interpretation: Vill-1-01-73 Subject: Section VII, Division 1 (1998 Edition, 2000 Addenda); UCS-85, Heat Treatment of Test Specimens Date Issued: July 2, 2001 File: BCO1-287 Question: A hot finished SA-106 Grade B pipe is to be swaged to an elliptical shape at about 700°C (1292°F) and then normalized or annealed before welding to the carbon steel vessel. The tensile test properties as shown on the Material Test Report exceed the specified minimum tensile strength per the material specification. The completed vessel is postweld heat treated per Code requirements. In meeting the requirements of UCS-85 of Section VIII, Division 1, is it required to subject the test specimens to the same heat treatment conditions as those encountered during fabrication? Reply: Yes.interpretation: Vill-1-01-73 Subject: Section VII, Division 1 (1998 Edition, 2000 Addenda); UCS-85, Heat Treatment of Test Specimens Date Issued: July 2, 2001 File: BCO1-287 Question: A hot finished SA-106 Grade B pipe is to be swaged to an elliptical shape at about 700°C (1292°F) and then normalized or annealed before welding to the carbon steel vessel. The tensile test properties as shown on the Material Test Report exceed the specified minimum tensile strength per the material specification. The completed vessel is postweld heat treated per Code requirements. In meeting the requirements of UCS-85 of Section VIII, Division 1, is it required to subject the test specimens to the same heat treatment conditions as those encountered during fabrication? Reply: Yes.‘VINL4-01-101, VIN-1-01-102, VIN-1-01-103 Subject: ‘Section VIII, Division 1 (1998 Edition, 2000 Addenda); UCS-85(c) Date Issued: December 6, 2001 ve: BCI-341 Question: When tet specimens are subjected to simted heat weanent cles according to UCS- 854) in Secon VIM, Division 1, must the requirements regarding the preparation of test specimens conform to the material specification, including the referenced general specifications? Reply: Yes.Revision to Interpretation Published in Previous Volume VIIL-77-33R Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, UCS-85(b) and (e) Date Issued: December 13, 2000 File: NA Question: Is pipe, procured in accordance to a specification in Section TI for use in nozzles in a Code vessel, considered a standard pressure part under the provisions of UG-L1 and exempted from the provisions of UG-85 and UCS-85(b) under UCS-85(2)? Reply: The pipe described in the Question, where used in fabrication of nozzles, would not be covered under the provisions of UCS-85(e) where reference is made to standard items described in UG-11, Therefore, this would require test specimens as described in UCS-85(b).Interpretation: VIII-1-86-27R. Subject: Section VIII, Division 1 (1992 Edition); UCS-85(b), Hot Forming and Heat Treat- ment Date Issued: | December 3, 1992 File: BC85-140* Question: For vessels built to the rules of UCS-85(b) in Section VIII, Division 1, does the term “heat treatment” include heating for the sole purpose of hot forming? Reply: Yes.Interpretation: VIIl-1-86-37 Subject: Section Vill-1, UCS-85, Heat Treatment Date Issued: March 5, 1986 File: BC85-606 Question: During the fabrication of a nonimpact tested pressure vessel made from SA-516 Grade 70 that is 5 in. thick, normalization of the material is conducted by the fabricator as a part of a hot forming process. In order to satisfy the requirements of UCS-85: (a) are mill test specimens required to have the heat treatment associated with the hot forming simulated? (b) is it required that the manufacturer define for the mill the anticipated cooling rate from the critical temperature during the hot forming operation? Reply: : (a) Yes. (b) Yes.Code Interpretations Interpretation: VIII-1-86-125 Subject Section VIII, Division 1, UG-85 and UCcS-85 Date Issued: April 24, 1987 File: BC87-019 Question: A pressure part requiring PWHT is being fabricated from P-No. 1 Group Nos. 1 and 2 materials in the rolled (not annealed) condition. In accordance with UG-85 and UCS-85, is a simulated PWHT required for test specimens representing the materials used in this part? Reply: Yes. Note: This Interpretation has been superceded by the following “R” (Revised) Interpretation: & Interpretation: VIII-1-86-125R Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, UG-85 