Pressure Vessel Safety
Awareness Tutorial
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Pressure Vessel Safety Awareness Tutorial
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Did you ever hear the term factor of safety? Why mention this, because some people use factor of safety to take short cuts or improperly apply this determine in there reasoning to allow a pressure vessel to operate even though common sense would suggest otherwise.
What is the purpose of a factor of safety? Factors of Safety are used because no manufacture can guarantee 100% quality. Every pressure vessel has a factor of safety. A factor of safety accounts for uncertainties in materials, design,…,and fabrication.
To believe in that a F.S. makes a PV [Pressure Vessel] safe is DANGEROUS and unwise. Putting this in another way, a factor of safety compensate for imperfections in the pressure vessel; therefore, every pressure vessel should be treated the same regardless of the factor of safety. |
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