Hi,
Why API prohivited the use of drilled and tapped hole on tubesheet since 2018 ?
(but TEMA 10th Edition added the clause about collar bolt and drilled hole since 2019.)
Did API discovered the something of bad things about drilled and tapped hole ?
Quote:
Supplementary Specification
to API...
hi,
Our company manufactures shell and tube heat exchanger.
current spec is following:
◎code : ASME sec.VIII div.1-1998(by customer's local regulation)
◎working pressure…shell:0.2MPa /channel:6.3MPa
◎design pressure…channel:7.0Mpa
◎hydrostatic test pressure…channel:11.0Mpa(by customer's...