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Thanks for your help JR97, that makes sense now.

I have a forged pressure vessel head. If I invoke ASME III NB-2540 for examination of forgings and opt to use ultrasonic examination in accordance with NB-2542, the acceptance standards seem very vague. The first thing that NB-2542 does is invoke Article 5 of Section V of the ASME BPVC. That is...

Thanks SnTMan, think we will pursue this, possibly with dowels or keys to take the shear.

Thanks for your suggestions all. In case it helps, to clarify: There is metal-to-metal contact between the tubesheet, channel and shell. The seal is not a gasket in the traditional sense. We have experience with a similar design which has been in-service for a long time so at least there is...

We are in the process of designing a large heat exchanger. It has two fixed tubesheets, for example TEMA type AEL. The tubesheets are "loose" and sandwiched between girth flanges on the shell and channel, similar to the image below. The nozzle loads on the channel are considerable and the...

Dear all, I'm after some insight as to what is considered "normal" in your organisations for showing valve bridgewall markings on piping schematics/P&IDs. Is this information always shown? Sometimes shown? Never shown? Also, what symbols are used? Arrows? The cranked bridgewall marking...

Thanks for your opinions all. Confirms my initial thoughts.

I have a supplier who is proposing to make the nozzles on a pressure vessel from thick plate, eg by boring the plate into a pipe shape. I can't find anything to specifically prohibit this in the code, but I don't think it's right because of the possibility of defects and segregation down the...

A quick search for "visual" in ASME III generates precious few hits - basically the code seems fairly silent on the matter. On the other hand, I expect visual examination to be used liberally, especially for welds. Am I missing something?

Thanks @XL83NL. I've read that post and a couple of similar ones but it's not really giving me the clarity I was looking for. I'm really struggling to decide really if there are any parts, "main pressure-bearing" or "other than main-pressure bearing" where there is no need to get a 3.1 cert. As...

If designing a vessel or piping under the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) using EN13445 or EN13480, requirements for material certification (3.1, 3.2, 2.1 or 2.2) are given in EN764-5. In EN764-5 is a flow chart which defines the requirements for "main pressure-bearing parts" and...

Dear all, A couple of simple questions which I'd welcome your opinion on... I have a process vessel which is partially filled with a single component saturated liquid. Above the saturated liquid is vapour. Occasionally, due to an upset, the pressure in the vapour space is rapidly decreased. The...

Hi, I am trying to write a macro to determine if an entity (face, vertex, surface etc.) which a user has selected is part of a solid body (ie an item which is a member of the solid bodies folder at the top of the feature tree) or if it is part of a surface (ie an item which is a member of the...

Thanks for your answer, however I don't think my original question was clear enough. Working back from the boiler towards the feed pumps, B31.1 122.1.7(B.1) requires a stop valve closest to the boiler, and then a check valve. On a boiler I've seen, the line was arranged with a stop valve at the...

Iaw B31.1 para 122.1.7(B.6), why can a combination stop check valve on the boiler feed line be considered only as a stop valve?