MHS1988, I did have ring type flange from plate but more that 20 years ago. Lost the detail record. What I can recall is , the long strip shall be cut in the longitudinal direction, i.e., following the fiber or grain direction, so you will roll in the hard way to form a ring, similar to roll the...
UG-46 is very clear what minimum size of manway or inspection hole must have. As long as you meet that criteria, your entering of the manhole is at your own risk, no one can stop you. Any concern, you'd better hire a hole watch to recue you in time. However, making sure well ventilation and no...
"M" grade is the common industrial practice for wet sour service to prevent stress corrosion cracking. This is also in NACE. Please do not argue with it. We use "M" grade for numerous wet sour service vessels.
Do not use SS to CS flange, not just the galvanic corrosion, but also the different...
To make it simple, if there is pressure difference between inside and outside at any "section" of the stand pipe, that section is pressure part. So called "standpipe" can mean many things. You can classify the standpipe per pressure code or piping code, not a big deal.
Some people here will need to be educated to understand what "SIF" is before making any unrelated nonsense comments that wasting people's time to read or reply.
SIF can be roughly considered as stress concentration factor, which will multiply to the theocratical calculated stress to make the...
Don't understand what you guys are talking about, but you have only two choices, using power torque wrench, or bolt tensioner (we use it for bolt 1.5" diameter or larger, some company may use it 2" and larger).
How much for the torque for torque wrench, or elongation for bolt tensioner and...
Go to 4th Edition Pressure Vessel Design Manual by Dennis Moss, Procedure 4-11, Design of saddle supports for large vessel, you will see unit check rib plates. 3rd edition has similar. When people do not read books, they can't guide you. Many things in pressure vessel are not covered by codes or...
95% of vessels come with reinforcing pads on nozzles. Back gouging is very common before putting the first pass from the other side for all kinds of reasons.
Ignore r6155 comments.
I have designed many 900 mm or 36" vessels. Too many people in this post making things complicate, and lack of vision for convenience for maintenance purpose in the future.
Here are the thinking process;
1. Ask Process engineer to resize to 36" OD or 38" OD such that standard B16.46 series A or...
Cat "C" or "A" ? It is "C" which is considered as an integral forging/machined piece welded to plate. and which can have less stringent NDE requirements than A or B as indicated in many vessel specifications from oil companies or engineering firms.
Even the forging piece will be tapered and...
Strong technical knowledge is what you need. Ronak Patel has mentioned several books that I already have and studied through my entire career.
Two more for your references if you can still find them.
- Pressure Vessel Systems, a user's guide to safe operations and maintenance, by Anthony Kohan...
