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Pressure Testing & Blinding Guide

The document provides guidelines for safely installing blinds on pipes and equipment. Key steps include: - Depressuring and draining lines to be blinded - Wearing appropriate protective equipment depending on any hazardous materials previously in the lines - Slowly loosening flange bolts and spreading flanges to insert blinds, directing any sudden release away from workers - Installing blinds at flanges closest to equipment to properly isolate sections

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Pressure Testing & Blinding Guide

The document provides guidelines for safely installing blinds on pipes and equipment. Key steps include: - Depressuring and draining lines to be blinded - Wearing appropriate protective equipment depending on any hazardous materials previously in the lines - Slowly loosening flange bolts and spreading flanges to insert blinds, directing any sudden release away from workers - Installing blinds at flanges closest to equipment to properly isolate sections

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Pressure tests 37

• The pressure should be gradually increased until a gauge pressure, which is


the lesser of one-half the test pressure or 2 bar has been reached. This pressure
should be maintained for at least 10 minutes. A preliminary check for leaks
should be made. The pressure should be gradually increased in steps of
approximately one-tenth of the test pressure and maintained for 10 minutes at
each step until the required test pressure has been reached. Large systems can
be tested in sections.

Installing blinds
When installing blinds, the following precautions should be considered:
• Check that the equipment or piping is prepared and properly released for
blinding.
• Verify that correctly sized and rated blinds are to be installed.
• Verify that lines and equipment have been depressured and drained.
• Ensure that drain valves are open where available by using proper rod-out
equipment.
• Determine what product or material has been contained in the equipment or
piping. If this material is hazardous, secure and wear the appropriate
protective clothing and equipment.
• If equipment to be blinded is above atmospheric pressure, ensure that the
pressure is reduced to the lowest possible value.
• Wear protective clothing and personnel protective equipment as dictated by
the circumstances. Always wear eye protection.
• Whenever possible, remove flange bolts on the side away from the workers,
leaving a minimum of two, then loosen these bolts and without completely
removing the nuts spread the flanges to install the blind.
• Always spread the flange on the side away from the workers first so any
sudden release will be directed away from personnel.
• Flanges should be open a minimum length of time consistent with the safe
installation of the blind.
• When opening flanges suspected to contain toxic gases, carry out an air
quality check to determine the level of respiratory protection required for
the task.
• Install blinds at the flange closest to the vessel, tank, or equipment under
consideration.
• When vessels or process equipment is interconnected in such a way that
blinding of each is not possible or practical, the combination is to be
considered as one vessel. The combination will be appropriately blinded and
prepared as a unit.
• A blind may have a gasket installed on both sides but a minimum of one
gasket installed on the pressure side of the blind is required.

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