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    How many times have you changed Jobs?

    Two jobs 26 years 1st job Boilermaker built tanks all across the land mainly breweries (Budweiser, Miller, Red Stripe, Presedente, Medala ect…) and distilleries ( Old Crow ,National Royal Crown ect…) lasted 20 years Loved every minute of it would not change a thing but started to get old and...
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    Hello All, I'm testing hydrostatic

    "Can be that pressure inside vessel will be higher then gauge is showing" With the pressure you have stated I would make sure all gauges have been calibrated with in 30 days of the test if there is a concern set up a test rig with multiple gauges to see the accuracy this may give you a piece...
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    1/4" SA36 plate can be rolled for shell of tank

    If you are using the ASME code then the test pressure should be 1.3 not 1.5 UG-99 If this is a hydrostatic test. If you are doing a pneumatic test then it should be at 1.1 UG-100. I would not advise anyone to use the pneumatic test if it can be avoided because of the risk....I would suggest that...
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    Vessel Extraction

    Depending on how bad the lugs are I can almost guarantee you the shell and Nozzle are in worse shape if you are afraid to pick the vessel by the lugs I damn sure would not use any other part of the vessel as it will be in as bad a shape as the lugs... since the lugs are probably the thickest...
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    Inspection Classes for QA & QC

    What type of inspection class ae you looking for and are you looking for a CWI,ASNT, ACCP, API ect... Our Company is Based in San Jose and we are a third Party Inspection Company
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    Pipe standards

    A106 GrB A106 is seamless Pipe 2"> Gr B Is the tensile strength of the steel Gr A is 48,000 GrB is 60,000
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    Cast Iron Motor Brackets

    I have some motor brackets for overhead doors that are made out of cast Iron... One of these motor brackets broke into two pieces, this is where I found Large 1/8"-1/4" air bubbles in the casting.. my question is where can I find a specification for the Minimum size of the air bubble sizes in...
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    ACCP LVII Pressured Equipment Inspector / CWI

    Just joined a couple of day ago thoutgh this was over my head but turned out I love it great website
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