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US 2022/0018378 A1Published application
Flange bolting method and apparatus
AssigneeApplied Bolting Technology
InventorsJordan David Richardson, Ivan Wayne Wallace
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Abstract
A method of loading bolts of a bolted flange connection includes obtaining an initial bolt load value for each of the bolts; loading each of the bolts, in sequence, to a respective initial bolt load value; wherein each of the bolts achieves a resultant bolt load value that meets a predetermined bolt load value.
Claims8
A method of loading bolts of a bolted flange connection, the method comprising:
- obtaining an initial bolt load value for each of the bolts;
- loading each of the bolts, in sequence, to a respective initial bolt load value;
- wherein each of the bolts achieves a resultant bolt load value that meets a predetermined bolt load value.
A kit for securing a bolted flange connection staving N bolts, the kit comprising:
- N direct tension indicating washers;
- each of the N direct tension indicating washers being configured to indicate an initial bolt load value;
- wherein upon loading each of the N bolts to a respective initial bolt load value, each of the bolts achieves a resultant bolt load value that meets a predetermined bolt load value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.