Sounds like you have a fun AI.
When I was an AI, I never made a call without a reference, and always made an effort to work with the client to find a solution. Try to work with your AI and find that solution. Honestly if this is a sticking point, THEY should be contacting their supervisor...
If it’s still not being stamped, then by code rules it would be fine as is. If however, you want to stamp that vessel, and the contract is dated this year, it will have to be done to the 2021 code. All this really means practically is you verify that the calcs and drawing still meet the new...
Hopefully this is a more fun topic.
What laser engravers do y'all use for making nameplates for Section VIII Div 1? I'm going shopping. We have an antiquated etcher that takes forever.
I would ask your AI who will be signing off on it, they will be the ultimate decision maker, and it should be a quick phone call. I would say R-1 is fine, but again, I'm not signing it.
I don't have any official documented source, just what I've been told by code committee members over the past few years. I don't think you'll get any other source on the topic until they just do it in 2023 or 2025 or whenever.
We are building a heat exchanger in which the shell side is built to asme code sec viii-1 and the tube side is exempt by U1c2f. I've come from a HX shop that always code stamped both sides even if exempt, but that is not the standard here. They are designed to code, but the standard is to...
