A question often asked by our software customers concerns the rating verification of European EN 1092-1 flanges with ASME PMA materials. With the same material group (indicated in Annex B) it happens that a flange with ASME material has a lower rating than the one pre-calculated by the standard and…
Starting from the 2020.1 version, management of over-thicknesses related to cladding and weld overlay is available in NextGen. This option, initially available for the ASME VIII Div. 1 code, will be progressively extended to the various calculation codes supported by the program. The option is located among the item properties…
Following the emergency due to the spread of Covid-19, we have updated our NextGen program to allow it to run on Remote Desktop (RDP) sessions on VPN connections between users in remote working and the company workstations where the software is installed. Therefore, all program versions released from April 2020…
The expansion joints (or bellows) are used in fixed plate heat exchangers to reduce thermal stress in case of high temperature differences between the two sides. The program offers three different methods for considering the joint in the calculation of the tubesheets: 1. Entering only the properties of the joint,…
Starting from the 2020 version of the program, the pass partitions can be defined as physical components connected to the exchanger channels. The thickness can also be verified according to TEMA RCB if a TEMA category has been defined for the exchanger. Method 1 – Automatic using the heat exchanger…