Our safety man is having an issue with a contractor on site who wants to work in the area where vessel hydrostatic testing is taking place. Years ago in some documents or code it said that only personal taking part with the hydrostatic test shall be in the area. I said this and the contractor...
In ASME Section VIII Div 1 UG-20 MDMT includes the lowest operating temperature e.g. atmospheric except as permitted in (f) (3): states the Occasional operating temperatures colder than -20 deg F. are acceptable when due to lower seasonal atmospheric temperature.
Could someone explain what is...
We are looking for a replacement PSV and an Engineering Firm that we used has given me a spec. and the flanges are rated as per B16.5 -81, I can not find -81 in ASME B16.5, can someone point me in the right direction?
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I have two vertical fired heaters, the heater’s tubes are supported at the bottom on the U tube and at the top the tube is held to the furnace wall with a Bull horn bracket. (The bull horn bracket holds two tubes and is held to the wall with a pin that is connected to a wall clip between the...
How is an amperage check on a welding machine done (SMAW)? I clamped an amp meter on the lead and the amp meter showed lower than the set reading on the welding machine. This welder did have a remote but I thought that clamping it near the machine would be more accurate. This did cause some...
