Exxon IP 6-3-1 Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers
Exxon IP 6-3-1 Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers
Exxon IP 6-3-1 Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers
INTERNATIONAL Page 1 of 3
PRACTICE
(This practice is appropriate for attachment to Inquiry or Purchase Document) Rev. 1 March 1998
Changes shown by
SECTION 1 - GENERAL
I 1.1 This practice covers the design, fabrication and inspection of brazed aluminum type heat exchangers.
I 1.2 An asterisk () indicates that a decision by the Purchaser is required or that additional information shall be
furnished by the Purchaser.
I 1.3 Table 1 lists the practices and standard which shall be used with this practice.
TABLE 1
PRACTICES
STANDARD
ALPEMA
The Standards of the Brazed Aluminum Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Manufacturers’ Association
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1.4 Table 2 lists practices which shall be used with this practice if specified by the Purchaser.
TABLE 2
PRACTICES
SECTION 5 - MATERIALS
R 5.1 Nozzles smaller than 12 in. (300 mm) shall be manufactured from seamless pipe.
SECTION 6 - DESIGN
R 6.1 The maximum allowable working pressure rating shall be established per the proof test procedures of the
ASME Code Section VIII, Division 1, or a recognized Code of another nation if approved by the
Purchaser.
R 6.2 All welded joints, including dissimilar material welds, shall be full penetration.
R 6.3 Proprietary weld-type transition components between stainless steel and aluminum may be used only if it
has been established, by either destructive testing, analytical or numeric methods of assessment, that they
are equivalent in pressure, bending and fatigue strengths to the weaker of the pipe materials being joined.
Revision Memo
9/68 Original Issue of Basic Practice
1/72 Revision 1
1/76 Revision 2
12/94 Revision 0 - Original Issue of International Practice
3/98 Revision 1
Editorial revision to rationalize and convert this practice to supplement the ALPEMA Standard.
Par. 1.4 added reference to ALPEMA. Par. 1.5 deleted IP 18-1-1 (withdrawn). Par. 4.1 revised since Appendix 1 of
Revision 0 deleted. Revised Pars. 7.1 and 7.2 to eliminate Halogen as alternative test media for Helium. Paragraphs
deleted from IP 6-3-1, Revision 0, because they are now covered in the ALPEMA Standard: 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.2, 7.3,
8.2, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, Attachment 1.
Paragraphs revised from IP 6-3-1, Revision 0, because the material is now covered by the ALPEMA Standard: 3.1,
7.1, 8.4.
ATTACHMENT 1
PHYSICAL DATA SHEET FOR BRAZED ALUMINUM EXCHANGERS
(TO BE FILLED BY THE MANUFACTURER)
(CIRCLE APPLICABLE UNITS)