Gussets on 2" steam drum for level gauges
Gussets on 2" steam drum for level gauges
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At work the steam drums are running. During a vibration survey I found that some of the 2" nozzles that had the gussetts on them had the gussetts cut off. The are supporting level gauges and teh 2 pipe is sch 160.
Looking in the code to find and verify if that is a code violation or were they merely for shipping but can not find anything for sure.
No notes on the vendor documents stating one thing or the other.
Any one got a clue as to the code on this?
thanks a lot
Looking in the code to find and verify if that is a code violation or were they merely for shipping but can not find anything for sure.
No notes on the vendor documents stating one thing or the other.
Any one got a clue as to the code on this?
thanks a lot





RE: Gussets on 2" steam drum for level gauges
gr2vessels
RE: Gussets on 2" steam drum for level gauges
RE: Gussets on 2" steam drum for level gauges
Cheers,
gr2vessels
RE: Gussets on 2" steam drum for level gauges
The gussets were cut off for a reason. I believe the guy who cut them off did the right thing, considering that the steam drum would be operating at a temperature above 20 °C. The differential thermal expansion could cause cracks on the nozzle or gusset welds.
If the nozzles and the level gauge are doing fine without the gussets, just leave them as they are. I would totally cut off the gussets and remove them from sight so that inspectors or operators would not be wondering why the gussets were cut off.
Cheers!