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Shell & Tube Exchangers

Tube to Tubesheet Joining Tube Setting Prior to Expansion or Welding Sleeving Leak Testing Tube to Baffle Expansion

Feed Water Heaters

Tube to Tubesheet Joining Tube Setting Prior to Expansion or Welding Sleeving Leak Testing Tube to Baffle Expansion

Condensers

Tube to Tubesheet Joining Tube Setting Prior to Expansion or Welding Sleeving Leak Testing Tube to Baffle Expansion Tube to Fin Expansion

Boilers

Tube to Tubesheet Joining Tube Setting and Flaring Sleeving Leak Testing

Fin Fan Units

Tube to Tubesheet Joining Tube to Fin Expansion Tube Setting Prior to Expansion or Welding Sleeving Leak Testing

Air Heaters

Tube to Tubesheet Joining Partial Tube Replacement

Because Partial Tube Replacement is a very unique application, we ask that you contact us to discuss you particular needs. We have done partial tube replacement in units with tubes up to 6 inches in diameter. Partial tube replacement may be a good temporary solution for you to keep an older unit online while a longer term solution is being developed. Please contact HydroPro's Engineering Department with any questions you may have.

Tube Setting Prior to Expansion or Welding Sleeving

Sanitary and Pharmaceutical

Tube to Tubesheet Joining Tube Setting Prior to Expansion or Welding Leak Testing Tube to Baffle Expansion

Other

If your vessel type or application is not listed, please contact our service or engineering departments for further assistance. We have extensive experience in designing and manufacturing specialty tooling to handle unique applications ranging from 1/4 in. to 12 in diameters. Click here for contact information.

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Hydraulic Expansion Data Sheet

Contact:		Hydraulic Expansion End User:
Date:	07/04/2008	Phone:

SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND SPECIFICATIONS

New or Retube:

Type of Unit:

Heat Exchanger
Condenser
Feedwater Heater

Boiler
Other (Describe):

Number of Expansions:

Approximate Start Date:

TUBES

Material:		Wall:
Yield:		Wall Thickness/Gage:
Tensile:		Actual Tube ID Measurement:
O.D.:		U-Bend or Straight:
Type:		Overall Tube Length:

Setting of Tube to Tubesheet Primary Face:
Max. Protrusion of Tube on Secondary Tubesheet:
Are the Tubes to be Welded to the Tubesheet?	Yes No
Have Tubes Been Properly Annealed?	Yes No

TUBESHEET

Total Thickness:	Clad?	Yes No
Material:	Shell Attached?	Yes No
Yield:	Partition Plate?	Yes No
Tensile:

Shortest Distance Between Hole Center Line and Shell/Plate (if applicable):

HOLES

Diameter:
Chamfer?	Yes No
Chamfer Location:
Degree of Chamfer:
Chamfer Depth:

GROOVES

Number:
	NOTE: As a minimum, placement of the 1st groove should begin 1/2" from the face of the tubesheet or in the center based on tubesheet thickness.
TEMA?	Yes No
	If "No", please provide specifications in the area below.
Customer Receptive to Hydraulic Expansion Groove? Yes No
	NOTE: Hydraulic expansion groove is a single wide groove (centered in sheet if possible).

LIGAMENT

Thickness:
Pitch:
Hole Pattern:

EXPANSION ZONE

Start of Expansion Inside Tubesheet:
Stop of Expansion Distance from Rear of Tubesheet:
Total Expansion Zone:

TUBE-TO-TUBESHEET WELD REQUIREMENTS

Tubes to be Welded?	Yes No
If Yes, how?
Will you Tube Lock Prior to Weld?	Yes No
Maximum Counter Sink O.D. for the Weld:

EXPANDING PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS

Contact Only?	Yes No	When welding, the following expansion procedure is recommended: 1. TubePro; setting of tube 2. Weld 3. Hydraulic Expand Note: No weld rollover is recommended
Hydrotest Pressure:
Approximate Start Date:

SPECIFICATIONS (IF APPLICABLE)

If you need to provide any additional drawings, sketches, blueprints, or performance requirements regarding working and test pressure of the vessel, please indicate below.

Will additional drawings be supplied? Yes No

EXTERNAL EXTENSIONS

For expansions which require going around an interference such as a channel, shell, partition plate, or any other obstruction, creating a situation where expansion would take place at a distance from the tubesheet face.

Distance from outside face of shell or plate to face of tubesheet:
Is there access for a stop collar at tubesheet face or outside of shell?	Yes No

INTERNAL EXTENSIONS

For expansions which require mandrel travel within a tube, re: inner tubesheet of a dual tubesheet application, baffle expansions, or expansion of a tubesheet through the opposite end.

Distance from tubesheet face to face of inner tubesheet or baffle:

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Hydraulic Expansion Data Sheet

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