Hello, I recently observed a weld on a new UL 142 Diesel tank (picture attached), but the manufacturer does not agree that welds should be ruled by AWS D1.1 and of course it does not say so in UL 142 but for me any weld at the end should be inspected by it. Opinions?
Can any one tell me if lamination in steel columns can be repaired?
We had las year a case where about 30% of the material for a project had a few less than 1 mm deepth laminations. There was a lot of discusion and it was decided that they could not be repaired, my personal opinion was that it...
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We are designing a new power plant and one of the members of the team has required to use the CVM method for the design of the Lightning system.
I´ve always used the RSM method and not the former mentioned. Also I read in an article that the CVM is not advised by many designers. What...
Dear friends, I am looking for a project for the cheapest technollogy to store potable water tanks and I was thinking on corrugated galvanized technollogy but didn´t have much luck with Mr Google, only 1 company found yet.
Can any one advise if corrugated would be cheaper than welded onsite and...
Hello, does any one know if weld calculations could be performed in Tekla? I mean the total weight of electrode to use.
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Dear friends, a client has found a cavitation problem in his exhaust systems of large 18 piston power engines, it´s happening in all heads and at the same place. Any ideas of why this is happening? please see attached pictures...
Ok I can ask now for a water PE pipeline design on a self owned property, what suystem is more practical, under ground or above? this would be a double system with 10 and 8 inches through 600 mtrs
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Hello, for an ASTM A53-B, 600 mtrs, 10 inch above ground pipe design with 60-80 C water stream, do I need to consider thermal expansion and model it with special software or is it enoutgh to make a static design?
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Hello, dose any one know if there are any kind of Pneumatic or hydraulic time delay control devices? I am looking for a rotational device that could reset my design after one minute but it is required taht it should be 100% mechanical device and 1 minute timers can´t be found in the market...
Hello, to design compressed air, propane, nitrogen and similar systems layouts what manuals or books can you experts advise to buy please
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To design an above ground PVC, ambient temperature pipeline can I asume that all segments could have fixed supports? so as I would not need special software but only design the segments as structures. And for water what standards should I use for the structural design?. Thank you...
Hello can anyone advise if cathodic protection for buried industrial pipe systems has always a current injection device?
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Does anyone have a diagram of a Thermal Oil System that can share please? also can anyone share his opinion on the advantages over steam systems for a Power Plnat?
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Any experiences/opinions on Thermal Oil Systems anyone?
A manufacturer´s website says this:
Essential advantages of thermal oil compared to with steam:
-high boiling point at atmospheric pressure,
-"no-pressure" units up to 350°C possible
-no tendency for corrosion and caking,
-no...
Dear friends, what methods do you use to prepare metal structure welds and struture edges before painting? At many projects when mechanics had only used metal brush rust appears after a short time. Do you advise chemical cleaning?
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just to make sure dear community: please confirm that a WPS according to AWS D1.1 chapter 3 is for base materials and joints included in this chapter and chapter 4 is for new joint designs not included in chapter#?
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