Clause UHX of ASME Section VIII division 1 defines the rules for the calculation of tubesheets in shell and tube heat exchangers. This calculation is based on the Gardner’s theory (1948-1952), also considered in Appendix A of the TEMA standards (previously generally used in tubesheet calculations): however Clause UHX of…
Without pressure equipment in general, and without pressure vessels in particular, the modern life in the industrialized countries would not be possible. In fact this kind of life requires much greater amounts of energy than in the past, which can only be generated with the substantial contribution of pressure equipment….
I have just received from UCC/ANIMA (Unione Costruttori Caldareria, the Italian Pressure Equipment Manufacturers’ Association of the ANIMA federation, the actual operating agent of EPERC-AISBL) the agenda of the next meeting of this association, to be held in Milan on April 3rd 2014. One of the points on the agenda…
When some European countries decided to withdraw their national currency and to replace it with the Euro, they certainly decided to give up much of their national sovereignty. Well, at that time the economy was doing well, it was certainly a big advantage for everybody to use a single very…
Following to the remarks made by many different sources, I was recently involved in a comparison among the different EN standards dealing with Pressure Equipment in order to identify possible differences. Among the topics in which the main harmonised standards (EN 12952 – Water Tube Boilers, EN 12953 – Shell…