I am looking to remove an existing pipe shoe which is currently welded on and replace with a clamp-on shoe (no welding required) However, the existing shoe will likely have to be cut off of the existing 8" pipe. Will I need to hydrotest the piping since the shoe was cut off from the pipe surface?
I was given a chemical analysis report and asked to review. I'm finding that the Si value is higher than listed in the standard chemical requirements. Any comments on this? Is this something I should be concerned with??
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I am currently working on a design for some noise mitigation which involves piping that requires new acoustic lagging. Some of the piping has existing acoustic lagging. The bare piping where new lagging is required will also require an attenuation. What is the best practice or option for...
I have done my wall thickness calc for straight pipe which works for the fitting in my spec. Upon doing the calc for pipe bend with the same material I find that my intrados min wall thickness is higher than than w.t. of the fitting. Is there an exception in the code to get around this issue...
