Reply (1):

Yes. See footnote 19 to UG-45(a)(2).

Question (2): Is it required, after the minimum required wall thickness per UG-27(c) is determined, that this thickness shall be increased by an amount sufficient to provide the manufacturing undertolerance allowed in the pipe or tube specification? Reply (2): Yes. See UG-16(d).

Interpretation: VIII-78-107 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, UG-27 and UA-1, Use Of Corrosion in Thickness Calculations Date Issued: July 20, 1978 File: BC77-.191 Question (1): When plate is used for pressure parts, what procedure shall be used to determine the thickness using the inside radius when calculating the thickness per UG-27 required to resist pressure? How is corrosion allowance considered? Reply (1): In accordance with UG-27(b), R equals the inside radius of the shell course under consideration, before corrosion allowance is added, that is, in the corroded condition. Therefore, for example, if the inside diameter of a vessel is 60 in., with 1/4 in. corrosion allowance, the appropriate value of R to insert in the equation for the determination of minimum required thickness in UG-27 is 30.25 in. Further, after the value of t is calculated, the corrosion allowance (1/4 in. in this example) is added to that result. Question (2): How is corrosion allowance applied to formulas written in terms of outside dimensions?

Reply (2): UA-1 contains formulas for cylindrical and spherical shells in terms of outside radius. The minimum required thickness is as defined in UG-27(b) in the nomenclature for t.

Interpretation: VIII-78-108 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, UW-27(b) and UW-28(b); Section IX, QW-451 Date Issued: July 31, 1978 File: BC78-78 Question: Is the automatic upset electric resistance welding process permitted for Section VIII, Division 1 construction under UW-27, and how shall the qualification of welding procedure under UW-28(b) be complied with? Reply: Such a welding process is permitted by UW-27(b),and the qualification of the welding procedure required by UW-28(b) shall be complied with by the making and mechanical testing of sample welds in accordance with the requirements of QW-451 of Section IX.

Interpretation: VIII-78-109 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, Welding of Attachments to a Code Stamped Pressure Vessel Date Issued: July 31, 1978 File: BC78-167