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  1. billMcL

    Code question

    We have a 165psi MAWP ASME stamped air tank on new construction portable construction equipment. Air suppied by large compressor. From vessel is 6-inch sched40 discharge piping. This piping has both slip on flanges and welded tee and elbow fittings with pipe to pipe butt joints. Discharge...
  2. billMcL

    Compressed air line weld joint

    Part of the assembly we manufacture has a large volume air compressor. There is steel piping coming off of an air storage tank (an ASME "U" stamped vessel with a MAWP of 150 psi.) The safety relief valve is also 150 psi. The steel piping is carbon steel 4" dia. sched. 40. The welded joints...
  3. billMcL

    pipe code question

    What code covers the welding of steel pipe lines coming from an ASME Section 8 stamped compressed air receiver? Is this the ANSI B31.9 code? (the system has a 130 psi safety relief pressure). Does the applicable code require certified welders to make the pipe welds?
  4. billMcL

    pipe weld question

    A large machine we build and sell has an air compressor that feeds an air holding tank. The compressor is either diesel or electric motor driven. The air holding tank is an ASME "U" stamped pressure vessel, MAWP is 250 psi. There is a short pipe piece that connects the air compressor to the...
  5. billMcL

    Pipe weldment question

    Newbie here- A large machine we build and sell has an air compressor that feeds an air holding tank. The compressor is either diesel or electric motor driven. The air holding tank is an ASME "U" stamped pressure vessel, MAWP is 250 psi. There is a short pipe that connects the air compressor to...

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