Worthington special permit 14157 has been fixed

[Rick Christ]

We have the change in Worthington's SP14157. The test protocol has been changed so we can now hydro these tanks with a good chance that they can be recertified and returned to service. I am still checking on the 3AA ones, There is no change on them.

All of you that have been holding off on the hydro on your Worthington SP14157 tanks, You can have them hydro, They should pass now. Inform you retester that the SP has been updated and they should download a current special permit with the date of July 31 2011 on it.

 

[blake7]

What was changed?

 

[akdeepdiver]

The tanks are now tested by the Hydrotester to a REE instead of the permanite to elastic expantion ratio.

 

[idive2]

I was under the impression that using the REE number on a tank was a greater
requirement than the standard permanent expansion test. Are they using just an
expansion level without looking at the permanent expansion ?

 

[blake7]

This was posted in the other Worthington thread and explains everything.

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