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B7 versus B8 Studs For A Stainless Steel Pipng System
I am a novice at bolt and nut selection, and just had to specify 316 ss B8 bolts for a B31.3 stainless steel piping system that has metallic ring gaskets. Fortunately, I found the para in B31.3 warning to use grade 2 bolts, which have higher tensile and hardness. My question now is which nuts do...- myron54
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- Forum: Pipelines, Piping and Fluid Mechanics engineering
