On 11/26/2009 4:06:46 PM, adiaz wrote:
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>API it's an acronym<
==> nobody said it was not, all Engineers know API.
==> especially myself as a retired Process Control & Instrumentation Consultant.
>510 the number for a publication: API
>510 (8Th 1997 52P) Pressure Vessel
>Inspection Code.
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The publication you are referring too is outdated by 10 years:
"
API 510
Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: Maintenance Inspection, Rating,
Repair, and Alteration
(ANSI/API 510-2006)
(Purchase includes addenda to the current edition of the code)
Covers the in-service inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating activities for
pressure vessels and the pressure- relieving devices protecting these vessels.
This inspection code applies to most refining and chemical process vessels
that have been placed in service. This includes:
� vessels constructed in accordance with an applicable construction code;
� vessels constructed without a construction code (non-code)-A vessel not
fabricated to a recognized construction code and meeting no known recognized
standard;
� vessels constructed and approved as jurisdictional special based upon
jurisdiction acceptance of particular design, fabrication, inspection, testing,
and installation;
� nonstandard vessels-A vessel fabricated to a recognized construction
code but has lost it's nameplate or stamping. Pages: 56
9th Edition | June 2006 | Product Number: C51009 | Price: $146.00"
......... API is now at the age of electronic books.
Browse their web site(ssss) for update and +.
jmG