This drawing and the design it covers are the property of Enereff Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

They are merely loaned and on the borrower’s express agreement that they will not be
reproduced, copied, loaned, exhibited, nor used except in the limited way and private use permitted by any written consent given by lender to the borrower.

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REVISIONS

FLANGES & TUBES

ISSUED AS STANDARD SPECIFICATION

PRESSURE PARTS/ FITTINGS/

FLANGES & TUBES

GENERAL SPECIFICATION FOR

08.07.99 REVISED & RE-ISSUED AS STANDARD SPEC

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PRESSURE PARTS/ FITTINGS/
GENERAL SPECIFICATION FOR

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DESCRIPTION

DOCUMENTATION
SURFACE TREATMENT

INSPECTION & TESTING

FLANGES & TUBES

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
LIST OF CONTENTS

PRESSURE PARTS/ FITTINGS/

EQUIVALENT SPECIFICATION

GENERAL SPECIFICATION FOR

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This drawing and the design it covers are the property of Enereff Engineers Pvt. Ltd. They are merely loaned and on the borrower’s express agreement that they will not be 1.0 GENERAL
This specification lists technical requirements for Pressure Parts such as tubes including Finned/
Studded Tubes, Forged Flanges, Weldolets, Elbolets, Wrought Butt Welded Fittings (reducers,
elbows, bends & tees), Valves, Cast plug headers, Gaskets and bolting. These Pressure Parts are
intended for coils of Fired Heaters which have been designed as per API 530 & API 560 and
accordingly shall comply with the requirements of these codes. The fabrication and
reproduced, copied, loaned, exhibited, nor used except in the limited way and private use permitted by any written consent given by lender to the borrower.

completeness of the Coil assembly shall comply with the requirements of Specification 3-12-
009.
1.1 All items shall be suitable for design conditions as well as test conditions and shall be supplied
in conformity with applicable ASTM material specifications and respective standards listed
below:
a) Forged Flanges ANSI B 16. 5
b) Short Radius Fittings ANSI B 16. 28
c) Long Radius & other Fittings ANSI B 16. 9
d) Valves ANSI B 16. 10
e) Gaskets API 601/ ANSI B 16.20
f) Studs/ Nuts ANSI B 18. 2. 1/ 18. 2.2
g) Bevelled Ends ANSI B 16. 25
1.2 All fittings and pipes/ tubes, including those used for studding/ finning, shall be seamless and
shall be procured with bevelled ends in conformity with the applicable data and material
specification.
1.3 All pressure parts which are being used in IBR service, shall meet the various requirements
listed down in the latest Indian Boiler Regulations and all the applicable Certificates/
Documentation shall be furnished by the supplier.
1.4 For components such as WBW fittings, weldolets etc., vendor shall state the basis of design to
establish that the component’s allowable pressure rating is same or higher than corresponding
pipe size and wall thickness/ schedule. If the design basis is burst test, the details of type of test
shall be submitted.
1.5 Valves shall be hand wheel or level operated. Effort to operate shall not exceed 35 kg. The
valves not covered in ANSI B 16.10 shall be as supplied in accordance with BS 2080/
manufacturer’s standard.
1.6 All forged fittings shall be in conformity to the specification of coil assembly.
1.7 The bore of forged flanges shall match with corresponding pipe ID.
1.8 For reducing WBW fittings having different wall thickness at each end, the greater one shall be
employed and the ends shall be matched to suit respective thickness.
1.9 All pipes and tubes shall be procured in single length, intermediate butt welded tubes are not
permitted unless their lengths exceed that which can be procured at mill. If intermediate welds
are necessary for this reason then they shall be done in accordance with ASTM A 422. The
length of pipes shall be so selected that their welds should not fall in 500 mm distance from any
tube support.

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 1.10 For studded/ finned tubes, bridging pieces of superior material then that of bare tube or studs/
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fins shall be used at these girth welds. PWHT for these weld joints shall be carried out after
welding of bridging pieces.
1.11 All the dimensions and dimensional tolerances shall be as per their respective material
specification/ standards but for 180° return bends, tolerance on centre to centre distance shall be
reproduced, copied, loaned, exhibited, nor used except in the limited way and private use permitted by any written consent given by lender to the borrower.

± 2.0 mm.
1.12 Gaskets & Flange Face finish
a) Gaskets shall be suitable for service and design conditions, matching piping material
specification.
b) Asbestos filler if used for spiral wound gaskets shall not have any colour dye.
c) Ring joint gaskets where-ever used shall be of octagonal type.
d) All flanges shall be of WN type only. Gasket face of all flanges intended for use with spiral
wound., gaskets shall have a flange surface finish range of 125AARH to 250 AARH. Finish
shall be judged by visual comparison with surface finish roughness standards conforming to
ASME B 46.1.
1.13 Bolts & Nuts
a) Bolting material shall be suitable for service and design condition matching Piping Material
Specification.
b) Threads shall be unified (UNC for <1” dia and 8 UN ≥ 1” dia) as per ANSI B1.1 with class
2A fit for studs and 2B fit for nuts.
c) Studs/ Bolts shall be threaded for full length with two heavy hex nuts. Length tolerance
shall be in accordance with the requirement of Table F2 of Annexure- F of ASME B 16.5.
d) Nuts shall be double chamfered, semi-chamfered, heavy hexagonal type and shall be made
by forged process.

