ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
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HELLO,
AS IT'S EXPOSED FROM ANOTHER POST, I HAVE THE SAME DOUBT, I ADD A PDF:
"M1Can (Mechanical) 23 Nov 06 9:51
I am looking for some help interpreting the required thickness of a semielipsoidal head with a manway. In the past we sized the head thickness based on a blank unstayed head and provided reinforcement for the manway opening ( Re PG-29-4)
But we were recently reviewing a new customers calculations and they size the thickness of the head per PG-29.3 which results in a head thickness of almost double that required for a blank unstayed head ( although no reinforcement is required).
I think it comes down to what is considered "a flanged in manway" , is this an opening integral to the head ie pressed in. The frames for the manways we have experience with are bar rolled and welded into the head , which we check to ensure that they provide adequate reinforcement for the opening.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated"
PG-29.7 FORCE TO USE FOR A ELLIPSOIDAL HEAD (2:1 KORBOGGEN) THE EQUATION T=5PL/4.8Sw.
THANKS
AS IT'S EXPOSED FROM ANOTHER POST, I HAVE THE SAME DOUBT, I ADD A PDF:
"M1Can (Mechanical) 23 Nov 06 9:51
I am looking for some help interpreting the required thickness of a semielipsoidal head with a manway. In the past we sized the head thickness based on a blank unstayed head and provided reinforcement for the manway opening ( Re PG-29-4)
But we were recently reviewing a new customers calculations and they size the thickness of the head per PG-29.3 which results in a head thickness of almost double that required for a blank unstayed head ( although no reinforcement is required).
I think it comes down to what is considered "a flanged in manway" , is this an opening integral to the head ie pressed in. The frames for the manways we have experience with are bar rolled and welded into the head , which we check to ensure that they provide adequate reinforcement for the opening.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated"
PG-29.7 FORCE TO USE FOR A ELLIPSOIDAL HEAD (2:1 KORBOGGEN) THE EQUATION T=5PL/4.8Sw.
THANKS





RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
Which is your question?
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RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
Then, if I apply this, I have a head thickness of almost double that required for a blank unstayed head, independant on the reinforcement.
Thats why I ask about what is a flanged-in manhole exactly. Is a little bit amazing, because in asme VIII div.1 this case haven't this difference between a head with manhole and without it.
RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
This is not your case, so you don't need to use the second half of UG-29.7, and your approach (per PG-29.4) appears correct to me.
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RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
I add a image in wich you can see what I think it is. Is it correct?
RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
I have seen nothing in this post that says the manway is actually flued.
I see a standard weld in manway, which is drawn incorrectly by the way.
RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
The point to be understood first is that boilers were the very first types of pressure vessel built, and the code maintains rules for fabrication procedures that are obsolete in industry, as are many related terms.
Anyway I wouldn't worry too much with the attached flue, as PG-29.3 is for a dished head (typically a 6% crown radius, see 29.13) and you are dealing with an ellipsoidal head. For sure the flanged opening supported by an attached flue does not resemble your photo: I think it has to do, like the flanged-in type, with the so called autoclave closures, where an oval cover is on inside of vessel and is kept into position by the internal pressure, not by bolting. Whether attached means welded or else I don't know, but who cares, it's something we'll never see anymore...
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http://www.megamag.it : Magnetic brakes for fun rides
http://www.levitans.com : Air bearing pads
RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
vesselfab, why is it incorrectly draw in the first add?
RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
that is a ringed elliptical manway
a flue is formed in the head
the neck is not welded in
see ug-38 in code for a picture
RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
RE: ASME I PG-29 DISHED HEADS
no it is not a flued opening, for the second time
not my job to teach drafting technique...sorry
find a qualified engineer somewhere near you and pay him to tutor you