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PROFESSIONAL STANDARD OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
中华人民共和国机械行业标准
JB/T 1609-1993

Specification for Manufacturing of Boiler Barrel

锅炉锅筒制造技术条件

Issued on June 1, 1993 Implemented on January 1, 1994

Issued by the Ministry of Machine Building of the People's Republic of China
 Contents
1 Subject Content and Application Scope ................................................................................. 1
2 Normative References ............................................................................................................ 1
3 Technical Requirements ......................................................................................................... 1
3.1 Materials and Welding................................................................................................. 1
3.2 Splicing ........................................................................................................................ 1
3.3 Surface Quality ............................................................................................................ 2
3.4 Connecting Pieces........................................................................................................ 3
3.5 Piercing and Welding parts on Welded Seam.............................................................. 3
3.6 Heat Treatment ............................................................................................................ 3
4 Manufacturing and Mounting Tolerances .............................................................................. 3
4.1 Deviation for Edges of Butt Joints............................................................................... 3
4.2 Barrel Body and End Socket........................................................................................ 3
4.3 Pipe Orifice and Manhole ............................................................................................ 6
4.4 Pipe Head..................................................................................................................... 6
4.5 Pipe Head of Centralized Downcomer ........................................................................ 7
4.6 Flange........................................................................................................................... 8
5 Inspection and Acceptance ..................................................................................................... 8
5.1 Welding Quality Inspection ......................................................................................... 9
5.2 Hydraulic Test.............................................................................................................. 9
5.3 Internal Cleaning.......................................................................................................... 9
5.4 Quality Certificate........................................................................................................ 9
6 Marking, Painting and Packing .............................................................................................. 9
6.1 Marking........................................................................................................................ 9
6.2 Painting and Packing ................................................................................................... 9
Additional Explanations: ........................................................................................................... 9

NOTE: The English version hereof has been translated directly from the openly-published
Chinese standard JB/T 1609-1993. In the event of any discrepancy in the process of
implementation, the Chinese version shall prevail.
 Professional Standard of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国机械行业标准
JB/T 1609-93
Replace JB 1609-83

Specification for Manufacturing of Boiler Barrel

锅炉锅筒制造技术条件

1 Subject Content and Application Scope

This standard specifies the requirements on the manufacturing, inspection and
acceptance as well as marking, painting and packing of boiler barrel.
This standard is applicable to the stationary hot water boiler and the stationary steam
boiler with the rated steam pressure no larger than 13.7MPa and the rated steam temperature
no larger than 540℃, in addition, it is also usable to the subcritical pressure steam boiler.

2 Normative References
JB 1612 “Specification for Boiler Hydraulic Pressure Test”
JB/T 1613 “Specification for Welding of Boiler Pressure Parts”
JB/T 1615 “Specification for Painting and Packing of Boilers”
JB/T 1622 “Dimension of Expanded Pipe Orifice and Overhanging Length of Pipe End
of Boiler”
JB/T 1623 “Dimensional Deviation for Centre-to-centre Distance between Pipe Orifices
of Boiler”
JB/T 1625 “Dimension of Welded Pipe Orifice of Middle and Low Pressure Boiler”
JB 3375 “Receiving Acceptance of Raw Materials for Boiler”
JB 4308 “Specification for Stamps and Marks Transferring of Boiler Products”

3 Technical Requirements
3.1 Materials and Welding
3.1.1 The materials for boiler barrel shall be adopted according to those specified in the
related technical documents. The materials for manufacturing the boiler barrel shall be in
accordance with the requirements of design pattern, and the material substitution shall be
examined and approved according to the established procedures.
3.1.2 The steel products and welding materials for manufacturing the boiler barrel must pass
the receiving acceptance conducted by the inspection department according to those
specified in JB 3375, and those that have not conducted with the receiving acceptance or are
rejected in the inspection are disallowed to be used in the production. After being cut and
laid off, the steel panels shall be carried out with the marks transferring according to those
specified in JB 4308. The end socket, the barrel body and the pipe saddle of centralized
downcomer must be stamped with the serial number of the receiving acceptance on
materials.
3.1.3 The welding work of boiler barrel shall be in accordance with those specified in JB/T
1613.
3.2 Splicing
3.2.1 The length of the shortest barrel section on the boiler barrel body shall not be less than
300mm as for the hot water boiler and the steam boiler with the rated no larger than

