.... However, the research has shown tool movement around the flange to show efficiency, but not actual assembly time and/or assembly time savings from each one of these alternative bolting patterns. While all of these alternative bolting patterns are not appropriate for every gasket type and might not add...

...Abstract Abstract Bolted flanges are widely used to connect pipelines in many industries. To assure sealability of a flange, generation of proper preloads in the bolts during the assembly process is critical. However, in the existing standard practice, identical torques are typically applied...

...VARIABLES AFFECTING NUT FACTORS IN BOLTED FLANGE CONNECTIONS Justin B. Aycock, Jeffery Wilson VSP Technologies Prince George, VA USA justin.aycock@vsptechnologies.com Anita Bausman VSP Technologies Kingsport, TN USA ABSTRACT Bolted flange connections are heavily used within the chemical production...

...FURTHER WORK ON ANALYZING ACCURACY AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF TORQUE TOOLS FOR ASSEMBLING BOLTED FLANGED JOINTS Clay D. Rodery1 C&S Technology LLC League City, TX USA Scott Hamilton Hex Technology LLC Austin, TX USA Neil Ferguson Team Industrial Services, Inc. Pasadena, TX USA ABSTRACT Over...