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API 650 Tanks

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Scary999

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Aug 13, 2020
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What is the maximum that a lap welded top angle can extend past the top of the shell plate?
 
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Try posting this in the storage tank forum perhaps??

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According to API 650 figure F.2, twice the shell plate thickness is the max the heel of the angle can extend above the tank shell.
 
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