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Cold Springing in Piping Systems

Cold springing a pipe involves cutting a section of piping short and pulling the two ends together for welding. This places prestress in the piping opposite to stresses from operation. While piping codes do not allow considering the stress reduction from cold springing, they do allow applying two-thirds of the calculated reduction in nozzle loads to impacted nozzles. Therefore, the main benefit of cold springing is a reduction in nozzle loads on critical equipment. However, cold springing is not recommended because it is difficult to maintain accurate records over time and future maintenance may not account for the original cold springing.

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Cold Springing in Piping Systems

Cold springing a pipe involves cutting a section of piping short and pulling the two ends together for welding. This places prestress in the piping opposite to stresses from operation. While piping codes do not allow considering the stress reduction from cold springing, they do allow applying two-thirds of the calculated reduction in nozzle loads to impacted nozzles. Therefore, the main benefit of cold springing is a reduction in nozzle loads on critical equipment. However, cold springing is not recommended because it is difficult to maintain accurate records over time and future maintenance may not account for the original cold springing.

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JITENDRA SURVE

PIPING GUIDE

03/04/03

STRESS ANALYSIS
Cold Springing

Cold springing a pipe is the act of cutting short a section of a piping


system and then pulling the two ends together to make the final
weld.
This places a prestress in the piping system that is opposite to the
stress that is imposed on the piping system when it is hot.
As per B31 code, the stress engineer can take no credit for cold spring
when he considers the maximum stress in the system.
However, the piping code does allow the stress engineer to apply twothirds of the calculated reduction in nozzle loads to the impacted
nozzles as it is difficult to install properly a cold-sprung system.
Therefore, the benefit to cold spring is some reduction in nozzle loads
on critical equipment.
It is difficult to maintain accurate cold-spring records over the
operating life of the plant, hence cold-spring not recommended.
Future maintenance efforts may not consider the original cold spring
when disconnecting the piping system.
Client approval is necessary.

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PIPING GUIDE

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