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Steel Pipe Racks: Types, Design Basis, and How a Make-to-Print Rack Is Fabricated
The types of steel pipe rack, the loads that govern the design, and how an EN 1090 EXC3 make-to-print fabricator builds a bay-by-bay rack to your drawings.
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EN 1090-2 Execution Classes Explained: How to Specify the Right Class and Verify Your Fabricator
EN 1090-2 grades steel fabrication into four execution classes, EXC1 to EXC4. Learn how to choose the right class, why it limits who can build the work, and how to verify a fabricator's EXC3 certificate in one step.
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Pipe Racks for Chemical, Power and Process Plants: How to Specify and Verify a Steel Fabricator
How to specify a steel pipe rack for a process plant, and how to verify a fabricator's EN 1090 EXC3 execution class, ISO 3834-2 welding qualification and export record before you award the work.
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