Good morning,
I've come across an issue in the field where a welder used a 1" sw 3000# elbolet in place of a 1" sw 3000# latrolet on a straight run of piping.
Besides the obvious flow restrictions (which in this case are very negligble), I haven't found anything in B31.3 that says this can't...
You're very correct IFRs, but I don't think anyone though of that while I was gone and now it's welded, hydro-tested, and nearly ready for commissioning.
There are a lot of solutions they could have used... but unfortunately they did not. Which is why I was looking for a code specification...
Just to clarify the situation a little more:
I am the contractor QA/QC inspector. There is no client inspector on site (there should be but she isn't). My partner accepted this weld. If I go to the construction manager and ask it to be replaced, the odds are I am out of a job; however, I...
Gentlemen,
The responses have been great!
Unfortunately I don't think I will be able to reject the weld because without a code requirement, or specification, the client will most likely accept it as they are in a time crunch.
If I had been there during the process I may have been able to...
Good afternoon,
I am currently working on a power plant project which is being constructed to ASME B31.3. We came across an issue where a 6" flanged connection was immediately suppose to be welded to a 6" elbow; however, the gap was over 3/4" and production decided to weld a "pup" piece of less...