Re: Gear operator

This is usually not a problem if the piping/control station/valve is not within a confined space.

It's quite possible that the vendor/spec sheet is not yet available so he has to do a layout without specific hardware info. With 3D CAD, the access to database information is quite useful and probably most used by purchasing/MTO people who want to get the best possible price. If that means "going down to the line" for certified prints while deciding on a vendor, so be it.

If the detail piping engineering guys have to wait too long and then are forced to issue construction drawings with holds on them as a result of upstream information delays, this often means more (expensive) field work. But the purchasing dapartment's job has been fulfilled, so they're off the hook for responsibility for backcharges.

Then the piping guys end up in the field fixing things (or worse, the contactor "fixes" things on a deadline and ignores project specs) when it costs $10,000/hour due to delays for the combined fab/construction onsite team.

Paul

elie altawil wrote:

> Get the valve MFR name, model number or fig number,
> ASNI Class rating, type (ball, gate, plug, etc.) and
> contactr the vendor of the valve. More likely they
> will give you the answer immedately. If the valve is
> 12" or smaller, the valve operator more likely is a
> shelf item.
>
> If you are looking for electric, hydraulic, pneumatic,
> or combination, you still need to get the above
> information, but contact the actuator representative
> (Bettis, shafer, biffi, etc.).
Received on Wed Mar 09 23:02:00 2005