This is just out of curiosity, in Section IIA, specification for SA-193/SA-193M para. 10.2.2 for grade B7M requires 100% testing the hardness of each stud or bolt. My question is this: If 100% testing is mandatory, why it is also a supplementary requirement?
(This requirement is repeated under...
This is just out of curiosity, in Section IIA, specification for SA-193/SA-193M para. 10.2.2 for grade B7M requires 100% testing the hardness of each stud or bolt. My question is this: If 100% testing is mandatory, why it is also a supplementary requirement?
(This requirement is repeated under...
Thank you all for your comments. jte explains the situation very well, I wasn\'t sure if it was accepted by the code to assume the flange, the elbow and the pipe as piping and exclude it from section VIII scope. I can go either way. It seems like for the vessel manufacturer, this doesn\'t make...
The geometric scope of Section VIII is defined in Div 1 paragraph U-1(e)(1) as follows; where external piping are to be connected to the vessel
(a) the welding end connection for the first circumferential joint for welded connections
(c) the face of the first flanged for bolted, flanged...
