APPENDIX 20
HUBS OF TUBESHEETS AND FLAT HEADS
MACHINED FROM PLATE
20-1 SCOPE
This Appendix covers the requirements for hubs of
tubesheets and flat heads machined from plate.
20-2 MATERIAL
Plate shall be manufactured by a process that produces
material having through thickness properties which are
at least equal to those specified in the material specifica-
tion. Such plate can be, but is not limited to, that
produced by methods such as electroslag (ESR) and
vacuum arc remelt (VAR). The plate must be tested
and examined in accordance with the requirements of the
material specification and the additional requirements
specified in the following paragraphs.
Test specimens, in addition to those required by the
material specifications, shall be taken in a direction
parallel to the axis of the hub and as close to the hub
as practical, as shown in Fig. UW-13.3. At least two
tensile test specimens shall be taken from the plate in
the proximity of the hub with one specimen taken from
the center third of the plate width as rolled, and
the second specimen taken at 90 deg. around the
circumference from the other specimen. Both specimens
shall meet the tensile and yield requirements of the
SA material specification. All dimensional requirements
of Fig. UW-13.3 shall apply.
Subsize test specimens conforming to the require-
ments of Fig. 5 of SA-370 may be used if necessary,
in which case the value for “elongation in 2 inches
(51 mm),” required by the material specification, shall
apply to the gage length specified in Fig. 5.
The reduction-of-area shall not be less than 30%.
(For those materials for which the material specification
requires a reduction-of-area value greater than 30%,
the higher value must be met.)
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20-3 EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS
Each part shall be examined as follows.
(a) Before and after machining, the part, regardless
of thickness, shall be ultrasonically examined by the
straight beam technique in accordance with SA-388. The
examination shall be in two directions approximately at
right angles, that is, from the cylindrical or flat rectangu-
lar surfaces of the hub and in the axial direction of
the hub.
The part shall be unacceptable:
(1) if the examination results show one or more
indications accompanied by loss of back reflection
larger than 60% of the reference back reflection;
(2) if the examination results show indications
larger than 40% of the reference back reflection when
accompanied by a 40% loss of back reflection.
(b) Before welding the hub of the tubesheet or flat
head to the adjacent shell, the hub shall be examined
by magnetic particle or liquid penetrant methods in
accordance with Appendix 6 or 8.
(c) After welding, the weld and the area of the hub
for at least 1⁄2 in. (13 mm) from the edge of the weld
shall be 100% radiographed in accordance with UW-
51. As an alternative, the weld and hub area adjacent
to the weld may be ultrasonically examined in accord-
ance with Appendix 12.
20-4 DATA REPORTS
When all the requirements of this Division and the
supplemental requirements of this Appendix have been
met, the following notation shall be entered on the
Manufacturer’s Data Report under Remarks, “Con-
structed in Conformance with Appendix 20, Hubs of
Tubesheets and Flat Heads Machined from Plate.”