LINDE STANDARD

Inspection check list

Columns LS 137-02
Part 5
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Table 1: General Activities
No. Inspection activity Performed
1 Ensure approved drawings, WPS and PQR/WPQR and welding and Testing Plan are
available in the workshop are available.
2 Review material test reports / inspection certificates. Verify chemical composition, state of
delivery, mechanical test results, etc.
3 Check of traceability to vessel parts.
4 Verify welding edge preparation.
5 General workmanship quality.
6 Ensure welders are qualified.
7 Check handling of welding consumables: Storage, re-baking of flux/electrodes,
identification.
8 Witness welding performance. Verify application of WPS and control of pre-heating and
used filler metals.
9 Inspect weld joints: Location of welds, weld profile (e.g. misalignement, peaking / banding),
welder's stamp.
10 Verify reference / tangent line is clearly marked inside and outside.
11 Dimensional check of column: Length, diameter, out-of-roundness, wall thickness,
straightness.
12 Check nozzles and manholes: Location, pipe dimension, reinforcement, stiffeners, welding
bevels, vent holes in reinforcement plates
13 Check of wallthickness of main components (shell courses, heads, special forgings, piping,
skirt).
14 Check distance between associated nozzles, i.e. connection between related instruments or
vessels.
15 Check flanges: Flange type, DN or NPS, PN or class, facing, bolting.
16 Check internals: location, dimensions, attachment welds.
17 Check externals, i.e. ladder clips, platform brackets, piping support brackets, davit brackets,
lifting lugs or trunnions, insulation support rings: Location, dimensions, attachment welds,
vent holes.
18 Check skirt: Dimension, wall thickness, fillet weld size and profile, anchor bolt-hole layout,
vents, skirt access, attachments (e.g. fire proofing / insulation support rings or clips, drip
rings).
19 Check vessel north and measurement markings (i.e. by notches).
20 Check vessel nameplate: location, data, code compliance.
21 Evaluate radiographic films including traceability to welds; check weld repairs.
22 Ensure NDE extent is fulfilled. Review NDE reports: RT, UT, PT, MT, VT.
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Remarks on the current issue:

Revision: Completely revised.
Previous issues: 04.97
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Table 1: concluded
No. Inspection activity Performed
23 UT zero point check.
24 Review hardness test reports.
25 Review production test plate reports.
26 Review of other tests, e.g. ferrite number, "Positive Material Identification" (PMI / AV)
27 Review post-weld heat treatment and stress relieving records, time-temperature charts.
28 Witness leak testing, i.e. on reinforcement pads.
29 Witness pressure testing.
30 Check applied torque values on bolted connections.
31 Check cleanliness and surface treatment, i.e. pickling and passivating, sand-blasting.
32 Check painting/coating: type of coat, film thickness, bonding strength.
33 Review final Manufacturer's Data Report (vessel data book).
34 Review and / or signing of "Fabrication and Inspection Plan" / "Quality Plan".
35 Verify completeness of loose delivered items, i.e. gaskets, bolts, foundation ring, internals
etc.
36 Check closure of openings and tell-tale holes, N2 filling, shipment supports, marking.
37 Check transport saddles: dimensions, distance to external attachments.
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Note: Reports shall be properly prepared by manufacturer Records shall be available.
Table 2: Supplementary Activities for Tray Columns
No. Inspection activity Performed
50 Check tray support rings 1): Cleanliness of contact surface to tray floors, attachment welds.
Distance between support rings.2)
51 Verify downcomer orientation of trays.
52 Check downcomer support bars 1): clean corner (no fillet welds), attachment welds.
53 Check vortex breakers, draw-off sumps, feed distributor boxes, chimney trays, dividing
walls, wire mesh, impingement baffles.
54 Ensure unrestricted site erection: adjacency of externals and nozzles to lifting lugs or
trunnions.
55 Check for leaks on bolted connections, i.e. chimney trays, where "fluid tight" condition is
specified.
56 Inspect tray floor assembly 1).
57 Check seal welding of tray floors and downcomer to supporting structure 3).
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1) Check lists are provided acc. to flow type.
2) Separate dimensional report shall be prepared; example of check list can be provided.
3) For columns with non-removable trays.
Table 3: Supplementary Activities for Packed-Bed Columns
No. Inspection activity Performed
80 Check holding-down grid and supporting grid: Seal welds to shell, bolt spacing, grid
fastening, level.
81 Check distributor floors: Orientation, dimensions, seal welding to shell, fastening.
82 Verify distance between feed nozzles and first tray, distributor floor and holding-down grid.
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