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API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Fitness-For-Service (Virtual Classroom)

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Apply the requirements of API 579/ASME FFS-1 to make run, repair, and replacement decisions for pressure vessels, piping, and tanks.

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This course commences at 9:30 AM and ends at 6:00 PM Eastern each day, with breaks throughout for the following sessions:

December 9 - 11, 2025
April 13 - 15, 2026
June 15 - 17, 2026

This course commences at 10 AM and ends at 3 PM Eastern each day, with breaks throughout for the following sessions:

February 16 - 20, 2026
May 4 - 8, 2026
June 1 - 5, 2026

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Fitness-for-service assessment is a multi-disciplinary engineering approach that is used to determine if equipment is fit to continue operation for some desired future period. The equipment may contain flaws, have sustained damage, or have aged so that it cannot be evaluated by use of the original construction codes. API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 is a comprehensive consensus industry recommended practice that can be used to analyze, evaluate, and monitor equipment for continued operation. The main types of equipment covered by this standard are pressure vessels, piping, and tanks.

This course helps participants understand and apply the API/ASME fitness-for-service standard in their daily work. The material presented in the course shows how the disciplines of stress analysis, materials engineering, and nondestructive inspection interact and apply to fitness-for-service assessment. The assessment methods apply to pressure vessels, piping, and tanks that are inservice.

The course includes an extensive set of notes to supplement the contents of the recommended practice, and the recommended practice contains numerous example problems that illustrate fitness-for-service assessment.

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You Will Learn To

Analyze, evaluate, and monitor pressure vessels, piping, and tanks for continued operation
Explain how to apply background information on fitness-for-service assessment, especially as it applies to the refining and chemical process industries, which are the primary focus of API 579
Identify the main parts of the API/ASME standard, as well as the annexes
Explain the practical application of the techniques incorporated in API 579-1/ASME FFS-1

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for engineers and engineering management engaged in the operation, design, analysis, and maintenance of plant facilities. Participants should have a BS degree or equivalent experience in engineering. A general knowledge of stress analysis, materials behavior, and fracture mechanics are helpful.

This ASME Virtual Classroom course is held live with an instructor on our online learning platform. Certificate of completion will be issued to registrants who successfully attend and complete the course.

Can't make one of the scheduled sessions? This course is also available On Demand.

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Topics Covered

Introduction - lecture and discussion
Fitness-for-service Engineering Evaluation Procedure (General Roadmap for Parts 3 through 13 of the API/ASME Standard) - lecture and discussion
Assessment of Equipment for Brittle Fracture - lecture, discussion, and examples
Assessment of General Metal Loss - lecture, discussion, and examples
Assessment of Local Metal Loss - lecture, discussion, and examples
Assessment of Pitting Corrosion - lecture, discussion, and examples
Assessment of Hydrogen Blisters and Hydrogen Damage Associated with HIC and SOHIC – lecture and discussion
Assessment of Weld Misalignment and Shell Distortions – lecture and discussion
Level 1 Assessment of Crack-Like Flaws - lecture, discussion, and examples
In-class problem-solving: general metal loss, local metal loss, and Level 1 crack assessment
Introduction to Fracture Mechanics; Level 2 Assessment of Crack-Like Flaws – lecture, discussion, and examples
Assessment of Components Operating in the Creep Regime – lecture and discussion
Assessment of Fire Damage – lecture and discussion
Assessment of Dents, Gouges and Dent-Gouge Combinations – lecture and discussion
Assessment of Laminations – lecture and discussion
General Discussion and Course Wrap-up

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Instructors

Greg did a very good job in making technically very dense material accessible for people who have not been into Mechanical Engineering for many years.

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Senior Operations Engineer

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Live course with an instructor and peers held in an online learning environment with digital enhancements and online materials.

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