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ASME U stamp required for nozzles welding?

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uallido

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Mar 15, 2009
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We are an italian company, manufacturer of vertical SS316 tanks for food and beverage industry. We have a job where an american customer requires a tank with a heating jacket (made by pillow plate) and only the jacket must be U stamp. We have found an italian supplier that can sell to us a pillow plate already welded to a base plate that will be the ferrule of our tank. The idea is to receive the (flat) base plate with U stamped pillow plate already welded on, to roll bend the base plate and form tank ferrule, to close the ferrule by longitudinal welding, to weld nozzles to pillow plate jacket, to inflate the pillow plate, then to finish all tank.

The problem is we don't know if the welding of nozzles to pillow plate can 'break' the U stamping of the jacket.. it is enough to use an ASME IX PQR? must be this welding covered by U stamp? (we are not U stamp company).
Do you have any suggestion?
Thanks, Ually

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Once the equipment has been stamped you typically cannot any physical modifications to the pressure boundary without invalidating the "U" stamp. In this case you would probably want to have an National Board Inspection Code "R" stamp holder make the necessary modifications. You can find a listing of all the "R" stamp holders here:


Personally I think it was kind of silly to require the manufacturer to Code stamp the heating jacket as it just creates headaches. For example if anyone decides at some point in the future that they need to weld a clip to the jacket, technically they would have to bring out an Authorized Inspector, prepare a weld procedure in accordance with ASME Section IX, prepare an R-1 form, perform a hydrotest, etc. etc.


-Christine
 
Dear Christine,
thanks for your clear answer, i think will contact an R stamp holder (there are some near to me) and will modify (bend rolling the plate and welding inflating nozzles) and will recertificate the jacket.
Best Regards, Ually
 
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