ARTICULATED SWIVEL JOINT FOR ROOF DRAIN :

The Swivel Joints system shall be of ASTM A105 body with viton seals with Split type
Design
having anti corrosive sealing surface & Hardened Ball races to Min 55HRC with
Seamless pipe
(ASTM A106 Gr. B Schedule 40), Elbows (ASTM A234 WPB Schedule 40), Flanges
including
with matching flanges for the roof drain system (ASTM A105 SORF Class 150), SS
304 spiral
wound gasket, Flanged Non-return valves at roof sumps (BS 1868, Class 150, Cast
steel
body, brass lining on flap), Supporting structures / legs, fasteners, chains etc
complete in all
respects for safe operation of the system. The welding of pipe joints shall be carried
out by
ASME section IX qualified welders.
Makes of Pipes shall be SAIL, Maharashtra seamless ltd, Jindal pipes ltd, TISCO,
MAN, Welspun, PSL or any other reputed make with the approval of HPCL.
Makes of NRV valves shall be Econo valves Pvt. Ltd., BDK Engineering Industries
Ltd., Fouress
Engineering (I) Ltd., Steel Strong Valves Pvt. Ltd., NSSL Ltd, Shalimar Valves Pvt.
Ltd., Flow
Chem Industries, AV Valves Ltd., Audco India Ltd, KSB pumps Ltd or Any other
reputed make
with the approval of HPCL. Make of Swivel Joint will be Technika, Associate
Engineers,
PentaTech or any other reputed make with prior approval of HPCL. Assembly of Two
Swivel
Joints & pipes till flanged ends will be purchased from the Swivel Joint Mfgrs for
better
concentricity & alignments of the Swivel Joints. Only pipes having flanges at both
ends &
structures will be made at site.
Roof Drain will have sufficient joints to take care of Vertical movement of the roof
and other
movements such as Rolling, pitching, Rocking about vertical axis or Lateral
movements of the
roof. This will be achieved by fixing additional Swivel joints
Note: The location of drain sump on the deck shall be considered at the centre of
the deck.
The party should refer the scheme attached with the tender. 8 Nos 6 swivel and 2
Nos 8
swivel has to be provided for the Roof drain per tank.
4 INSPECTION & TESTING : Swivel joints along with accessories shall have to be
inspected
by Third Party agency at bidders cost prior to delivery at site.

The items under the scope of supply of Roof Drain System shall be inspected by
HPCL at the
manufacturers or his sub contractors works. The tenderer shall furnish, Quality
Assurance
Plan (QAP) he proposes to follow at the factory and the tests to be conducted. This
shall
clearly define and identify the stages of inspection, scope of test, list of documents
to be
furnished.
The tests shall include, but not limited to the following :Life cycle test for 20000 cycle of rotation at air / hydraulic pressure of 5 Kg/cm. No
indentation mark on ball races shall be there after dismantling the swivel joint (Type
test).
Swivel joint shall be externally pressure tested at 4 Kg/ cm pneumatically.
Bending moment test for base swivel at 1000 cycle of rotation and hydro test for
swivel
joint with bending moment at 15 Kg/ cm pressure for 10 min. No indentation marks
shall
be there on ball races after dismantling the swivel joint (Type test).
The tenderer shall arrange all facilities required during inspection and testing at his
cost.
HPCL shall have the right to inspect / witness the tests at various stages of
fabrication /
manufacture / installation. The inspection shall be carried out at suppliers works /
his
subcontractors works / site. Inspection of the item shall be done only with a view to
ensure that the same is manufactured, tested and supplied as per prescribed
specifications.
The inspection shall in no way relieve the supplier of his responsibility as per the
contract
and shall in no way be binding on HPCL
Manufacturers test certificate shall be furnished for all bought out materials.
Wherever
such certificates are not available, the tenderer shall get the items tested at his
expense at
government recognized laboratories, mutually agreed upon with HPCL.
Any defects noticed during the inspection / testing at site shall be rectified by the
tenderer
at his cost as advised by the site engineer and inspection / testing carried out for
fool proof
working.
The roof drain system shall be pressure tested to 50 PSI after installation in the
tank. The
contractor shall perform the test in the presence of the engineer-in-charge. Any
defects /
leakage observed during the testing shall be repaired by the contractor at free of
cost to
HPCL.