2.0 EQUIVALENT SPECIFICATIONS

In case equivalent materials have been offered, enclose extracts of equivalent material or the
relevant material specified.

3.0 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

3.1 All alloy steel pipes shall be hot finished.
3.2 Cr-Mo steels shall comply with following additional requirements:
a) All items shall be supplied in normalised and tempered condition. Tempering temperature
shall be as per the following Table and shall not exceed the lower critical temperature.

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This drawing and the design it covers are the property of Enereff Engineers Pvt. Ltd. They are merely loaned and on the borrower’s express agreement that they will not be S. No. Description Min. Tempering Temp °C Lower Critical Temp °C
1. C – 0.5 Mo 675 720
2. 1.25 Cr – 0. 5 Mo 745 775
3. 2.25 Cr – 0. 5 Mo 760 805
reproduced, copied, loaned, exhibited, nor used except in the limited way and private use permitted by any written consent given by lender to the borrower.

4. 5 Cr – 0. 5 Mo 760 820
5. 9 Cr – 1 Mo 760 825
6. 9 Cr – 1 Mo (Mod) 780 825
a) Max. UTS at room temperature shall not exceed 7030 kg/ cm2.
3.3 Carbon content of CS pressure parts shall be less than 0.25%.
3.4 Hardness of all items shall be as per respective ASTM Specifications. The same may be required
to be restricted further to control hardness in weld and heat affected zone to values specified in
Coil specification.
3.5 All austennitic stainless steel items (300 series) shall pass IGC test performed in accordance
with Practice E of ASTM A 262 with magnification of x 50 & x 200.
3.6 All austenitic stainless steel items (300 series) shall be solution annealed.
3.7 All stabilised steel items (TP 321, TP 347, TP 321H, TP 347H etc.) shall be given stabilisation
heat treatment, subsequent to solution annealing, which shall consists of heating the components
at 900 - 950°C for 4 hrs. In addition all welds in stabilised steel pressure parts shall also receive
stabilisation heat treatment.
3.8 Studded tubes shall comply with the requirement of Specification 3-12-016. Ferrite alloy steel
tubes with chromium content over 3% are required to be reheat treated after

4.0 SURFACE TREATMENT

All items are to be free from rust, scale. These should be properly oiled prior to despatch to site
so that no rusting occurs at site till the time these are not used for assembling of the Coils.

5.0 INSPECTION & TESTING

5.1 All items and their parts shall be subjected to all mandatory tests and supplementary tests
(where-ever specified) and checks called for in the respective codes/ standards/ specifications.
5.2 All items shall be stage wise inspected by 3rd party inspection agency as per requirements.
5.3 All bare tubes shall be hydrotested as per ASTM material specification/ IBR as applicable.
5.4 Hydrotesting of studded/ finned tubes and tubes with girth welds shall be again carried out after
girth welding and PWHT. In case the welds is not accessible for repair in tube assembly, the
hydrotest shall be done before the tube is used in tube bundle assembly. Extra length of straight
tubes to enable this hydrotest shall be provided.
5.5 Bevel ends of fittings shall undergo 100% MP/ DP test.
5.6 Cast valves of rating 900 & above shall be 100% radiographed with acceptable standard as per
ASTM/ ANSI B 16. 34.

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 6.0 PACKING
This drawing and the design it covers are the property of Enereff Engineers Pvt. Ltd. They are merely loaned and on the borrower’s express agreement that they will not be

6.1 All items shall be protected from rust, corrosion and mechanical damage during transportation,
shipment & storage. Rust preventive shall not be harmful to welding and shall be easily
removable with a petroleum solvent.
6.2 Ends shall be suitably protected and the protectors shall be secured and tightly attached.
reproduced, copied, loaned, exhibited, nor used except in the limited way and private use permitted by any written consent given by lender to the borrower.

6.3 Part Nos. are to be painted with an alkyd based paint. Lead based paints or hard stamping is
prohibited.
6.4 Packing for imported items shall be seaworthy in wooden crates/ cases with internal plastic
envelopes and shall facilitate easy opening for dockside inspection.

7.0 DOCUMENTATION
7.1 At Offer stage
b) Manufacturer’s complete descriptive catalogue/ literature
c) Accreditions/ approvals of international agencies for the subject item
d) List of deviations, if any, and the reasons
7.2 Along with Delivery
a) Six copies of Manufacturer’s Material Tests Certificates (physical properties, chemical
composition, heat treatment etc.) duly certified by inspection authority.
b) Test reports for all mandatory as well as supplementary tests where-ever specified.
7.3 Any other Drawing/ Document as required.

8.0 GUARANTEE
Vendor shall guarantee that all items supplied shall conform to the stated requirements in all
respects. Any item found defective shall be replaced by the supplier at his own cost and without
any delay.

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