Reply: Figure UG-36 is not the appropriate figure to be referenced for the required thickness of a conical portion of a toriconical

head as required by UG-32(h). The appropriate figure to be referenced is Fig. UA-4, sketch (e),

Interpretation: VIII-78-48 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, UHT-35 Date Issued: April 14,1978 File: BC77-388 Question: Is it permissible to apply the "U" part stamping to a part of a vessel constructed to Section VIII, Division 1 requirements under Part UHT using a "low stress" steel stamp in lieu of a nameplate where this part has a thickness of not less than 1/4 in.? Reply: Yes.

Interpretation: VIII-78-49 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, UG-77(a) Date Issued: April 14,1978 File: BC78-26 Question: UG-77(a) requires in part that .....an as -built sketch or tabulation of materials shall be made, identifying each piece of material with the identification required by UG-93 and the coded marking. Does this paragraph require such a sketch or tabulation to apply to components other than the major pressure components of the vessel, such as small threaded fittings per the requirements of UG-11? Reply: UG-77(a) is intended to apply to all pressure parts in the vessel, including miscellaneous pressure parts finished under the provisions of UG-11.

Interpretation: VIII-78-50 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, A-572 Grade 65 Date Issued: April 17, 1978 File: BC78-85 Question: May steel plate conforming to the specifications of ASTM A-572 Grade 65 be used in pressure retaining expansion elements in pressure vessels fabricated by welding and designed in accordance with Section VIII, Division 1? Reply: No. See UG-5(a).

Interpretation: VIII-78-51 Subject: Section VIII, Division 1, Effective Gasket Width, Table UA-49.1 Date Issued: April 17,1978 File: BC78-171 Question: If the formula, b = (bo/2), when b > 1/4 in., given in Table UA-49.2 under the heading Effective Gasket Seating Width, b'," applicable when calculations are performed with bo in SI Units?