does anybody have experience in operating LO-Cat plants? looking for feedback on potential operational or corrosion problems, any exotic materials which need to be used, special piping set ups with rodding tees?
Metalsinc. If you sent the file to Yahoo and it was returned would you mind re-sending, ...my Yahoo address had lapsed, I have reactivated it...thks Aybee
Rich2001...handy link good stuff in there
Aybee
does anybody have a formula for weld cooling time to prevent cracking in carbon steel welds ..ie 800-500degree temperature drop time? I got one but I think I set it up incorrectly into my spreadsheet as it gives wierd times
Wahlbanger most Australia States require Design Verification and 3rd Party Inspection if AS4343/AS3920.1 calls up the vessel or pipe as hazardous, the degree of Hazard determines the need or otherwise of the Verification and Inspection...Aybee.
carthago.. there are thickness detection "crawlers" which can traverse tank floors and sides of tanks which will take UT readings as they go store them and can provide a read out on a PC which shows the floor area thickness in colour variations as a function of the thickness read. These...
agree with all the other guys have said, have you considered a single piece forging for the flange with cylindrical shell sections for attachement to head and to shell.that way you can get good shell/head to flange section welds , lower stresses at the flange to shell attachment..Aybee
