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I'm currently working in an oil and gas project and i faced a problem , i have a 20'' Flange that the inside dia is smaller to my 20'' pipe (about 2-3 mm smaller), in ASME B31.3 is stated trimming is permissible for pipe to pipe but doesn't mention flange to pipe situation...
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I've found myself greatly confused about welding positions in WPS as per ASME Sec IX. At first i thought that the same table for WPQ (QW-461.9) was also used for writing WPS, i.e : i work in the field of storage tanks so the main positions we use are 1G, 2G, 3G, 5F and 6G (SMAW and...
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So i've got an issue with a project, we need to find an equivalent to a material from a french code which is TU37C, because it's unavailable in the market -we have only astm material-. I've done some researches and i've found out that likes of A106 Gr A, A192.. are equivalent but...
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I'm still a newbie in this field (junior engineer with only 2 months xp) and i've got a task to do the nde map for a new project of storage tanks, my colleague told me to refer to the API 650 para 8.1.2 to understand how to do it. At this point everything is good but there's...
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So there is this issue that i'm trying to deal with in a project for a tank storage and it's about calculating the amount of filler metal consumables needed for the project. I've done some searches and i found a=this formula :
W = A * Rho * L * 1/E
Where :
W is the weld metal...
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I have a quick question, how many repairs can we make to a bottom of a storage tank before it is required for us to replace it all ? If it is mentioned in API 653 which section will i found it ?
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I'm a recently graduated engineer in Welding and thanks to God i was also able to get a job not so long after my graduation as a junior engineer in welding for a company that essentially build tank storage, boiler and pressure vessel. It's been only one month since i started...
