BUTT AND WAP V.S. ADHESIVE BONDED
MR GVANBEEK:
THANKS FOR YOU VALUABLE INFORMATION, THE MORE IMPORTANT INTITUTIONS (NAVY, API )RECCOMENDED BUTT & WRAP.FOR THE OFFSHORE "FIREWATER SYSTEM". IN THE GULF OF MEXICO(TEXAS AND LOUISIANA, THE 95.0% OF THE COMPANIES USING BUTT & WRAP) IT IS MORE...
WHAT JOIN SYSTEM RECOMMENDED FOR OFFSHORE PLATFORMS(OIL ANS GAS)?
I HAD 2 EXPERINCES WITH ADHESIVE BONDED IN OFFSHORE, ONE THE DESIGN RANGE OF PRESSURE: 225 P/SI, IN THE HYDROTEST PROOF 335PSI, THE ADHESIVE BONDED JOIN CRACK IN 40 MINUTES, AND THE SECOND IN CAMPECHE BAY, A CONLEY PIPE SYSTEM 225...
IN ACCORDANCE WITH IMO A753(18)LEVEL 3 FIRE ENDURANCE, WHERE THE PIPING SYSTEM IS INITIALY DRY AND THEM FILLED WITH FLOWING WATER WITHIM FIVE MINUTES OF EXPOSURE TO FIRE.