ASME Piping & Pressure Vessel Design Collection

Book1
This Overview of Pressure Vessel Design course is part of the ASME International Career Development Series – an educational tool to help engineers and managers succeed in today’s business/engineering world. Each course in this series is a 4- hour (or half-day) self-contained professional development seminar. The course material consists of a participant manual and an instructor’s guide. The participant manual is a self-contained text for students/participants, while the guide (this booklet) provides the instructional material designed to be presented by a local knowledgeable instructor with a minimum of preparation time. The balance of this instructor’s guide focuses on:
1. Organizing Unit Responsibilities
2. Instructor Guidelines and Responsibilities
3. Comprehensive teaching materials which may be used “as is” or adapted
to incorporate experiences and perspective of the instructor.
Welcome to the ASME International Career Development Series! We wish you all
the best in your presentation, operation and delivery of this course.

Book 2&3
Process plant piping systems are typically designed, fabricated, installed, inspected, and tested in
accordance with ASME B31.3, Process Piping.
Unfortunately, piping systems cannot just be installed, placed into operation, and forgotten.
• They must be periodically inspected to ensure that they have sufficient structural integrity
and remain safe for continued operation.
• Repairs may be necessary to correct deterioration.
• Alterations are often required when physical changes must be made to a piping system.
• It may be necessary to rerate systems to new design conditions.
API 570, Piping Inspection Code, covers inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating procedures for
metallic piping systems after they have been placed into service. This course provides an
overview of API 570 requirements.