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Heat Exchanger Tube Expansion Guide

The document provides a procedure for expanding tube-to-tube sheet joints in shell and tube heat exchangers. It outlines safety considerations and specifies that expansion be done using a mandrel and parallel roller type equipment to achieve 5-7% thinning of the original tube wall. Measurements must be taken and documented to check proper expansion and wall thinning. The procedure is intended to meet requirements for equipment designed and constructed per ASME Section VIII Division 1 standards.

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Heat Exchanger Tube Expansion Guide

The document provides a procedure for expanding tube-to-tube sheet joints in shell and tube heat exchangers. It outlines safety considerations and specifies that expansion be done using a mandrel and parallel roller type equipment to achieve 5-7% thinning of the original tube wall. Measurements must be taken and documented to check proper expansion and wall thinning. The procedure is intended to meet requirements for equipment designed and constructed per ASME Section VIII Division 1 standards.

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TUBE TURN (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

Procedure for expansion of tube-to-


tube sheet joint for shell and tube
heat exchangers

Client : M/s BSL ENGINEERING SERVICES

PO no:BSL/LOCAL/291220/2020,R0

Doc no: TTI/EXPANSION/01

0 12-03-2021 ISSUED FOR REVIEW Saylee Dinesh Mehta Rajiv Tawde

Rev. PREPARE REVIEWED APPROVED BY


Date Description D BY BY
No.

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1. Scope: This procedure covers requirements of Tube to Tube sheet expansion of equipment
designed and constructed as per sec VIII Div 1 Edition 2019.

2. Reference Documents:

2.1 Approved drawings.


2.2 Approved QAP/ITP.
2.3 ASME Sec VIII Div 1 Ed 2019

3. Starting Stage:

The tube-to-tube sheet expansion shall be conducted on tubes after verification of tube
projection as per drawing.

4. Safety:

4.1 Due care shall be taken while expanding the tubes.


4.2 Safety review shall be undertaken prior to expansion.

5. Equipment type:

Mechanical device / Hydraulic Device.

6. Procedure:

6.1 Ensure that the tube hole finish is Ra ≤ 10 µm prior to insertion of tubes.
6.2 Ensure that all the tube ends are cleaned.
6.3 Use liberal amount of lubricant with the expanding mandrel. Tube expander shall be
mandrel and parallel roller type i.e. controlled torque equipment.
6.4 Insert the mandrel assembly into the tube.
6.5 Expander Length shall be as per the drawing.
6.6 Pressurize the system at expansion pressure.
6.7 Measure the expansion achieved using bore gauge
6.8 The amount of tube wall thinning shall be 5 - 7% of the original tube wall thickness and
the machine settings to achieve this thinning shall be determined and checked during
procedure testing by micrometer measurements as follows:

Diameter of tube hole : “D” … mm.


Mean outside diameter of tube : “d” … mm.
Difference : “D-d” .. mm.
Inside diameter of tube after expansion : “T” … mm.
Inside diameter of tube before expansion : “t” … mm.
Difference : “T-t” .. mm. Tube wall thinning = [(T-t) – (D-d)] / 2

6.9 Repeat the procedure for the rest of tubes.


6.10 Remove the lubricant applied by cleaning the tubes.
6.11 Offer the tube expansion to QC.

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7. Acceptance Criteria:

The amount of tube wall thinning shall be 5 - 7% of the original tube wall thickness

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Tube Turn (India) Pvt Ltd


Mahape, Navi Mumbai

Tube to Tube Sheet Joint Expansion Report


Report No: Date : Page No. :
Client : Equipment. No. : Drawing No. : Sheet No.

Inspection. By : Godrej Project No. Rev. No.

Expansion of tube to tubesheet joint is verified & observed as follow.

Sr. Details Specified Permissible Actual


No.
1 Tube-sheet Hole size, Ts
2 Tube OD, TOD
3 Tube ID, TID
4 Tube ID after expansion, TF
5 Expansion *
6 Length Of Expansion
Note
For Expansion Length details Refer Attached Sketch

(Expanded area)

Remark : 100% tube to tube sheet expansion is checked & found acceptable / Not
acceptable and Released / Not Released for further processing.
Instrument Sr. No. :

TTI-QC Client Surveyor

Date: Date: Date:

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