API Spec 6A Training on Design, Materials, and Quality Control

Course Highlights

This course contains modules that cover these key areas:

• Application and performance
• Quality Control Requirements – General
• Quality Requirements for:
• Design of API 6A Equipment – General
• Material – General
• Material of Body, Bonnets, and Outlet connectors and their Quality Control Requirements
• Material for Other Components and Equipment: Stems, Valve Bore Sealing Mechanism and Choke trim; Assembled equipment and their Quality Control Requirements
• Material for Ring Gasket, Non integral metals seals and Nonmetallic seals and their Quality Control Requirements
• Mandrel type and slip type Hangers and back pressure valve
• Bolting Material and their Quality control requirements
• QTC and Production Heat Treating Equipment
• Welding and Overlay and their Quality control requirements
• Factory Acceptance Test 10 - Quality Requirements for Marking, Storing and Shipping

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Understand the importance and history of the spec, the scope and to what is applicable
• Understand the Pressure rating, Temperature rating, Material Classes and PSL
• Consider the critical information and factors to be individuated and communicated when you need to purchase components and services according to API 6A
• Understand the General Requirements for Design of the main parts
• Define Material specification Define the main general quality control requirements
• Define the requirements for chemical, mechanical, hardness, dimensional, visual control, traceability and serialization, surface and volumetric NDE Define the requirements for chemical, mechanical, hardness, dimensional, visual control, documentation
• Individuate the quality requirements for each type of hangers
• Define the requirements for Bolting to be used into API 6A equipment
• Identify how to select ER and identify the main requirements for production HT Equipment (eg. TUS)
• Define the requirements for welding and overlay and the associated NDE
• Identify the FAT for the main Equipment, their duration and applicability based on the PSL
• Identify the General Marking requirements and how to find product specific requirements, be able to identify critical storing and shipping requirements

CEUs and Certificates

This course is accredited by the International Association of Continuing Education and Training. Participants meeting the requirements of the course will be awarded the following:

CEUs: 1.6