Buckle up – in this episode we spill ALL the dirty shop secrets most fabricators don’t want you to know! We walk into pretty much ANY pressure vessel shop and GUARANTEE we’ll find these violations:Welders running out of position or not even qualified for small diameter nozzles.Excessive reinforcement sneaking past inspectors (UW-35) .Alignment tolerances that magically disappear AFTER welding (UW-33).Hydro gauge horror stories – valves between vessel & gauge + digital gauge tricks that can over-pressurize everything.

Missing liquid static head in calculations (UG-22) – happens EVERYWHERE.Forgotten production impact test coupons scrambling shops last minute.Fans blowing shielding gas away in summer.Orifice plates with ZERO documentation killing weld quality.Weep holes, repads, siphon drains, and hydro test nightmares (including real death stories).LSR multipliers, hot bolting disasters, and why the youngest guy should NEVER run hydro.Plus epic roasts, horror stories (over-pressurized exchangers that should’ve popped but didn’t), pro tips on qualifying weld procedures the RIGHT way, and why most shops are one bad hydro away from catastrophe.If you’re a welder, fabricator, AI, designer, or just love raw ASME truth bombs.

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