Navigating Temporary Repairs: Risks and Compliance Essentials Post Construction Codes (PCCs) API 510/570/653 define these as temporary repairs but a feature of ASME PCC-2 is that it provides technical details and leaves the user to decide themselves. What is temporary? There’s no agreed definition of temporary. The nearest is from API codes as ‘to the next maintenance/replacement opportunity’. Temporary …
FITNESS FOR SERVICE ASSESSMENTS (FFSAs) R-R-R-R DECISIONS We see lots of FFSAs during our training and consultancy activities at WILKINSON COUTTS. With the best of intentions, things sometimes get more complicated than they need to be. Let’s simplify things…. There are only possible output decisions of a FFSA, as shown in table 1 below; Run (as-is) Re-rate Repair Replace …
Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) is a type of corrosion that can occur in metal alloys, especially in those that are used in corrosive environments. It occurs when metal components are exposed to both tensile stress and chlorides, forming cracks in the material. The damage caused by Chloride SCC can be severe and can result in material failure, leading to …
The scholarship is back! As our last winners near the end of their training programme, we’ve decided to launch this successful programme again in 2023! The info is in the flyer, but anyone undertaking their ASME Plant Inspector Level 1 course in 2023, either via e-learning or classroom delivery, has the chance to win an incredible opportunity to enhance their …
LET’S SAY (just occasionally maybe) that some reports are not as good as they could be. You’ve paid for them (or someone has) and they just don’t give value for money. We’ve designed the Wilkinson Coutts REPORTING MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP to make your reports valuable. Join our 2-day public workshop. We take a maximum of 10 delegates so we can give everyone …
HTHA – A serious threat to pressure equipment integrity. Covered extensively in our API 571 Training Course, we’re often asked about HTHA. When carbon steel is used to manufacture pressure equipment for hydrogen-containing (gaseous or liquid, even when it is a constituent portion of a fluid) service, the service conditions should be limited to avoid High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA). …
Sometimes, A Little Change Is A Good Thing Fitness For Service Training – API 579/ASME FFS-1 – must be up there as one of the most comprehensive and helpful resources out there in the world of technical codes and standards. First published in January 2000 it provides the refining and petrochemical industry with various methods for the reliable …
Integrity Matters – New asset integrity magazine Coming in April 2022! We are introducing the NEW magazine for asset integrity professionals and pressure equipment stakeholders. Welcome to ‘Integrity Matters’. Keep abreast with the latest integrity safety alerts worldwide, new approaches to asset integrity, the latest NDE methods, relevant industry news, integrity job boards, technical tuition and much more. Our vision …
Fitness For Service – Local Metal Loss Level 1 Assessment. Part 3 of our 3 part series takes a look at the assessment of local metal loss. As we discussed in Part 1, there is strictly no definition of what constitutes local metal loss compared to general, so the accepted rule of thumb is to start with a Part 4 …
The phone rings, my taxi is here. I kiss my family goodbye. My 4 year old runs off to play with something as my impending absence is instantly forgotten about. Unicorns are obviously much more interesting. My wife with a 7-month-old in her arms wishes me a safe journey before closing the door and rushing off to see what that …
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