The design of pressure vessels is quite interesting. At first it may appear extremely complicated. Then, you learn the basics of pressure vessel design and realize it is not that big of a deal. But, then you get into all variations of vessel heads and shells, the different kinds of loading conditions (it’s not just […]
Interpass temperature is the temperature of the base metal in and adjacent to the weld joint prior to depositing and additional pass (weld). Maintaining and measuring interpass temperature should be done carefully. Different materials require different levels of preheat and interpass temperature. For this reason it is extremely important that both prehat and interpass temperature be specified […]
