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Stainless Finishes Guide
This guide explains the various mechanical and chemical finishes for stainless steel used in sanitary equipment, detailing their surface texture, roughness average (RA), compliance standards, and optimal applications.
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Comparing Stainless Material
This guide compares common stainless and high-alloy materials used in vessel manufacturing, including 304, 316, Duplex, Hastelloy®, Monel®, AL6XN®, and Alloy 20, detailing their composition, corrosion resistance, cost, availability, and typical applications. It provides insights into how material selection impacts vessel performance, compliance, and suitability for various industries and processing environments.
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Heat Transfer Surfaces Guide
This guide explains the main types of heat transfer surfaces for ASME vessels—conventional jackets, dimple jackets, half-pipe jackets, and internal coils—highlighting their design features, best uses, and pressure ratings. It also covers finishing processes, regulatory code considerations, and compliance engineering practices to ensure efficient temperature control and adherence to industry standards.
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Factory Tests and Certifications
This guide provides an overview of the essential factory tests and certifications required for ASME custom vessels, including procedures such as hydrostatic, pneumatic, radiography, and material traceability to ensure compliance and quality assurance. It also explains the significance of certifications like the ASME U and UM marks, National Board (NB) mark, PED, CRN, and UN ratings, which validate that vessels meet rigorous industry and international standards for safety and performance.
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Ethanol Scope Development
The article on ethanol vessel scope development highlights the importance of thorough collaboration between manufacturers, engineers and end-users to define vessel requirements, ensure compliance with industry standards and address all aspects of design, sety and transport.
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Design to ASME Submission
Understand the process and the critical role that compliance expertise and dedicated project management play in creating custom vessels that require ASME and other global certifications.
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Guide to Sanitary Design for Custom Vessels
This guide explains three levels of sanitary design for custom stainless vessels, detailing differences in cleanability, chemical finish, and compliance standards for applications in hygienic industries.