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3.82MPa and shall not be less than 600mm as for the steam boiler with the rated steam
pressure larger than 3.82MPa.
3.2.2 As for the boiler barrels of equal wall thickness, every barrel section shall have no
more than two longitudinal joints, and the arc length of the excircle between two
longitudinal joints shall not be less than 300mm for the hot water boiler and the steam boiler
with its rated steam pressure no larger than 3.82MPa and shall not be less than 600mm for
the steam boiler with its rated steam pressure larger than 3.82MPa.
3.2.3 As for the boiler barrels of equal wall thickness, the longitudinal joints of two adjacent
barrel sections as well as the welded seam for splicing the end sockets and the longitudinal
joints of two adjacent barrel sections all shall not be joined with each other, and the arc
length of the excircle among the weld center lines shall be two times of the thickness of the
thicker steel panel but shall not be less than 100mm.
As for the boiler barrels of unequal wall thickness, the longitudinal joint between two
adjacent barrel sections as well as the welded seam for splicing the end sockets and the
longitudinal joints among adjacent barrel sections are allowed to be joined, however, the
crossing positions of welded seams shall be accepted in the 100% nondestructive
examination according to those specified in JB/T 1613.
3.2.4 The end sockets shall be made up of one single entire piece of steel panel possibly.
When the end socket must be made by splicing, it is allowed to splicing two piece of steel
panel. The distance from the welded seam to the center line of end socket shall not be larger
than 30% of the nominal bore of end socket, furthermore, the welded seam shall not pass
through the plate edge of manhole, and the welded seams shall not be arranged on the
circular arc of the plate edge of manhole.
3.2.5 When butting the end socket barrel body, the distance l from the starting point where
the end socket bends to the center line of butt joint shall be in accordance with those
specified in Table 1, which may be equal to zero for the dome head.

Table 1 mm
Nominal wall thickness of end socket t l

t≤10 l≥25

10<t≤20 l≥t+15

20<t≤50 l≥t/2+25

t>50 l≥50
3.2.6 To make the margin deviation of butt joint meet those specified in 4.1.1, the send
sockets may be selected and spliced as required.
3.3 Surface Quality
3.3.1 The oxide coating on the internal and external surfaces of hot rolled barrel shall be
removed, the pits and scars in the external surface in the barrel, if their depth is 3~4mm,
shall be re-grinded into smooth transition, and the ones deeper than 4mm shall be welded up
and re-grinded.
3.3.2 The pits and scars in the internal and external surfaces of the cold rolled barrel, if their
depth is 0.5~1mm, shall be re-grinded into smooth transition, and the ones deeper than 1mm
shall be welded up and re-grinded.
3.3.3 The finished barrel shall be free from such defects as cracks and double skin.
3.3.4 The burrs on steel panel shall be removed before the head pressing, and the oxide
coating on the internal and external surfaces shall be cleaned off after head pressing, the
surfaces shall be free from such defects as cracks and double skin. The small surface cracks
and the individual salients that are as high as 3mm shall be finished. The ruptures at the parts
where the distance from the internal plate edge of manhole to the starting point of plate edge
bending is larger than 5mm may be re-grinded and welded up. The thickness of the
re-grinded steel panel shall not exceed those specified on the wall thickness at the plate edge
of manhole in Table 4.

