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Kelly

August 23, 2003 08:46AM

A lot of the old boiler steel is very low in carbon (.08 to .15%) and in tensile strength (50,000 to 55,000 lb) compared to what is commonly available today (65,000 to 85,000 lb). As a result, replacing any parts that require bending (flanged sheets), or hammering (staybolts, and rivets) is a lot more work, and trouble, than the old guys had to go though. Old stock rivets and staybolts drive like butter compared to what is commercially available today. Unless you beat the bushes for the lowest tensile plate you can find, you just kill yourself trying to flange it.

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Boiler Construction	Robby Peartree	August 18, 2003 09:21PM
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