1.1 Te whakarōpūtanga paerewa e whakamahia ana mō ngā paipa maitai:

1.1.1 Mā te rohe

(1) Ngā paerewa ā-rohe: ngā paerewa ā-motu, ngā paerewa ahumahi, ngā paerewa umanga

(2) Ngā paerewa o te ao:

Te Hononga o Amerika: ASTM, ASME

Te Hononga o Peretānia: BS

Tiamana: DIN

Hapani: JIS

1.1.2 Wehewehea mā te kaupapa: paerewa hua, paerewa tirotiro hua, paerewa rauemi mata

1.2 Ko ngā kaupapa matua o te paerewa hua ko ēnei e whai ake nei:

Te whānuitanga o te tono

Rahi, āhua me te taumaha (whakatakotoranga, rerekētanga, roa, piko, porowhita, taumaha tuku, tohu)

Ngā whakaritenga hangarau: (te hanganga matū, te tūnga tuku, ngā āhuatanga miihini, te kounga o te mata, me ētahi atu)

tikanga whakamātautau

ngā ture whakamātautau

Te tākai, te tapanga me te tiwhikete kounga

1.3 Te Tohu: me tā te rehu, te tā, te tā roera, te tā maitai, te tā piri rānei ki te pito o ia paipa maitai

Me whakauru te tohu i te karaehe maitai, te whakatakotoranga hua, te tau paerewa hua, me te tohu a te kaiwhakarato, te tohu hokohoko rānei kua rēhitatia.

Me whai tohu e rua ngā paipa rino kua tākaihia ki roto i ngā paipa (me rite te tau puranga o ia paipa), ā, me whakaatu ngā tohu i ēnei tohu: te tohu hokohoko a te kaiwhakarato, te waitohu rino, te tau oumu, te tau puranga, te tau kirimana, te whakatakotoranga hua, te paerewa hua, te taumaha, te maha o ngā wahi, te rā i hangaia ai, me ētahi atu.

1.4 Tiwhikete Kounga: Me whai tiwhikete rauemi te paipa maitai e tukuna ana e tutuki ana i ngā paerewa kirimana me ngā paerewa hua, tae atu ki:

Ingoa, tānga rānei a te kaiwhakarato

Ingoa o te kaihoko

Te rā tuku

Nama Kirimana

Ngā paerewa hua

Te taumata maitai

Te tau wera, te tau puranga, te tūnga tuku, te taumaha (te maha rānei o ngā wahi) me te maha o ngā wahi

Ingoa momo, whakatakotoranga me te taumata kounga

Ngā hua tirotiro rerekē kua tohua i roto i te paerewa hua