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CASE
2084-1
CASES OF ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE
Approval Date: August 12, 1993
See Numeric Index for expiration
and any reafrmation dates.
Case 2084-1
Attachment of Unanged Tubesheets to the Shell
of Firetube Boilers
Section I
Inquiry: As an alternative to the requirements of
PFT-11.4.2, may unanged tubesheets be welded to
the shell of retube boilers with the tubesheet projecting
beyond the shell so that the welded joint is not wholly
within the shell?
Reply: It is the opinion of the Committee that as
an alternative to the requirements stated in PFT-11.4.2,
unanged tubesheets may project beyond the shell of
retube boilers and be welded to the shell by means
of a corner joint, as depicted in the sketch below,
under the following provisions.
(a) The tubesheet is supported by tubes, or stays,
or both, in accordance with the applicable rules for
at stayed surfaces contained in PFT-22 through PFT-
32. A minimum of 80% of the pressure load shall be
carried by tubes, stays, or both.
(b) The weld is a full penetration weld applied from
either or both sides of the shell.
(c) The external llet weld throat (t
c
) shall not be
less than the smaller of
1

4
in. or the thickness of the
thinner part being joined. No weld prep machining is
performed on the at tubesheet. The distance from the
edge of the completed weld to the peripheral edge of
the at tubesheet (t
e
) shall not be less than the thickness
of the tubesheet (t
h
).
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(d) The construction conforms in all other aspects
to the requirements of this Section including welding
and post weld heat treatment, except that radiographic
examination is not required.
(e) This Case number shall be shown on the Manufac-
turers Data Report.
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