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Raymond Dewley

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:10 pm

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How did RR's test boiler sheet thickness before the rise of UT testing?

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Dave

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:20 pm

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Hydro and hammer, or drill holes. Get ahold of L&RP and read the late Jack Anderson's great series of articles on boiler qualification before the Big Bang changed everything.

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