rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
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Is the first time that i am involved in an specification that replace standard ellbows by induction heate bend pipe.
The enginneering company propose that alternative as a way of saving welds during construction.
The enginneering company propose that alternative as a way of saving welds during construction.





RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Does ANSI B31.1 and B31.3 accepts this type of spool construction.?
Luis
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Why should You do that, heating pipe is to my knowledge more expesive then a few welds more, what does it do to the material?
up to 4" saw a lot of cold bending.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Fabricom used to offer spools consisting of several induction bends and straight elements, to reduce welds. The service was and maybe still is available in UK and Belgium. From memory I am pretty sure the work complied with B31.3.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Watch for heat treatment and cooling as the material proeprties can be seriously affected. Post bending hardness tests and wall thickness checks are required on all bends.
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Also: There's usually a good reason why everyone does it that way
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Both B31.1 and B31.3 permit bending. Suggest that you review Section 129 of B31.1.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
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RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Induction bends were used extensively on the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska gas/oil processing facilities beginning in the late 1970's after extensive testing to confirm the ability of the bends to meet required low temperture toughness properties as well as the tensile properties. They have also been used in many other USA petrochemical facilities.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Seems people think they can eliminate a pipeline cold bending machine.
Independent events are seldomly independent.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
have never seen prefabrication and installation of bend pipes instead of ellbows in the proposal of the engineering companies.
I will have to think about this process for the piping construction, As many of you said a procedure for heat bending should be approved for every P number, diameter and schedule,also traceablity must be stablished for every pipe bend.
By the way, ANSI B31.1 has a more detailed description that 31.3 in the scope of this pipe bending. I have not read any limit in the diameter of the pipe to bend
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
So the price goes up.
Also, there is a limit in designing, because of the greater radius.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Is the induction pipe bending able to copy the standard ellbow radio (1.5D).?
The plant during service can erosion and corrosion and sometimees and sometimes a bend mut be replaced, in the middle of nothing you can have and standrad ellbow but not a bending computarized machine. How can that be replaced in the case that radio is not thesame than a LR ellbow.
i repeat, is my first time with this and is reason for my many and long question
I have appreciate a lot your answers.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
Refer to ASME B31.3 304.2.1 and 304.7.2, as well as 332.2 thru 332.4 (based on the 2006 edition).
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
But if you take a piece of pipe and bend it, you still have two ends...unless the bend has really long tangents on either end, where are the savings in welding costs?
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
You can make spools with more bends in it.
But practically there are little savings.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
In a large, on-ground, single plane situation - where the pipe fab group already has the portable hot bending machines and heat treatment method and the trained operators and the access to the bends ... It can work.
But if your are in limited spaces, consider how you are going to work in three-D bends? Multiple bends in the same plane? You end up with needing 2x welds for each elbow that is replaced by a "long tangent length + bend + long tangent length" . And all of those "long tangent lengths + bend + long tangent lengths" need to be lifted into position and held there in position by heavier cranes as you weld up each section of pipe to its predecessor and successor.
RE: rreplacement of buttweld ellbows by heat bend pipe
racookpe1978 captures the disadvantages of such a practice.