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3.3.5 The treatment methods for the pits and scars on the internal and external surfaces after
head pressing are as follows:
3.3.5.1 Hot water boiler and steam boiler with rated steam pressure under 9.81MPa
The pit and scars that are deeper than 0.5mm but not deeper than 10% of the nominal
wall thickness or 3mm shall be re-grinded into smooth transitions, and the ones exceeding
the above specifications shall be welded up and re-grinded.
3.3.5.2 Steam boiler with rated steam pressure no less than 9.81MPa
The treatment methods are same as the hot rolled barrel and shall be in accordance with
those specified in 3.3.1.
3.3.6 The surface defects of barrel body and end socket shall pass the nondestructive
examination after repair welding.
3.4 Connecting Pieces
3.4.1 The height of the pipe head on the boiler barrel shall not be less than 50mm for the hot
water boiler and the steam boiler with the rated steam pressure no larger than 3.82MPa and
shall not be less than 70mm for the steam boiler with the rated steam pressure larger than
3.82MPa.
3.5 Piercing and Welding Parts on Welded Seam
3.5.1 The welded pipe orifices of pipe head shall not the set on the welded seams and the
connection welds of pipe head shall not be coincided with the heat-affected zone of the
adjacent welded seam mutually as much as possible. If they can not be avoided, holes may
be pierced on the welded seam or in its heat-affected zone, however, the following
requirements shall be met at the same time:
a. The welded seams within a scope of 60mm (the diameter of the pipe orifice shall be
taken when this diameter is larger than 60mm) around the pipe orifice shall be accepted in
the radiographic inspection, and the welded seams at the margin of pipe orifice shall be free
from entrapped slag;
b. The connection welds among pipe heads shall be relieved with the stress after the
postweld heat treatment.
3.5.2 The pipe orifice of the centralized downcomer shall not be set on the welded seams.
3.5.3 The expanded pipe orifice shall not be set on the welded seams, and the distance
among the edges of the center welded seam of expanded pipe orifice shall not be less than
0.8d (d is the diameter of pipe orifice) and shall not be less than 0.5d+12mm.
3.5.4 It is to be avoided to weld the parts on welded seams or in the heat-affected zone. If it
can not be avoided, the attachment weld of this part may pass through the welded seam but
can not terminate on the welded seam or in the heat-affected zone in order to avoid stress
concentration happening at these positions.
3.6 Heat Treatment
3.6.1 After completing the welding works (including the reworking) of boiler barrel, the heat
treatment shall be carried out according to those specified in JB/T 1613.
3.6.2 As for the steel products that their mechanical properties can meet the standard
requirements only after heat treatment, the steel panels shall be tested on every boiler.

4 Manufacturing and Mounting Tolerances

4.1 Deviation for Edges of Butt Joints
The deviation for the edges of butt joints shall be in accordance with those specified in
JB/T 1613.
4.2 Barrel Body and End Socket
4.2.1 The geometric shape dimensional deviation (Figure 1) of the barrel body shall be in
accordance with those specified in Table 2; as for the tile-shaped pressed boiler barrel, the
difference between the maximum inside diameter dmax and the inside diameter dmin on one
same section shall not be larger than 1% of the nominal bore d.

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 Except for the longitudinal joints on the barrel, other positions shall be free from
angularity. The angularity Δc shall be inspected with the template whose chord length is d/6
and is not less than 200mm.

Figure 1

Table 2 mm
Deviation in
inside diameter dmax-dmin Gradient of Thinning amount
Nominal bore Angularity
Boiler type Δd end surface by hot rolling
d Δc
Cold Hot Cold Hot Δf Δt

rolled rolled rolled rolled

+3
Hot water boiler and steam boiler d≤1000 ±5 4 6 3 2
-2
with rated steam pressure under -3
+5
3.82MPa 1000<d≤1500 ±7 6 7 4 2
-3

