Thanks for your help on this. This cleared up alot of questions myself and others. I was always thinking the code was contradicting itself because of that table and footnote.
IFRs,
If I have a shell that is 5/16" thk. and the repad is 5/16" thick will the neck of the manway be 1/4" thk according to the table or is it supposed to be 5/16"thk according to footnote b?
I'm having difficulty trying to figure out the thickness of a shell manway. Should I use table 5-4b or always refer to footnote b?
Any help would be appreciated.