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Introduction

About MAINTENANCE

MAINTENANCE provides a collection of documents for repairing or maintaining LESER safety valves. The
following topics are covered:
• Maintenance Fundamentals of LESER safety valves (terminology, design elements relevant for
valve operation)
• Repair process
• Suggested equipment for assembling, disassembling and rework of critical parts
• Disassembly, including sectional drawings
• Rework of critical parts including an overview of critical dimensions

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• Assembly, including options
• Spring charts
• Testing procedures (set pressure and leak tests)
• Spare parts lists
• Guidelines for inspection, storage and transport

• Trouble shooting

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Contents

Chapter Content Sources

1.1 Introduction Introdocution and table of contents SIP 1001-00 “Introduction”

1.2 Maintenance Terminology: SIP 1002-00 “Maintenance

Fundamentals Fundamentals”
- Parts
- Set pressure
- Overpressure & blowdown
Critical parts:

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- Nozzle & disc
- Spring
- Adjusting ring
- Parts providing alignment
- Lifting devices

1.3 Repair process -Process of Safety Valves to Repair LGS 1111 “Process of Safety Valves to
Repair”
-Repair Traveller
LGS 1112 “Repair Traveller”

1.4 Suggested Equipment for disassembly and LWN 369-60 “Specification of the API
equipment lapping Tool Kit”
- Required equipment with technical LWN 369-56 “Standard Tool
information Specification“
- Order numbers of LESER equipment LGS 1116 “Operating materials and
supplies for repaired valves“
- LWN 369-56: Most relevant sections
are: Page 1-5; 8; 12-13; 15-18, 29 –
31, 34
- Equipment and materials

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1.5 Disassembly Disassembly instruction: LGS 1109“Dismantling

and Cleaning instructions for type 526 API“
- Step-by-step instruction for disassembly
LGS 1115 “Cleaning repaired
Cleaning instructions valves”

1.6 Rework of Critical dimensions for refinishing disc and nozzle: LWN 309-05 “Refinishing of
critical parts seats and discs”
- Lowest allowable tolerances for refinishing
- LWN 309-05 includes dimensions for other
LESER safety valves. Relevant pages for this valve
type: Page 1-2; 14-15

Rework of the seat: LGS 1113 “Reworking repaired

valves”
- Procedure of lapping by hand, illustrated with
pictures

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1.7 Assembly Assembly instruction: LGS 1104 “Assembly instructions
for type 526 API”
- Step-by-step instruction for assembly

Torques: LWN 322-03 “Torques for screw,

nuts and caps H2 / lifting
- Assembly torques for body-bonnet connection,
devices”
caps, test gags, O-ring discs and bellows
LWN 322-04 “Torque for O-Ring-
Disc and bellows connection“

LGS 1114 “Paint touch-up and

After Assembly: painting repaired valves”

- Color finishing and painting LGS 1118 “Component plates”

- Component plate

Spring charts: LWN 062-30 “Spring charts-psig-

1.8 Spring charts Type 526”
- Overview of spring ranges for set pressure
adjustments and spring selection in bar and psi LWN 060-30 “Spring charts Type
526“

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1.9 Testing Testing set pressure: LWN 331-12 “CDTP”

Procedures
- Procedures and equipment for setting and testing
the cold differential test pressure, including tolerances

Leak testing: LWN 369-34 “Performing Leak

Tests”
- Procedures and equipment for testing functional
tightness (disc-nozzle connection)
- Procedures and equipment for testing shell tightness
(nozzle, cap)

Tightness requirements: LWN 220-01 “Tightness Test”

- Seat tightness

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- Shell tightness
- Back seat tightness

Last visual check up LGS 1117 “Final visual

inspection of repaired valves“

Extract from LWN 480-00

1.10 Spare parts Spare parts list
“Type 526 spare-parts”

1.11 Installation & Testing and inspection before installation: Extract from LWN 753-00
storage “Installation and Plant Design”
- visual inspection of the valve
- hydraulic pressure test

Extract from LWN 753-00

Inspection intervals
“Installation and Plant Design”

Extract from LWN 753-00

Storage and transport
“Installation and Plant Design”

Extract from LWN 765-01

Typical errors “Trouble shooting”
1.12 Trouble
shooting

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