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    When is a pipe stress / expansion calcualtion needed

    @LittleInch and @twentytwo, yes that was my opinion too. But i was lacking the right wording. At first i thought OK, making a piping loop hanging from the room with chains and connect everything to flexible connections and you prevent stresses. But thinking of it i got to think you are removing...
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    When is a pipe stress / expansion calcualtion needed

    Hi, @KevinNZ here you have the same rules as far as i can see, but his comment is that the old design was the same length and had several problems with the motion restrictions. Therefore hanging piping in chains would give it enough freedom. I only are in for the safety control systems of the...
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    When is a pipe stress / expansion calcualtion needed

    Hi, I have someone here working on a 10 bar /190degC DN300 steam pipe loop. Total length is about 75m for the steamboiler and back. doesn He says that if he will mount the pipe in brackets with chains and makes all the connections flexible he doesn't need a stress or expansion analysis. I...
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    Flex analysis for piping

    Thank you I aggree with you, but I was a bit unsure. Point (a) implies that a system that is replaced by a system of the same design and materials doesn't need a analysis since it has shown it is OK. Point (b) Means that is you made a system with more or less the same specs (materials...
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    Flex analysis for piping

    @XL83NL, that is what i know too, but then again i come to the same comment as you do. "Whats mostly found in industrial plants is that either the client has specifications which outline (in much more detail) which lines need analysis, or the contractor has its own set of requirement." This...
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    Flex analysis for piping

    I tried to find a clearer answer on when it is required to perform a Flex. analysis of piping? EN13480 sets some basic requirements,but it doesn't give a clear guideline for me. It is more or less open for interpretation i think. Any ideas on this?
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    Emergency switch machine room EN378

    Exactly, the requirements in the Standard cover the basic situations. However in this case some think that the machine rooms can be seen as one, since there is an open connection of piping. In my opinion you are not able to see what happens in the other room so you need to be sure the safety of...
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    Emergency switch machine room EN378

    Not second guessing myself, but in doubt if there are any requirements in EN378 or other related standards that support this.
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    Emergency switch machine room EN378

    I have a machineroom existing of 2 floors,(basicly 2 machine rooms). They are only connected by piping coming for one floor to the other through an open hole in the room. At this point there is no Emergency switch for any of the rooms only the compressors have their own switches. Both rooms...
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    Weld bead misalignment

    How they did get it so misaligned is not clear to me. It was a standard 2 sided long. weld prepared correctly. The welder clearly started too much to one side and did not correct / notice this. But the tensile test is good over min. required value and RT did not show any problems either. Is...
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    Weld bead misalignment

    Is there anyone that can help me on this matter. I have a weld (pressure vessel long. seam)that has misaligned weld beads. I can't find anything on the allowable misalignment of weld beads. The have fusion and no fusion errors are found. Is there anyone that can help me on this question...
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    ASME B31.3

    Thank you for the reply. It is what i thought then. I agree with your comment. Unfortunately there no general code that brings ASME and EN together and both codes have their weaknesses.
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    ASME B31.3

    In EN13480 there is a limitation on the use of pad reinforcement (fig. 8.3.6-1) on piping. I have a system that is 100bar and would like to know if ASME B31.3 knows of such a limitation? I tried to find more information on this in the ASME code but was unable to find this. I would therefore...
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    Exeeding pressure rating of flange

    It's an ASME vessel, therefore i came to the same conclusion as TGS4, but is was a bit in doubt because there were perhaps some other rules i could use. I did know about the ASME B31.3 rules, but unfortunately this isn't the case. Thank you Ben Steward for your tips in this matter it helps a lot...
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    Exeeding pressure rating of flange

    Hello, I have a flange rated 150lbs that is welded into a vessel 19Bar (max 50degC). This flange has an allowable pressure of 19,5Bars @50degC. Now i would like to know if it is allowed to exeed the pressure rating with 3 bars (to 22 Bars) for a short period of time (say 8 hours),but no more...

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