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  1. Sean999

    How many copies of the BPVC does a cargo tank maker need?

    Hello: If a small-ish tank trailer manufacturing company is getting started and needs to buy the needed ASME B&PV Code, how many copies of the *same* sections would it need? A shop like this, intending to build to DOT-406, DOT-407, and MC-331, needs BPVC Sections II (Part A and B), V, VIII...
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    Transport tank design under BPVC Section VIII -- using design margin = 4.0 or 3.5 ?

    Hello: The current US hazardous materials reg's require that transport tanks for many commodities (such as non-pressure liquid tanks for gasoline built to MC-306/DOT-406, and high-pressure tanks for propane built to MC-331) use the 1998 Edition of ASME BPVC Section VIII, which calls for a...
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    Hazardous Materials Reg's incorporate by reference the 1998 Edition of BPVC - any effect?

    Hello: The U.S. Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) (at 49 CFR Parts 171–180) incorporate by reference the 1998 edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), which has now been superseded by several updated editions. The HMR primarily affects the design, manufacture and repair...

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