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FOR
VENTS, DRAINS AND WELLS
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
FOR
GASKET, BOLT & NUTS
CONTENTS
1.0 GASKETS
1. Materials for gaskets shall conform to the codes/ standards and specifications given in
the Piping Material Specification.
2. Asbestos filler for spiral wound gaskets shall not have any colour or dye.
3. Each size of gaskets shall be supplied in bundles labelled with size, rating and material
specifications.
a) Visual Inspection
b) Dimensional Check
5. Material test certificates for all mandatory tests as per the relevant material
specifications and other inspection reports shall be furnished before despatch of
material.
1. Materials for stud bolts, M/C bolts, jack screws and nuts shall conform to the codes/
standards and specifications given in the Pipeline Material Specification No. 2784-00-71-
S-109.
2. Test reports shall be supplied for all mandatory tests as per the relevant material
specifications.
3. All bolting shall be as per ANSI B18.2.1 for studs, M/C Bolts and Jack screws and ANSI
B18.2.2 for nuts.
4. Threads shall be unified (UNC for = 1" dia and BUN for C1" dia) as per ANSI B1.1 with
class 2A fit for studs, M/C bolts and jack screws and class 2B fit for nuts.
7. Heads of jack screws and M/C bolts by heavy hexagonal type. Jack screw end shall be
rounded.
8. Each size of studs & M/C bolts with nuts and jack screws shall be supplied in separate
bags marked with size and material specifications.
1.0 SCOPE
5.0 PIPELINE
6.0 PIPING
7.0 FITTINGS
8.0 BENDS
9.0 FLANGES
10.0 GASKETS
11.0 BOLTING
13.0 VALVES
2.1 Pipeline and terminal facilities envisaged as a part of this project shall be
designed and Engineered primarily in accordance with the provision of
ASME B 31.8- Gas Transmission and Distribution piping system latest
edition.
2.2 All codes standards and specifications referred herein shall be the latest
edition of such documents.
2.3 For sake of brevity, the initials of the society to which the codes are
referred are omitted in the specification, for example, B16.5 is a code
referring to ANSI/ ASME, A 105 is a code referring to ASTM.
A-Class 150
B-Class 300
D-Class 600
A-Carbon Steel
5.0 PIPELINE
The material for linepipe shall be of API 5L Gr X65 and pipe wall thickness
shall be of various class locations as per the requirements as indicated in
table-I.
6.0 PIPING
6.1 Carbon steel pipe shall be made by open hearth, electric furnace or basic
oxygen process only. The steel used shall be fully killed and made with
fine grain structure. The grade and wall thickness of various sizes of pipes
shall be as per piping material specification for the applicable class.
6.2 Pipe dimension shall be in accordance with ANSI B 36.10 for carbon steel
pipes and ANSI B 36.19 for stainless steel pipes.
6.3 All pipe threads shall conform to American Standard taper as per ANSI B
1.20.1 NPT, unless otherwise specified.
6.4 For butt weld end, bevel shall be in accordance to ANSI B 16.25/ API 5L
as applicable.
7.0 FITTINGS
7.1 Fully killed carbon steel shall be used in the manufacture of fittings. The
fittings shall have carbon equivalent not exceeding 0.45, based on check
analysis.
7.2 Threaded joints, if used shall conform to American Standard taper as per
ANSI 1.20.1 NPT.
7.3 Dimension of socket weld/ screwed fittings shall conform to ASME B 16.11
7.4 Bore of socket welded fittings shall suit O. D. of pipe and its thickness.
7.5 Dimensions of butt welded carbon steel fittings for sizes not covered in to
ASME B 16.9/ MSS-SP-75 shall conform to MSS-SP-48.
8.0 BENDS
8.1 Unless otherwise specified for terminal piping, the elbow of radius R = 1.5
D shall only be used.
8.2 For mainline cold field bends with radius R = 30D (where D is pipe
nominal dia) for up to 16” NB shall be used. Limited use of long radius
bends (R = 6D) may be permitted for reason of space constraints.
9.0 FLANGES
9.1 Flange pressure - temperature rating shall conform to ASME B 16.5 rating
unless otherwise specified.
9.3 Neck of Weld Neck (WN) flanges to suit pipe bore and thickness.
9.4 Bore of Socket Welded (SW) flanges shall suit pipe O.D. and its thickness.
9.5 Threads for screwed flanges if used shall conform to American Standard
taper as per ANSI B 1.20 1 NPT.
9.6 Sizes for blind flanges shall be indicated by nominal pipe sizes.
9.7 Carbon steel flanges faces shall have serrated finish or smooth finish as
indicated in the material specification. Flanges faces shall have serrated
finish to 250-500 microinches AARH as per ANSI B 16.5 for ANSI class
150# and smooth finish to 125-200 microinches AARH as per MSS-SP-6
for ANSI class 300# & 600#.
9.10 Two jack screws 180° apart shall be provided for all spectacle blind
assemblies. The jack screws shall be as per MECON’s standard, attached
with this specification.
10.0 GASKETS
10.1 Spiral wound metallic gaskets shall conform to B 16.20 and shall be
provided with compressed asbestos filler. All spiral wound gaskets shall
be provided with carbon steel centering ring. Gasket thickness shall be as
indicated in piping material specification for the applicable piping class.
10.2 Non metallic compressed asbestos gaskets for flanged pipe joints shall
conform to B16.21. Unless specified otherwise, asbestos material shall
conform to IS 2712 Gr. O/1. Gasket thickness shall be as indicated in
piping material specification for the applicable piping class.
11.0 BOLTING
11.1 Nuts for stud bolts shall be American Standard Hexagonal Heavy series
and double chamfered.
11.2 Dimension and tolerances for stud bolts and nuts shall be as per ANSI B
18.2.1 and 18.2.2 with full threading to ANSI B 1.1 Class 2A thread for
bolts and Class 2B for nuts. Diameter and length of stud bolts shall be as
per ANSI B 16.5 with full threading.
11.4 Threads for stud bolts shall be as per ANSI B 1.1, as follows.
11.5 Heads of jack screws shall be heavy hexagonal type. Jack screw end shall
be rounded. Stud bolts shall be fully threaded with two hexagonal nuts.
12.1 Threaded joints shall be made with 1” wide PTFE Jointing tape.
13.2 Flange dimensions and face finish of flanged end valves shall confirm to
clause 9.0 of this specification.
13.3 Butt welding ends of Butt Welded valves shall confirm to ANSI B 16.25.
13.4 Face to face and end to end dimensions shall confirm to applicable
standards.
13.5 Buried valves on mainline shall be provided with stem extension, sealant,
vent/drain & shall have butt welded ends.
13.6 Sectionalizing Valves (Block valves) and other isolation valves on the
main pipeline shall be ball valve and have butt welded ends and shall be
full bore to allow smooth passage of cleaning pigs as well as intelligent
pigs.
i) For ANSI class 600 - Hand Wheel operated for size <10”NB.
i) For ANSI class 150, 300, 600 – Wrench operated for size <4”NB.
Gear operated for size >6”NB.
Quick opening end closure to be installed on scraper traps shall be equipped with
safety locking devices in compliance with section VIII, division 1, UG-35.2 of
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code.
High point vents and low point drains required for the purpose of hydro testing of
terminal shall be of size 0.75” and consist of sockolet, gate valve, flange & blind
flange.
Pipeline Speciality items viz., Scrapper Traps, Flow Tee, Insulating Joints, LR
bends shall be as per respective data sheets and specifications.
TABLE-1
MAIN LINE PIPE MATERIAL
TABLE-2
INDEX OF PIPING MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS