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  1. NGiLuzzu

    Painting procedures & reports generation SOFTWARE TOOL

    Every day we find ourselves to issue numerous procedures, instructions, reports and painting certificates, by manually entering the same data more than once in different MS Word or Excel files. I feel the need for a tool in which I can enter the data set of each single supply once and for...
  2. NGiLuzzu

    Shell DEP 39.01.10.12-Gen. latest edition?

    The February 2015 edition of the Shell DEP 39.01.10.12-Gen. specification still amends and supplements ISO 15156:2009 standard, which in the meantime has been superseded by ANSI / NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156:2015. (See also thread338-420050 for more background on previous editions). Is Anyone...
  3. NGiLuzzu

    Table A.2 of NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156, Part 3: 2016 edition (Austenitic SS’s in “sour” services)

    I’m not sure on how the table in object should be read. Do both the 2nd and the 3rd rows refer to “Austenitic stainless steel from materials type described in A.2”? So those materials should be used for service fluids with: - chlorides concentrations ≤ 50 mg/l or - H2S partial...
  4. NGiLuzzu

    EN 488 valve type testing facilities (Preinsulated steel valves for District Heating)

    Hi to All!! Can anybody suggest a laboratory capable of performing the compression and bend type tests described in Annex B and Annex C of EN 488:2015 standard? (For more reference, see also: - http://www.techstreet.com/standards/bs-en-488-2015?product_id=1905955; -...
  5. NGiLuzzu

    ôNewö butterfly valve designs (ôPiggableö, ôQuadruple Offsetö, etcà) from Germany

    Dear Forum Fellow Members, here in old Europe, we Italians - for instance - are usually considered to be more creative and imaginative than Germans, which are regarded as more strict and conservative instead. Maybe in the case of industrial valves this is not valid anymore ;-)...
  6. NGiLuzzu

    ANSI/FCI-70-2-2013: Control Valve Seat Leakage

    Although the Foreword itself says that “the 2013 revision consisted of clarifications and editorial changes”, I believe useful to signal that the document in object has been officially released. For other discussions about the previous editions of the same, please take a look at...
  7. NGiLuzzu

    Shell TAT for (On/Off) Actuators

    With reference to archived thread408-261757, I just found out that February 2011 edition of Shell DEP 31.40.70.30-Gen. specification about QUARTER-TURN ACTUATORS FOR ON/OFF VALVES provides for a Type Approval Testing (TAT) procedure: see APPENDIX A, page 39. Has anybody undertaken the venture...
  8. NGiLuzzu

    API 607, 6th Edition (2010) & ISO 10497, 3rd Edition (2010)

    With reference to closed thread408-165885 and to thread809-293830, it must be noticed that between 2004 and 2005 ISO and API decided to create a common standard, so ISO 10497, 2nd Edition (2004) and API 607, 5th Edition (2005) were officially identical. In the next revision (dated 2010)...
  9. NGiLuzzu

    API 607 and ISO-FT industrial valves marking

    With reference to closed thread809-203817 regarding industrial valves fire testing and marking, it must be noticed that between 2004 and 2005 ISO and API decided to create a common standard, so ISO 10497, 2nd Edition (2004) and API 607, 5th Edition (2005) were officially identical, including...
  10. NGiLuzzu

    Hysteresis & Dead Band Tests on (electric actuated) ON/OFF valves (!)

    Dear All, as long as I know, the tests in object are typically applicable to control valves, especially when (smart) positioners are present. Maybe You'll want to refer to IEC 60534 standard, Part 1 (July 2005) and Part 4 (June 2006) for definitions and/or to Shell DEP...
  11. NGiLuzzu

    EN 12567 (2000) Type tests for on-off LNG valves

    The European Standard in object defines the requirements and the "appropriate verification tests" applicable to "insulation valves for LNG". Has anyone ever faced the requirements of this standard? Has anyone ever executed one of the type tests described in its Annex A or Annex B ...
  12. NGiLuzzu

    EN 12300 for final CLEANING of cryo-tested valves

    Dear All, almost all the Customer Specifications about cryogenic testing of industrial valves assume the form of an amendment and/or supplement to BS 6364 standard, an old one... but in many case the only one applicable, as of today! (See, for reference, also...
  13. NGiLuzzu

    TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)

    Dear All, it recently happened to me to come across the general definition of "TRIZ" (acronym from Russian "Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch" = Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)... See, for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triz Does anybody...
  14. NGiLuzzu

    Fire Tests to FIFTH edition of API 607 (and/or ISO 10497)

    With reference to archived thread182-133010, is anybody aware of any fire tests already executed according to the 5th edition of API 607 standard? And/or according to equivalent ISO 10497, 2nd edition of 2004-08-15? Please take also a look at thread408-163274. Thanks to All, 'NGL
  15. NGiLuzzu

    Ext. Lab's for valve FIRE testing (in ITALY or near)

    With reference to archived thread408-114236 and in addition to the laboratories mentioned therein, does anybody know any other institutes able to perform tests according to API 607, ISO 10497 or similar? The area of interest is Southern Europe, in particular Italy and surrounding...
  16. NGiLuzzu

    Oil & Gas Project names DataBase

    As an industrial valve Manufacturer, my Company would be interested in a general database containing the names of all the Oil & Gas Projects worldwide... does such an animal exist? ;-) For more detail, please take a look at thread408-162221. Thans to all, 'NGL
  17. NGiLuzzu

    Chemical plants: Project names DataBase

    As an industrial valve Manufacturer, my Company would be interested in a any general database containing the names of all the new and old Chemical Industry Projects worldwide... does such an animal exist? ;-) For more detail, please take a look at thread408-162221. Thans to...
  18. NGiLuzzu

    Chemical plants, O&G Project names DataBase

    In my Company they're trying to rationalize the internal work order program and, whit that, the possible inputs for Customer reference data: Project name, type of Industry, plant Location, Engineering and End-User companies, etc... This would mean to amend the data resulting from many...
  19. NGiLuzzu

    Butterfly valve failure causing Nuclear Submarine sinking

    Dear All, maybe I'll go off the Forum topics, but I'd like to draw your attention on something it happened to me to read in these almost-summer-holiday days... I'm talking about "The Hunt for Red October" novel by Tom Clancy*, where the sinking of the fictional Soviet...
  20. NGiLuzzu

    API 622 about Valve Packing type testing

    With reference to thread408-40826, I've been informed that API standard 622 about "Type Testing of Process Valve Packing for Fugitive Emissions" is now under development. Has anybody read some draft? Does anybody know the date planned for final pubblication? Thanks, 'NGL

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