Dear all,
As some of you may have read in my previous post, I'm leaving my current company for a railway engineering company which I worked for about two years ago.
To make the story short, according to italian law and to my salary level, I have to give only a 7 days notice to my employer...
Dear all,
I'm an italian Mechanical Engineer with 6 years of job experience and I'm 30.
I worked for three years in a small Oil&Gas company, whose main business was elements for flow measurement and temperature measurement in pipes. Since I has to deal both with CAD design and workmen (apart...
Dear all,
I'm 29 and Five years have passed since my graduation in Mechanical Engineering.
My first job was as a designer in a small firm in the Petrochemical/Energy industry; we manufactured primary flow and temperature elements for international customers.
It was not purely technical, but it...
Hi engineers,
I was looking for yield strength of SA 537 Cl.1 and I found out that in table 5A of ASME VIII Div.2 (2010) it states 315 MPa while in table Y1 (same standard) it states 345 MPa. Ultimate tensile strength is the same in the two tables.
Do you know the reason for this difference...
Hi engineers, :-D
I've tried looking for it in the forums but couldn't find anything.
Do you have any special recommendations regarding books & references on storage tanks (API 650/620)?
I'm going to be hired in a Company which deals with them, and I would like to take a look at the...
Hi fellow engineers,
One of our Customers is asking us to size an orifice plate for Hydrochloric acid (gas) service. Pipe size is 1/2", PN 40, upstream pressure 37 barg, upstream temperature 15°C, flow about 100 kg/h.
I found out that SS 316 is not suitable for this kind of service: do you have...
Dear Eng-Tips members,
I'm an italian Mechanical Engineer and I've been working for my current Company for almost 3 years as Technical Department Engineer, immediately after graduation. We operate in Oil&Gas field and manufacture primary flow and temperature elements, skids, steam & water...
Good morning,
I've read on ASME B16.20 that for carbon steel ring joint gaskets a maximum hardness is prescribed (lower than 90 HB for soft iron, lower than 120 HB for low carbon steel). It is also recommended (but AFAIK not mandatory) that gasket hardness be lower than flange groove's.
Given...
Good Morning to you all,
I'm an italian Mechanical Engineer and I've been working in my present Company as Technical Department Engineer for almost three years. We operate in Oil, Gas & Power sector and do business with Companies all around the world.
I'm writing to you since we're facing some...
