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ASME Boiler Pressure and Vessel Code
SECTION X: Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels

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BPVC-X -  BPVC Section X-Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels
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Section X of the ASME Boiler Pressure and Vessel Code (BPVC) focuses on the requirements surrounding the construction of reinforced plastic pressure vessels.  This section includes two classes of vessel design:

  • Class 1
  • Qualification through the destructive test of prototype
  • Class 2

Mandatory design rules and acceptance testing by non-destructive methods
The fabrication of these vessels is limited to:

  • Bag-molding
  • Centrifugal casting
  • Filament-winding
  • Contact molding

These vessels are not permitted to the following with lethal fluids:

  • Store
  • Handle
  • process

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