Can anyone point me in the direction of some information of welding electrode storage requirements? I am currently looking over a proposed procedure for filler metal identification, storage, and handling and need something to verify the data against. An example of the data being verified is the...
Does anyone now of some good metallurgy training courses? I am a young API inspector wanting to educate myself in metallurgy and corrosion issues associated with the oil refining industry. I have 10 years refinery experience and am quite versed with API 571. I am also interested in refractory...
Where would I find the maximum allowable distance between piping flanges prior to bolt up? This is assuming no spacer will be installed between the flanges. I know this is a matter of piping fit-up, but I need to know in what code and where I can find the maximum allowable distance. I first...
I have a FCCU Flue gas furnace that posses a superheater with SA-335 Gr P22 tubes. The tubes are 2.875” O.D. with a .218” thickness. This superheater had a tube failure during operation. The decision was made to by-pass the superheater rather than performing an entry to asses the damage. These...
I have a piping system constructed of A106 carbon steel pipe. This piping is too constructed per ASME B31.1 piping code. The nominal thickness is greater than .750” thus requiring heat treatment per the code. This piping was constructed in the year 2000 and has not seen service. We have no...