+7
d>1500 ±8 8 9 4 3
Steam boiler with rated steam -5
-4
pressure above 3.82mpa d≤1500 ±5 2
0.7% of d 3
d>1500 ±7 3
4.2.2 The length variation of every barrel section shall not exceed ±3mm for the hot water
boiler and the steam boiler with rated steam pressure no larger than 3.82MPa and shall not
exceed for the steam boiler with rated steam pressure larger than 3.82MPa. The
deviation ΔL in the total length L of the barrel shall not exceed when L is no larger
than 5m. ΔL shall not exceed when L is larger than 5m but no larger than 10m and
shall not exceed when L is larger than 10m. Provided that the requirements on the
arrangement of pipe orifices have been met, the deviation in the total length of barrel may be
only be examined.
4.2.3 The postweld straightness ΔW of the boiler barrel section shall not be larger than
1.5mm/m (see Figure 2a), and the ΔW within the total length L of the barrel shall be in
accordance with those specified in Table 3, (see Figure 2b).

Table 3
L
≤5 5<L≤7 7<L≤10 10<L≤15 >15
m

ΔW
≤5 ≤7 ≤10 ≤15 ≤20
mm

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 a) Barrel section

b) Barrel body
Figure 2

4.2.4 The geometric shape and dimensional deviation of end socket (Figure 3) shall be in
accordance with those specified in Table 4 and Table 5.

a) Spheroidic end socket

b) Spherical end socket

Figure 3

Table 4 mm
Nominal bore Deviation in inside diameter Gradient of end surface Wall thickness at plate edge of manhole
dmax-dmin
d Δd Δf t1

5
 +3
d≤1000 4 1.5
-2

+5
1000<d≤1500 6 1.5 ≥0.7t
-3

+7
d>1500 8 2.0
-4
Note: dmax and dmin are the maximum and minimum inside diameters on one same section, and t is the nominal wall
thickness.
Table 5 mm
Name Code Deviation Name Code Deviation

+10
Height of end socket H Height at plate edge of manhole hf ±3
-3

+4
Gradient at belly t≤30 ≤2 Elliptical a, b
Δk Manhole size -2
portion
t>30 ≤3 Round dm ±2

Thinning Spheroidic end

amount at the socket ≤0.1t Deviation in center line of
Δt e ≤5
transitional Spherical end ≤0.15t manhole
circular arc socket
4.2.5 When the actual outside diameter of the barrel exceeds the nominal outside diameter of
4mm, lines shall be marked out according to the arc length size converted according to the
actual outside diameter in order to assure the angle of the center line of pipe orifice being
unchanged.
4.3 Pipe Orifice and Manhole
4.3.1 The maximum allowable value of the surface roughness Ra of expanded pipe orifice is
12.5μm, the edge of the pipe orifice shall be free from burrs and cracks, the pipe orifice shall
be free from longitudinal scratches, and individual pipe orifices are allowed to be with one
spiral or circumferential scratch, however, the depth of this scratch shall not be larger than
0.5mm, and the width shall not be larger than 1mm. The distance from the scratch to the
edge of the pipe orifice shall not be less than 4mm. The processed pipe orifice shall be
coated with rust-preventative grease.
4.3.2 The deviations in the centre-to-centre distance of pipe orifices and the dimension of
pipe orifice may be made reference to provisions specified in the following standards:
a. The deviation in the centre-to-centre distance of pipe orifices shall be in accordance
with those specified in JB/T 1623;
b. As for the hot water boiler and the steam boiler with the rated steam pressure no
larger than 3.82MPa, the dimension of the welded pipe orifice shall be in accordance with
those specified in JB/T 1625;
c. The dimensional deviation of the expanded pipe orifice shall be in accordance with
those specified in JB/T 1622.
4.3.3 The maximum allowable value of the surface roughness parameter Ra of the sealing
surface of manhole and manhole cover is 12.5μm, the slight circumferential scratches are
allowed, however, the radial scratches are prohibited.
4.4 Pipe Head
4.4.1 Both the longitudinal gradient Δa1 and the transverse gradient Δa2 (Figure 4) of the pipe
head shall not be larger than 1.5mm.

