UCS-66(a)(2) states the governing thickness of a casting shall be its largest nominal thickness.
What about a casting valve body if it is required to follow ASME, which its thickness is various at different locations?
Usually the wall thickness at the mechanical connection will be the...
I have a question regarding strength verification between the bonnet and body of a valve.
Please see the attached drawing, which is for a manual gate valve.
ASME16.34 only has bolting strengh verification. How about the flanges on the body and bonnet? Are there any formulas?
If using ASME...
I have a question regarding heat treatment of steel casting.
Is it acceptable/ok if a 9 hrs heat treatment chart shows an interruption - lets say 10 minutes?
Thanks in advance.
Dear everyong,
If a pressure vessel or system is designed to 300 psi, is it allowed to set up the setting pressure of a safety device to 1.1 times design pressure?
Thanks in advance.
Need helps for the valves fabricated by welding.
A valve uses a tee as body with flanges welded on and is designed by using B16.34 as a guide, but not exactly followed.
Per ASME B16.34, welds of this type of valves should be NDT examed. I understand that the formula used for calculating wall...
