Pressure vessels are weakened when nozzles must be introduced, and reinforcement is required to compensate. Presented here are two methods for calculating the necessary reinforcement When pressure ...

Understand how to easily apply and implement the quality requirements defined in the ASME B31.3 Code with Weld Australia’s three-day course in December 2024. Facilitated by US expert, Jim E. Meyer, a ...

Part UG-22 of Section VIII of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code says that vessel designers must account for any expected loads on a vessel, in addition to the internal and external pressure ...

Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., has announced it has received Certificates of Authorization in accordance with Section III Division 1 of the American ...

When an ASME Code stamped pressure vessel is built, it is fabricated to the specifications of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Repairs, however, are covered by the National Board Inspection ...

ASME is taking a role in promoting small modular reactors and hydrogen fuel. Additive manufacturing may have future applications in pressure technology. Engineers also need to pay attention to AI and ...

Pipeline operators strive to operate their assets in optimal conditions to deliver product at required volumes and quality. They must also monitor and manage integrity threats to extend the useful ...

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board recently released a final report detailing the cause of an industrial incident that launched a large pressure vessel 150 m, killing four ...

Pressure-relief devices (PRDs) play a critical role in the hydrocarbon processing industry. They act as the last line of defense in protecting plant equipment from overpressure and are mandated by the ...