F)
- Form IV Part F: Certificate of manufacture and test of forgings (was Form III-G)
- Form IV Part G: Certificate of manufacture and test for headers, desuperheaters/attemperators, blowdown tanks, feed water tanks, accumulators and deaerators (was Form III-H)
- Form IV Part H: Certificate of manufacture and test for dished ends and end covers (was Form III-I)
- Form XXII: Certificate of manufacture and test for small industrial boilers (was Form XVII)
- Form XXIII: Certificate of manufacture and test for small solar boilers (was Form XVII)
Quoted from the regulations (2)
“A certificate of manufacture and test in Form-IV(Part-C), signed by the maker and the Inspecting Authority shall be furnished”
IBR 2026, regulation 11
“Crushing test”
IBR 2026, Form IV Part C
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Official sources
- Indian Boiler Regulations, 2026 (Gazette of India, Extraordinary, No. 596). Central Boilers Board, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, October 1, 2026.
What this page is not
A guide written by Ahrom Labs from the Gazette text; not legal advice. The Gazette governs wherever this page differs from it, and a state's Chief Inspector of Boilers may set procedures of their own. Last updated .
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