Training skid of Dijkgraaf-Suport is being unloaded at the User Day site. We have received very positive feedback and will have more of these User Days in the future. We thank all participants and especially thank Peter Dijkgraaf and Cyril Wentzel for their excellent contribution.

 
Invitation User Day 2016
First participants arrive
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Participants are from fabricators, engineering contractors and operator-owners
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Agenda of the day included technical subjects, software progress and practical tests
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Some introduction of the subjects
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Development of the VES software
 
Invitation User Day 2016
EN1591 flange calculation introduction of the overall procedure
 
Example of the discussion of flanges
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Finite Element Analysis advantages and pitfalls by Cyril Wentzel of Wentzel dynamics
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Some specific examples of FEA
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Flange management by Peter Dijkgraaf of Dijkgraaf-Support
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Practical test to assemble a flange pair
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Find the correct tools and assess the dislocation of the flanges
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Apply torque to the bolts
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Increase the bolt torque to finalize the assembly
 
The flanges have photographic paper to measure the gasket pressure
 
Invitation User Day 2016
Result on the paper shows gasket pressure at the bottom, virtually no pressure at the top. This is more difficult than it seems.