NATIONAL IRANIAN GAS COMPANY

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SPECIFICATION NO. PLD'

FOR

ANCHOR FLANGES

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 TABLE OF CONTENT5

SECTION DESCRIPTION PAGE

I Scope I

z Codes and gtaDdarde I

Design !equirementa )
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4 Materials z/3
f Weldiag 3/4

b Inepection and te s ti-rg . 4/5

Repotts and ce rtificate s and documents 5

8 Marking f

9 Packiag 5

APPENDD( I Chemical Composition 6

of pipeline

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I. GSCOPE

I.t. This specification covers the rnanufacture' iDsPection and

testirrg of steel anchor flanges suitable for weldi:rg to fuid

di gtlibution gys tems'
trans rnis gion pipeline s and a s s ociated

t.z The aachor flaages will be embedded ia reinforced conctete

blocks on site.
.
: will furaish the Supplier with the following data
!l r. 5. The Purchaser
with the Durchaee order.

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a) Nominal diamete!, grade and wall thicknes 3 of adjoiniag
pipeline.
b) Pipeline deaign pressure and temperatule.

c ) Pipeline axial thrust ( tons )

"l' d)

e)
Eud bevel stardard.

Length of transition pieces(when specified).

2.0 . CODES AND STANDARDS

) 1 Anchor flanges shall generally conforrn to the ANSI-B ' 3l ' I

Code for Pressure Pipilg as suPPlemented by the U. S'
Y'
Department oI Transportation Federal Safety Regulations
and shall be manufactured in accordance with the standards
specified herein and ae supplernented in this specificatiotr'

z.z. Tbe latest editioDs aod revisi.oos are intended'

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3.0. DE SIGN REQUIREMENTS
and caLculations to the
? l The Supplier shall furnigh drawings
Pur chaser.

Dot occeed thoae specified

3.2. Permissible design streaEes ehall
Gode Sectios VII
by the ASME Boiler a n d P r e s g u r e V c s s e l
as applicable.
s shall be 25a/o ol the
, The maxirnum allowable sttes 8 walue
I matelial ae defi-oed
apecified tesgile strength of tJre O.aD.ge
t:
:: in the above code.
i e /
: ANSI classification and
3.3. Flanges shall be welding neck type to
s etc. as sPecified in the
shall sustai-n service Pres Eure rati.Eg '
:
purchase order-

shop welded to the hubs and the

3. 4. T ransitiolt Pieces shall be
and th,en radiograPhed'
e a t i r e a a s e t n b l y s t r e s s relieved
aI

4.0. MATERIALS

uged in manufacture shall be of guitable welding

4. -l . Materials
steel o! high strength Iow
quality and shau be bither carbon

alloy s te el.
v
respond to the relevant heat
4.2. The quatity of steel shall suitably
killed for Class 600 and
t:€atment Ptocess and shall be lully

higher.

4. 3. Theateelshallbernadebyt}reopen-hearth,basicorcygenor
gball be suitabl'e for field
electric fulaace Processes and
tnarufactuled undet
welding at ooc without Preheat to PiPe
thc purchaec order'
tJeefollowiag Etandard3 aa specified in
a) API -5L and 5 LX
b) ASTM-A.53,A.106 aadA' 381'
 teet sPecirnens shall be taken from one
4.4. The followiag
forging selected frorn the quantity being supplied'

a) Two tensile specirnens taken from the disc of the

axis
fl.atrge, one sPecj.men having its lengthwise
directionally normal to flange bore, tJre second
directionally
specimen takea with its lengthwise axls
first
at right angles to tJ'.e equivaleat axis of the
specimen.
each two
b) Three Charpy V, notch irnPact test specirnetrs'
shall be
third size, as sPecified in ASTM;E23 standard'
9 taken from the hub and as near the weld end as Practicable'
with their leugthwise axis Engential to the flange bore and

the three equi;spaced around the hub'

specirnens
-h oC 1Soopl and the avelage
Tests shall be carried out at
shall be a
value obtained from the three test resul'ts
Minimurn of approxirnately Z' I kg fm (15 lb' f) with no

individual test being less than 1' 4 kg fm(f 0 Ib' f)'

pieces shall be furnished rn the grade of

4.5 Transition
to match the adjoining pipeline and as agreed
material
by the Purchaser. Appedndrl shows the Chemical

Compositron of PiPe hne.

