ASME BPVC X - Fiber-Reinforced Plastic: 2025 [paper]

ASME BPVC Section X, Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels

The construction of an FRP pressure vessel in accordance with a manufacturer’s design report is outlined in this section.. It includes production, processing, fabrication, inspection and testing methods required for the vessel. Section X includes three Classes of vessel design; Class I and Class III – qualification through the destructive test of a prototype and Class II – mandatory design rules and acceptance testing by nondestructive methods. These vessels are not permitted to store, handle or process lethal fluids. Vessel fabrication is limited to the following processes – bag-molding, centrifugal casting and filament-winding and contact molding. General specifications for the glass and resin materials and minimum physical properties for the composite materials are given.

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