API 579 /ASME FFS-1 Fitness-for-Service Evaluation
Turin, Italy
Monday 11 June – Thursday 14 June 2012
4 Days
Course Code: PD 616 | Accreditation: 3 CEUs, 30 PDHs |
Instructor: Ron Frend
In this course, participants will learn how to apply the rules of API 579/ASME
FFS" Fitness-for-Service" Standard to evaluate the integrity and
remaining life of tanks, pressure vessels, piping systems and pipelines. Topics
covered include: the principles of fitness-for-service, an evaluation process
for each type of degradation mechanism, and a review of the application of
API 579/ASME FFS to brittle fracture, general metal loss, local wall thinning,
pitting, blisters, mechanical defects, crack-like flaws, fatigue, and fire
damage.
You Will Learn
- The latest techniques to determine the fitness-for-service of operating
tanks, vessels, piping systems and pipelines
- Practical application of the ASME and API rules for structural integrity
of static equipment and pipelines
- How to apply the step-by-step 3-level approach of API 579/ ASME FFS
- How to apply the latest developments in defect assessment Techniques
Who Should Attend
Design and system engineers, integrity engineers
Requirements
Participants MUST bring a laptop loaded with MS Excel and be familiar with
MS Excel spreadsheets for repeated calculations. Participants will be expected
to work with computers during the course to input and work with calculations.
Instructor
Ron Frend is a registered engineer, and has nearly 40 years of engineering,
consulting and management experience. The focus of his career has been practical
applications of maintenance and engineering. Mr. Frend is experienced in a
variety of predictive maintenance analytical techniques as well as in management
skills suitable to an engineering consultancy and a large multinational corporation.
He has conducted specialised training on the following topics: fitness for
service, management techniques, non-destructive testing and inspection of
static equipment, rotating equipment (operation, design and maintenance),
resistance and gas welding, vibration analysis, infrared thermography and
passive ultrasonics.
Course |
ASME Member/Before
10 May 2012 |
ASME
Member/Standard Rate |
Before
10 May 2012 |
Standard
Rate |
|
PD 644 |
€1.575 |
€1.675 |
€1.675 |
€1.775 |
End of Early Bird Rate: 10 May 2012
Registrations: Register using our online
form or download the PDF registration form
Hotel:
Mercure Torino Royal, Corso Regina Margherita 249, 10144 Torino,
Italy
Double room for single use €125 per night (including buffet breakfast,
service and local taxes)
For booking your room, please use the reservation
form.
Training Venue: Mercure Torino Royal