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As of January 1, 2022, ASME Section VIII, Division 1, Appendix 47 requires a Certifying Engineer to lead your design team for all pressure vessels.

A CERTIFYING ENGINEER LEADING YOUR DESIGN TEAM MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR PROJECT

KEE Engineering provides a registered Professional Engineer (PE) for your Certifying Engineer for pressure vessel fabricators, or repair alteration.

Pressure Vessels and Heat Exchanger Design

Div 1, Appendix 49(a) says

A designer, engineer, or Certifying Engineer (see 3-2), designated by the Manufacturer, shall be in responsible charge of the design of a pressure vessel that is certified by that Manufacturer.

KEE Engineering meets the qualification a Certifying Engineer and provides all engineering and all non-manual functions for pressure vessel fabrication including design, calculations, drawings, material selection and shop documentation.

Or, per Div 1, KEE Engineering will provide a Certified PE to be in responsible charge of your design team.

Either way, your new pressure vessels will meet the requirements of ASME Section VIII, Division 1, Appendix 47.

If advanced analysis is required, KEE Engineering is qualified to perform the activities in table 47-5-1 including

Performance of numerical
Varies Fatigue assessments
Elastic stress analysis (see ASME Section VIII, Division 2)
Elastic–plastic stress analysis (see ASME Section VIII, Division 2)
Design due to seismic reactions
Linear response history procedure
Nonlinear response history procedure
Quick-actuating closures
Design not specifically addressed in this Division U-2(g)

KEE Engineering will participate in every step of the design process

Pre-bid assistance

Review of client requirements and draft technical inquires as necessary
Support pre-bid and post contract award meetings as requested
Create preliminary drawings
Participate in proposal preparation

Post Contract Award

Attend kickoff meeting
Create design calculations to ASME code with Compress software
Documentation with Autodesk Inventor software to company’s QA manual
Bill of Material (BOM) and purchase specifications
Incorporate Client and end user comments into calculations and drawings

Fabrication Support

Design review meeting with fabrication team before release
Review of material quotations for technical compliance
Review of material test reports (MTRs) for technical compliance
Create fabrication tracker and fabrication documentation
Response to inquiries regarding drawing during fabrication
Evaluation and incorporation of change request during fabrication
Preparation of pressure test procedure and records

Authorized Inspection

Conduct pre-review of documents
Participate in the Authorized Inspections
Create the U1, U5 and U2 manufacturing date forms as required

Div. 1 Appendix 47 Legacy Design

KEE Designs and Calculates to your QA manual with methods you have been using.

Your classical method could be:

Hand Calculations
Compress® from Codeware
PV Elite® from Hexagon
Or your other software tools

KEE Engineering will your classic technique or lead your design team with techniques they already use.

Once the design is certified, KEE’s Professional Engineer (PE) and meets Appendix 47requirements, KEE will sign and apply the PE stamp to calculations and drawings.

Appendix 46 allows the use of Division 2 techniques

Including:

Part 4 Design by rules
Part 5 Design by FEA analysis

These techniques can be used to meet special requirements like:

Fatigue analysis, or
Simplify nozzle connections, or
Non-standard designs

KEE’s Certifying Engineer will ensure the Appendix 46 design meets Appendix 47 requirements, sign and apply the PE stamp to calculations and drawings.

KEE Engineering uses state of the art software programs to document design including Compress and non-linear Finite Element Analysis for Division 2 designs.

If your fabrication facility has a Division 1 “U-Stamp” but not a Division 2 “U-2 stamp” KEE’s professional mechanical engineering and quality department can provide teams to upgrade your facility to Division 2.

Division 2 vessels will expand your market and increase your profits because Division 2 vessels are significantly lighter saving on material costs, welding costs and handling costs that far outweigh the additional non-manual costs.

PRESSURE VESSEL REPAIR

Pressure vessel repair is often scheduled during plant outages and the extent of the repair is often discovered during the outage. Proper planning will minimize the potential of costly extension of outage time. KEE Engineering can provide worst case scenario planning during pre-outage planning to ensure that all material, procedures and contractors are available to minimize the time required for unforeseen repairs.

EPC PROJECT and PLANT TURNAROUND
Engineering Support

KEE Engineering’s teams can provided support in the following areas:

Engineering scaffolding design as required by OSHA
Design of temporary supports with scaffolding or structural steel
Pressure test specifications, procedures and documentation
Engineered pressure test caps that can be fabricated in the field
Critical lift design and documentation
Design of special lifting lugs, trunnions, and spreader bars

DESIGN and FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

KEE Engineering uses state of the art parametric solid modeling software and finite element software to optimize design of new products and review for potential improvements to existing products. For new product design, the process shortens the design cycle, ensures designs meet code requirements optimizes fabrication and minimizes the requirements for prototypes. For existing design, KEE Engineering analysis can identify opportunities for costs savings as well as extension of fatigue life and failure analysis.