Someone had backed into the skid support putting a minor dent in the frameing resulting in residual stresses on that particular weld which resulted in cracking.
We are an Alberta Canada shop certified to B31.3, B31.1, Section VIII Div. 1 (alteration and repair). Mostly what I need to know is how far do i really need to go with this project considering the cracking was only in the weld material and not in the vessel material itself.
This vessel was brought to our shop as many other things needed to be updated, however, this was the only part of the vessel updates that required us to have an AB-40 completed.
I have recently had repair done to a repad to shell of a vessel with 45 MAWP and i am curious whether i need to place a "alteration/repair" logo on the vessel. We did not breach the envelope nore even really touch the shell. The crack was only in the weld material itself and my MT report...
