Horizontal pressure vessel saddle reinforcement thickness measurement
Horizontal pressure vessel saddle reinforcement thickness measurement
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Hi,
I want to know if a NDE method exists to be able to measure the available thickness of a saddle reinforcement pad welded on a horizontal pressure vessel and installed on a concrete foundation as shown in the following picture (see red arrow).
The pad in made from SA-516 Gr. 70 plate, 1'' thick X 37'' wide. A 3/8'' fillet weld exist all around the reinforcement pad.
Thanks in advance!
Hcjulien
I want to know if a NDE method exists to be able to measure the available thickness of a saddle reinforcement pad welded on a horizontal pressure vessel and installed on a concrete foundation as shown in the following picture (see red arrow).
The pad in made from SA-516 Gr. 70 plate, 1'' thick X 37'' wide. A 3/8'' fillet weld exist all around the reinforcement pad.
Thanks in advance!
Hcjulien





RE: Horizontal pressure vessel saddle reinforcement thickness measurement
Or are you just trying to measure the actual thickness in several areas on the middle of the pad?
Considered UT?
And I don't know if it's just that the scale of the other objects in the picture is throwing me off, but that pad and weld look a lot thinner than 1" and 3/8".
-TJ Orlowski
RE: Horizontal pressure vessel saddle reinforcement thickness measurement
Need to know if another NDE method is available to measure the integrity of the pad by the side of the pad...
Thanks in advance,
hcjulien
RE: Horizontal pressure vessel saddle reinforcement thickness measurement
What should be of concern is the vessel wall thickness. Take some dimensions on the OD, and go inside and UT the vessel for remaining wall thickness. This being a pressure vessel, Internal Inspx is mandatory.