Are we talking Casting, or forgings. I believe you can send material to be re tested, but i would guess you would have to prove its from the same heat lot, and batch and all that good stuff. Castings have a CSL level which is dictated by API-20A so that also has to be considered. As for are the...
Here's the question, what if you already have equipment that has been manufactured and test that you have already stamped with your 20th edition stand, can you sell it after Nov 1st with the stamp on it since it was manufacturer and tested prior to of do you have to remove the stamp?
With the switch to 6A 21st edition and 16A, How does this work for existing orders, If I receive an order today, but it will not ship till after Nov 1st, but the customer asked for the latest edition at the time of the quote, which would have been 20th edition, can it be stamped or not?
API requires that a product being manufactured, regardless of the order date, be to the current edition at the time of shipping in order to receive a monogram. They should have informed you when you requited a quote. But I can say many companies will have this same issue.
Reading through both of these specs it has been pointed out that Inlay Ring Groove need to be Hardness tested. It has always been my understanding that the PQR is what can be used to verify the weld inlay is as hard as the base material. A new Engineering is suggesting that the spec is really...
