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2	"Established in 1976" Established in 1976 Standard line of connections for pressure vessels Custom engineered products Carbon, alloy and stainless steel Complete design, engineering and technical support ISO 9001 certified since 1994
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4	"Forged Connection" Forged Connection Superb Grain Flow Engineered to withstand stresses from bolting and internal pressure Tightly controlled metallurgy, with fine grain practice Fabricated Connection Discontinuity in the grain flow Additional components required Additional procurement and procedures Additional welding Additional testing and verification
5	"Flange and the barrel are..." Flange and the barrel are integral Ready for installation Engineered and manufactured to Code Reduced installation procedures Reduced bill of material for purchasing and traceability Quality by design Consistent ID Integrally self-reinforced Custom sizes and ready-to-weld configurations per customer requirement Instrumentation accessibility
6	"8”" 8” and smaller are manufactured from hot rolled round bars 10” and larger are manufactured from forged steel billets Material is electric steel, fully killed and vacuum degassed continued
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11	Continuous grain structure of a forging
12	Economic benefits forgings Lower overall cost Increased production capacity Reduced inventory cost Reduced QA cost Reduced record keeping one part – one source – one MTR Improved vessel appearance no weld/grinding at flange/pipe interface repad often eliminated
13	Simplicity of long weld necks When using Weld Neck Flanges, one has to select the next larger sized flange. For example: for an 18” Bore size when using a WNF, you must select a 20” WNF. Whereas when using a LWN for an 18” bore size, you would select an 18” LWN (simple and economical). Since the wall of the Long Weld Neck is invariably thicker than the pipe, a Long Weld Neck can take more pipe stress than a pipe and weld neck flange welded together. Stud, nut & gasket kit costs are more expensive for the larger weld neck type.
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19	FVC engineered Flat bottoms or contoured to cylindrical, spherical, or conical radius FVC’s “Q” type attachments are used wherever full penetration welding with 100% x-ray is required Q Type (Insert Lip Style) per ASME Section V111, DIV. 1, Fig. UW16.1, and DIV. 2, Fig. AD-613.1 Hillside/Offset type nozzles
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21	Design flexibility Standard design per Section VIII, Div. I requires 18” I.D. V3 nozzle w/ 48” CYL RAD., 20.826 OAL= $3928 list. By forging with a 17” ID Punch, reinforcement requirements are met most economically. 18” 600# RF V2 x 20.606 OAL w/ 48 CYL.RAD. = $3689 list.
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29	Importance of Often a capacity constraint Hard to recruit and retain top quality welders Value to your company of creating additional welding capacity? Probably greater than just the cost saved
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32	"Lower your total cost" Lower your total cost
33	The end Thanks for taking time to review FVC’s presentation. We hope that it has been educational and informative. Our Specialist will be glad to answer any questions. (Call us toll-free at 1-800-231-2701.) This presentation is available on our website at: http://www.fvc.cc