I am in a jam with a vendor who processed the holes in an ERW SA-53-B Pipe and put a hole in the weld seam. What requirements do I need to do to make sure the shell is usable and the weld seam has not been affected? Do I need to perform RT work on the seam? Is the hole through the Category A...
I am in a pinch. My fabricator cannot weld a stainless steel vessel that is 12" nominal with two elliptical heads on each end of the shell, with an overall length of 24". One of the circumferential joints is already welded, and they are concerned that the will not be able to get the full...
I have a customer requesting to add to the length of pipe on a pipe structure, consisting of a 6" Sch. 40 pipe and two weld neck flanges welded to each end, for a piping system that we have already constructed. The 6" Sch. 40 pipe needs to grow by 1-7/8". The customer asked us to add the...
I work for a contract manufacturer and we have a designed part that uses API 5L Piping Material and we need to to know what standard we can follow to weld them together. Do we have to have certified welders under API 1104 or can we use our ASME certified welders? Any help or guidance is greatly...
I have a customer who is requesting cyclic calculations on a few vessels for them. What is the best software to run a fatigue analysis on a pressure vessel? I use SolidWorks for my CAD and Codeware Compress for my ASME calculations. Is the module within SolidWorks Simulation suitable? I have...
I am currently designing a vertical vessel at 10,000 PSI and the customer wants some piping to come off the 2-1/16" API 6A Flange that pipes down from the outlet to the bottom of the vessel and continue on to another process. What type of pipe (schedule, grade, etc.) is commonly used in...
I am currently designing a pig launcher for a customer. It is a 16 to 12 inch pig launcher, and i selected API 5L Grade X-52 SMLS Pipe for both the 16" and 12" line. My problem I am having is the flanges that are attached at the various locations on the pig launcher are of ANSI Specs. The...
I am looking for some help regarding the ASME Section VIII code. I work for a fabricator that is certified to ASME Section VIII Div. 1. We had a customer approach us on a vessel that has an MAOP of 10,000 psi. Does this fall under Division 1? Or will I have to use my calculation software under...
