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Api 520

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Anil Kulkarni
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24 API RECORDED PRACTCE S20 dented disks should not be wed. Apply the proper installation ‘ane torquing procedure as recommended by the rupture disk device mamaotuer. (On reverse-buwkding disks that have lnufe-blade assem- Dies, the lmife blades must be checked for playsical damage ‘ane shanpmess, Nicked or dul blades must not be wsed. Dam- aged rupture disk hlders must be replaced (see Appendix A). 12.5. INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PIN- ACTUATED DEVICES Puractuated devices should be installed and maintained in eecordance with Manufacturer's requirements. Appendix B provides guidance on the installation and maintenance of pity etunted devices. 12.6 INSPECTION AND CLEANING OF SYSTEMS BEFORE INSTALLATION ‘Because foreign materials that yess into and through pres- swe-relief valves ean damage the valve, the systems on which the valves axe tested aud finally installed must also be inspected and cleaned. New systems in particular are prone to contain welding beads, pipe scale, and other feign objects tbat imlvertenly get tapped during construction and wall destioy the seating surface when the valve opens. The system should be thoroughly cleaned before the pressue-rlif valve is stalled Pressuetelief devices should be removed or isolated before hydrotesting or pmeumatio presswe testing of the sys- tem, either by blaneng or closing an isolation valve. If an so- Jaton velve is wed, the flanges between the isolation velve and the presswe-relief device should be wedged open ar a bleed valve provided so that imivertent lealang tinough the isolation valve does not damage the pressiwe-relie device

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