Friday 20 May 2016

Testing Blind plate & Blank Thickness Calculation


 Testing( Hydrostatic & Pneumatic )-Blind plate & Blank Thickness calculation Chart and Formula


1.The piping diameter is 1½” and above, the following table shall be followed for the thickness of blind plate


TEST PRESS. (Kg/cm2)
PIPE SIZE
1.1/2
2
2.1/2
3
4
5
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
24
7
1.6
2.0
2.3
3.0
4.0
4.5
5.5
7.0
9.0
10.5
11.5
13.0
14.5
16.5
19.5
14
2.3
2.7
3.5
4.0
5.5
6.5
7.5
10.0
12.5
15.5
16.0
18.5
21.0
23.0
28.0
21
2.7
3.4
4.0
5.0
6.5
8.0
9.5
12.0
15.0
18.5
20.0
22.5
25.5
28.5
34.0
28
3.2
4.0
5.5
6.0
7.5
9.0
11.0
14.0
17.5
21.0
23.0
26.0
29.5
32.5
39.0
35
3.5
4.5
6.0
6.5
8.5
10.0
12.0
16.0
19.5
23.5
25.5
29.0
33.0
36.5
43.5
42
4.0
4.5
6.0
7.0
9.0
11.0
13.5
17.5
21.5
25.5
28.0
32.0
36.0
40.0
48.0
49
4.0
5.0
7.0
7.5
10.0
12.0
14.5
18.5
23.0
27.5
30.0
34.5
39.0
43.0
51.5
56
4.5
5.5
7.0
8.0
10.5
13.0
15.5
20.0
25.0
29.5
32.5
37.0
41.5
46.0
55.5
63
5.0   
6.0
7.5
8.5
11.0
14.0
16.0
21.0
26.5
31.0
34.0
39.0
44.0
49.0
58.6
70
 5.0
6.0
8.0
9.0
12.0
14.5
17.0
22.5
27.5
33.0
36.0
41.0
46.5
51.5
62.0
77
5.5
6.5
8.0
9.5
12.0
15.0
18.0
23.5
29.0
34.5
38.0
43.0
48.5
54.0
65.0
84
5.5
7.0
8.5
10.0
13.0
16.0
18.5
24.5
30.5
36.0
39.5
45.0
51.0
56.5
68.0
91
5.5
7.0
9.0
10.5
13.5
16.5
19.5
25.5
31.5
39.5
41.0
47.0
53.0
58.5
70.5
98
6.0
7.5
9.0
10.5
14.0
17.0
20.0
26.5
33.5
39.0
42.5
49.0
55.0
61.0
73.0
105
6.0
7.5
9.5
11.0
14.5
17.5
21.0
27.0
34.0
40.0
44.0
50.5
57.0
63.0
75.5
112
6.5
8.0
10.0
11.5
14.5
18.0
21.5
28.0
34.0
41.5
45.5
52.0
58.5
65.0
78.0
119
6.5
8.0
10.0
12.0
15.0
18.5
22.0
29.0
36.0
43.0
47.0
54.0
60.5
69.0
80.5
126
6.5
8.5
10.5
12.0
15.5
20.0
23.0
30.0
37.0
44.0
48.5
55.5
62.0
69.0
83.0
133
7.0
8.5
10.5
12.5
16.0
20.0
23.5
30.5
38.0
45.5
49.5
57.0
64.0
71.0
85.0
140
7.0
9.0
10.5
13.0
16.5
20.5
24.0
31.5
39.0
46.5
51.0
58.5
65.5
73.0
87.5
175
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.5
18.5
23.0
27.0
35.0
44.0
52.0
57.0
65.0
73.5
81.5
97.5
210
8.5
11.0
13.0
15.5
20.0
25.0
30.0
38.5
48.0
57.0
62.5
71.0
80.5
89.0
107





2.    The piping diameter is 1” and below, the following table shall be followed for the thickness of blind plate.

Test Pressure (kg / cm2)
Thickness of Blind Plate (mm)
7 and below
1.6
8 ~ 14
2.3
15 ~ 40
2.5
41 ~ 60
3.2
61 ~ 115
4.5
116 ~ 210
6.0

3.The piping diameter is greater than or equal to 26”, following formula shall be applied to determine the thickness of blank.
Thickness of blank (t) mm = 
                           
                                              (Ref. ASME B31.3 Para 304.5.3)

dg  : inside diameter of gasket (mm)
P    : Test pressure (Kg/cm2)
S    : Allowable Stress (Kg/cm2)
E    : Quality Factor


4 comments:

  1. I haven’t known about it before. This article is very helpful!
    Thank you so much!
    Hydro testing services in UAE

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  2. If the vessel is to be hydo-test, what will be the blind plate thickness.

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  3. Your work is really very useful.
    It would be really helpful if for table no.1(blind plate thickness for piping above1-1/2") you could please share the formula used for calculation and the reference for the formula/table.

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  4. can i use 30mm +20mm combined blind instead of 50 mm blind?

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