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s.0.u4pING
shall conform to the relevant parts of the ASME Boiler
Shop welding
Part
and Pressure Vesgel Code' Section VIII and I X a n d B S ; 1 5 1 5
I as surnmarised hereunder'

Supplier and
5. l. Welding procedures shall be qualified by the
rnicro examinations'
shall include tadiograPhs' macro and
tests as
hardness sulveys and Charpy V'notch impact
detailed in BS; I 515 Part i.Section 4'

Charpy V;notch tests shall carried ortt oD ?f3 size

sPecimens"a- I 0oC
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Code
conform to the SAME
tests shall
Welder Preformance
;'o-""u "t -t _t^t:,::;'.1ff ,i""i " su,veys ct
5.2.
:fi andrmpa
examr
Macro and micro
requileo'
tests are not
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5. 3. shopweldins-"-:"^t :,:::,:: :ff.;; ;: ::':f":'
submergec :
:'
semi-
to the AsME

5' 4' lnsPectionanT:T ;:::1""'::"::'"'

lr' a'.s ;::,J;
Y-
Code Section
I Sectioo o
in ANSI-B' 3l '
prescribed
procedures as
5. 5- Preheating
v s naff ue carried'
out'

5'b::ilT:'li-1';T';::T::iTi:,",":rxi:.
The plocedurer"-a"u
oi welding' """" be approved
comptedon 'o"*t
to the Parent ::::'""]'r*u oo. afte! heat
dereliolatioo shall be
No reParrs
by the Purchaaer
tteatment'

^ot" ""t"t* asaembly sha[

6. o INSPEcTtoI testiog of flange
and nondest!uctive
Boile! and Preesure
JnsPection of thc ASME and
to the requirements 5 Part I Section 5
conforrrr Bs- l 5 I
lX and t o
- Section
Vessei Code
hereunder '
as summarised
. - " . . r^'' l l e n g t h a f t e r '
ultrasonrcarry
be examined
6. I Welds thall

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ro1 a
radioslaphicauv l;;; ASME peBerlan
the I
'*-ri""toomi-oar-""T#;r""";"::,:::_..".".":;;.";t:""
tesdng,emPloYing

incb ":?;;;;
6.3. Franses or 16 sbau arso
cla3e 600- "":;.; :. :1,"u
a arouadtb,e
flanges
..-";" arong the hub
crack detect
Peoetlant
welding bevel'

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IIEPECTION AND TESTING (Contiaed)

shall be
6. *. The flange assernbly including transition pieces
design
hydrostatically tested to l ' 5 times the specified
ASME Cole
pre s sure and to a procedure conlorming to the
for Pressure Vessels Section VIII as applicable'
s without
The test shall be mai.Dtartred for at least 30 Miaute
loss of Preasure or as specified bY the Purchaser'
the above'
Welding rePairs 3hall not be permitted after
teEts unles s with the prior agreement of the Purchaser'

AND CERTIFICATES AND DOCUUENTS

v 7. O.REPORTS

The Supptier shall furnish the Purchaser

with the lollowing s a1t6
?. l.
ae specilied in the Purchase order':(six sets)
a) Certificate of shop InsPection'
Weld procedure and welder qualificatioDs '
b)
rePorts giving chemical analysis and physical
c) Certified
ProPerties of steel'
d) Strees relieve aDd heat treatrnent certificates'

e) Nondestluctive test ce rtifi cate s '

f) Hydlostatic test ce rti{icate s'

{t) catalogs
h) ManufactulingcerEificate
8.0 \4ARKING

shall generally conform to ANSI-B' l6' 5'

8. I. Identification rnall<ings
in the Purchase order'
MSS-SP. 25 and BS. I560 and as specified

8.2. Die stamPing shall not be Pelmitted on ttansition Pieces'

9.0 PACKING

AII rnaterialsshall be packed so as to Prevent damage duriag shipment'

The packing ehall be aPProPliate tor stolage witLout cover' Indent
Number aud the specific Item Number shall be clearly ldentified on

each package.