SouthPort Services - ASME Code Engineering

SouthPort Services specializes in providing front-end engineering packages required for an ASME Code product.  We can put together the necessary design calculations and fabrication drawings required by your Authorized Inspector and / or customer.

ASME Code Section I
Power Boilers
  • Pipe, Drum & Header thickness calculations – Internal & External Pressure
  • Nozzle connections
  • Tubesheet thicknesses
  • Stayed surfaces – thickness and staybolt layout
  • Staybolt sizing
ASME Code Section VIII Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3
Pressure Vessels
  • Shell and Head thickness calculations – Internal & External Pressure
  • Nozzle thickness calculations
  • Nozzle reinforcement calculations
  • Nozzle to Shell weld design
  • Vessel supports – Leg, Lug, Saddle
  • Volume & Weight calculations
  • Vessel Jacket design
  • Special Flange design
  • Stayed surfaces
  • Fatigue analysis (Divisions 2 and 3)
ASME B31.1 - Power Piping, B31.3 - Refinery & Chemical Plant Piping and B31.8 - Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems

Quality Control Programs – Joint Review Engineering Support

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Piping and Skid Mounted Equipment design
  • Weight determination
  • Center of Gravity determination
  • Wind loading
  • Seismic loading
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Onsite Equipment Installation Coordination
  • Review plans and specifications with the owner and contractor.
  • Continually review contractor’s installation schedule with owners production schedule.
  • Organize contractor onsite space requirements for laydown and installation with customer’s production access requirements.
  • Coordinate contractor material delivery with customer shipping and receiving operations.
  • Review equipment IOM’s to insure equipment is properly installed and prepared for intended service.
  • Check installation with contractor and owner prior to commissioning.
Quality Control System Administration
  • Support/manage vendor QC programs.
  • Write Inspection Test Plans.
  • Coordinate customer onsite inspections.
  • Attend inspection visits as a representative of the customer.
  • Assemble documentation into Manufacturers Data Books.
 
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Code Man says . . . .

Take the pressure out of pressure vessel engineering.