and ucs-85 Date Issued: November 3, 1987 File BC87-019* Question: A pressure part requiring PWHT is being fabricated from F-No. 1 Group Nos. 1 and 2 materials in the as-rolled condition. Are simulated PWHT test specimens, in accordance with UCS-85(b), required when the heat treatment during fabrication is limited to PWHT at a temperature below the critical temperature of the steel? Reply: No.Code Interpretations Interpretation: VIII-1-89-19 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1 (1986 Edition, 1987 Addenda) ucs-85 Date Issued: September 20, 1988 File: BC88-120 Question: A vessel made from P-No. 1 two heat treatments during fabricat roup No. 1 or 2 material is to undergo , i.e., normalizing above the critical temperature and a postweld heat treatment. If the coupon representing the material undergoes only the normalizing above the critical temperature heat treatment, do the test results obtained from this coupon satisfy the requirements of UCS-85? Reply: Yes.Code Interpretations Interpretation: VIII-1-89-69 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, UCS-85 Date Issued: February 15, 1989 File: BCBB-193 Question (1): If plates that have been normalized, and qualified on the basis of test specimens taken from the plates after normalizing, are subsequently heated to equivalent temperatures above the lower transformation temperature during hot forming, are additional test specimens representative of the second thermal cycle required by UCS-85? Reply (1): No, provided all other requirements of UCS-85 are met. Question (2): If plates supplied in the as-rolled condition with qualification based upon simulated normalizing of test coupons are heated for forming to a temperature within a reasonable tolerance of that used to qualify the test coupons, are additional test coupons required Reply (2): No, provided all the other requirements of UCS-85 are met.Code Interpretations Interpretation: VIII-1-89-162 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, UCS-85(d) 6 Edition, 1988 Addenda) Date Issued: mber 4, 1989 File: BC89-375 Question: A nozzle made from SA-335 Grade P5 material with dimensions in accordance with ANSI B36.10 is welded to the wall of a vessel. Is simulated heat treatment of test specimens required of the nozzle neck when the heat treatment of the vessel is limited to PWHT at a temperature below the lower transformation temperature of the material? Reply: Yes; see UCS-85(b).Interpretation: VIll-1-89-314 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1 (1989 Edition), UCS-85(b) and (e) Date Issued: June 14, 1991 File: BC90-483 Question (1): Is heat treatment of test specimens under UCS-85(b) required for material listed in P-Nos. 3, 4, and 5 of QW-422 when: (a) the heat treatment during fabrication will be limited to PWHT at a temperature below the lower transformation temperature of the materials? (b) the heat treatment during fabrication will be limited to normalizing and tempering per the material specification followed by PWHT at a temperature below the lower transformation temperature of the material? Reply (1): (a) Yes. (b) Yes Question (2): May a material manufacturer perform the simulated heat treatment of test spec- imens required by UCS-85(b)? Reply (2): Yes.Interpretation: VIII-1-92-39 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1 (1989 Edition, 1990 Addenda); UCS-85(b) Date Issued: January 22, 1992 File: BC91-565 Question: A pressure vessel part, ¢.g., head, is subjected to heating between the lower trans- formation temperature and normalizing temperature during its hot forming process, then followed by a normalizing heat treatment above the lower transformation temperature upon completion of forming. Is it required under the provisions of UCS-85(b) in Section VIII, Division 1 to have a simulation test specimen for both hot forming and normalizing heat treatment? Reply: No, a test specimen would not be required for hot forming.Interpretation: VIII-1-98-55 Subject Section VIII, Division 1 (1998 Bdition): UG-11(a)(1) and Ut 'S-85(e) Date Issued: January 26, 1999 File BC98-365 Question: Would a pipe such as SA-333 Grade 3 be considered a standard item such as described in UG-11(a) of Section VIII, Division 1 if it is used as a nozzle in a pressure vessel? Reply: No.