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 Figure 4

4.4.2 The gradient Δf of the end surface of pipe head (Figure 4) shall not be larger than
1mm.
4.4.3 The height tolerance Δh (Figure 4) of one single pipe head shall not exceed ±3mm.
4.4.4 The deviation e (Figure 5) in the center line of T-type pipe head and the center line of
pipe orifice shall not be larger than 0.5mm.

Figure 5

4.4.5 The deviation Δp (Figure 6) in the pitch P at the pipe ends of two adjacent pipe heads
among the pipe heads in rows shall not exceed ±3mm.

Figure 6

4.4.6 As for the height tolerance of the pipe heads of height in rows,Δh1 for the two pipe
heads at both ends shall not exceed ±1.5mm, and the height tolerance for the rest pipe heads
shall be measured (Figure 6) by taking the heights of the pipe heads at both ends, and Δh
shall not exceed ±2mm. The pipe heads may be inspected one by one, and the height
tolerance hereby shall not exceed ±3mm.
4.5 Pipe Head of Centralized Downcomer

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4.5.1 Both the longitudinal gradient Δa1 and the transverse gradient Δa2 of the pipe head of
centralized downcomer shall not be larger than 3mm.
4.5.2 The deviation e between the center line of the pipe head of centralized downcomer and
that of the pipe orifice shall not be larger than 8mm.
4.5.3 The gradient Δf at the end surface of the pipe head of centralized downcomer shall not
be larger than 2mm.
4.5.4 The height tolerance Δh for the pipe head of centralized downcomer shall not exceed
±4mm.
4.6 Flange
4.6.1 The gradient Δf (Figure 7) at the end surface of flange shall not be larger than 2mm.
The deviation Δa of the bolt hole of flange on the bolt circle shall be in accordance with
those specified in Table 6. The deviation in the height H of the flange shall not exceed
±2mm.

Figure 7

Table 6 mm
Outer diameter of flange D ≤100 100<D≤200 >200

Δa ≤1 ≤2 ≤3
4.6.2 Flange deviation of water gauge (Figure 8): Δl shall not exceed ±3mm, Δ p shall not
exceed ±2mm, e1 between every pair of flanges shall not be larger than 2mm, and e2 shall
not be larger than 1.5mm.

Figure 8

5 Inspection and Acceptance

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 The finished boiler barrel shall not only be conducted with the inspection and
acceptance check according to those specified in this standard, but also shall be conducted
with the following inspection and acceptance check works.
5.1 Welding Quality Inspection
The welded seams on the boiler barrel shall be conducted with inspection and
acceptance check according to those specified in JB/T 1613.
5.2 Hydraulic Test
The finished boiler barrel shall be conducted with the hydraulic test, and the hydraulic
test shall be in accordance with those specified in JB 1612.
5.3 Internal Cleaning
The inner part of the boiler barrel shall be cleaned up without sundries or water.
5.4 Quality Certificate
The inspection department shall inspect the materials and the manufacturing quality
according to the drawings and those specified in this standard. It shall work out the mark of
conformity after all the materials and the manufacturing quality are accepted and also shall
fill the inspection results of the major inspection items in the boiler quality certificate.

6 Marking, Painting and Packing

6.1 Marking
After being accepted in the inspection, the stamp mark covering the following contents
shall be made above the manhole of one end socket of the boiler barrel:
a. Name or code name of the manufacturer;
b. Serial number of the boiler barrel.
6.2 Painting and Packing
The painting and packing of the boiler barrel may be carried out by making reference to
those specified in JB/T 1615.

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Additional Explanations:
This standard was proposed by and is under the jurisdiction of Shanghai Power
Equipment Research Institute.
This standard was drafted by the Revising Group of Professional Standards on Boilers.
This standard was issued for the first time in 1975 and was revised for the third time in
1992.
The original JB 1609-83 "Specifications for Manufacturing of Boiler Barrel" was
cancelled from the implementation date of this standard.