This 3-day course provides training on the application of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, a standard that was recently published by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The API/ASME FFS Standard covers a wide range of flaw types and damage mechanisms. Example are worked in class to provide attendees with a detailed understanding of the various FFS calculations.
Who Should Attend:
This course is suitable for mechanical engineers, reliability engineers, and metallurgists who are responsible for ensuring safe and economical operation of fixed and rotating equipment.
Course Outline:
- Background
- Introduction
- Fitness-for-Service Engineering Assessment Procedure Assessment of Equipment for Brittle Fracture
- Assessment of General Metal Loss
- Assessment of Local Metal Loss
- Assessment of Pitting Corrosion
- Assessment of Blisters, HIC, and SOHIC
- Assessment of Weld Misalignment and Shell Distortions
- Assessment of Crack-Like Flaws
- Assessment of Components Operating in the Creep Regime
- Assessment of Fire Damage
- Assessment of Dents, Gouges and Dent-Gouge Combinations
- Assessment of Laminations
Upcoming Course Dates:
- October 27-29, 2008 - Houston, TX [register]
- April 8-10, 2009 - Las Vegas, NV [register]
For questions or to schedule an in-house offering of this course, please contact us by calling (303)415-1475 or emailing info@questreliability.com.