---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 52.05-15"
title: "46"
number: "52.05-15"
heading: "Heat treatment (modifies PW-10)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/52.05-15"
---

# §52.05-15. Heat treatment (modifies PW-10).


Vessels and vessel parts must be preheated and postweld heat treated in accordance with PW-38 and PW-39 of Section I of the ASME BPVC (incorporated by reference; see [§ 52.01-1](/cfr/46/52.01-1.md)). This includes boiler parts made of pipe material, even though they may be nondestructively examined under [§ 52.05-20](/cfr/46/52.05-20.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18815, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65162, Oct. 31, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3703; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18815, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2020-0634, 89 FR 50095, June 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 68-82, 33 FR 18815, Dec. 18, 1968, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65162, Oct. 31, 2008]