Export Protection and Packaging, Class MC- Exchangers

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DATE: 01 APR APR 2003

EXPORT PROTECTION AND PACKAGING CLASS MC: EXCHANGERS

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ENGINEERING SERVICES BY KBR TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. 2.1 2.2 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 4. 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 5. 5.1 5.2

Title Page No. GENERAL ......................................................................................................................................1 Scope..............................................................................................................................................1 Units ................................ ............... ................. ................................. ................ ................. ................. ................. ..................................... ................ ..................... ....... 1 Transport and Storage Conditions.................. Conditions............................ ................... .................. ................... ................... .................. ................... .................. ............. ..... 1 DOCUMENTATION ....................................................................................................................... 1 Documents to be Submitted to the Seller.......... Seller ................... ................... ................... .................. ................... ................... ................... .................. .......... .. 1 Documents to be Included with the Shipment ................... ............................ .................. ................... ................... ................... ................... ............. .... 2 PROTECTION AND PACKAGING ............................................................................................... 2 Equipment ................................ ............... ................. ................. ................. ................................. ................ ................. .................... ............... 2 Materials Materia ls and Components ................................ ................ ................................. ................. ................................. ................ ................. .................... ...... 3 Protection ................................ ............... ................. ................. ................. .................. ................. ................... ............... 3 PACKAGE DESIGN ...................................................................................................................... 4 General ................................. ................ ................. ................. ................................. ................ ................. ................. .................... .................. ................ .. 4 Shipping Crates .................. ........................... ................... ................... .................. ................... ................... .................. ................... ................... ................ ................. ................ ...... 4 Pallets ................................ ............... ................. ................................. ................ ................. ................. ................. .................... ................. .... 4 Skids ................. ................. ................................. ................ ................. ................. ................. .................... ................. .... 5 Plywood ................... ............................ .................. ................... ................... .................. ................... ................... .................. ................... ................... ................. ................. ................. ........ 6 Lumber ............................... ............... ................................. ................. ................. ................. ................. ................... ................. .... 6 MARKING...................................................................................................................................... MARKING ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Shipping Marks ................................. ................ ................. ................................. ................ ................. ................. ................. ................... ....... 6 Pictorial Marks ................... ............................ .................. .................. .................. ................... ................... .................. .................. ................... .................. ................. ................. ........ 6

1. GENERAL 1.1 Scope This standard supplements the requirements of the Order and contains additional packaging requirements to be applied to exported items for their protection protection and identification during shipping, shipping, handling, and storage. Exported items are those shipped outside their country of manufacture. 1.2 Units Either the U.S. customary units or the metric units, consistent with the Order, shall be used. 1.3 Transport and Storage Conditions The Seller shall package export items to protect them from corrosion, damage, and theft during shipping, multiple handling, and storage for the specified specified climatic conditions. conditions. Items that will experience experience shipping and storage time in excess of 12 months shall receive special consideration. 2. DOCUMENTATION 2.1 Documents to be be Submitted by the Seller 2.1.1 The Seller shall submit to to the Purchaser in advance of shipment: a. b. c. d.

The Seller's standard protection and packing procedure. Loading or transport transport diagrams diagrams for those those items items specified specified by the Purchaser. Purchaser. Instructions indicated in Article Article 2.2 when when items items are are ready for shipment. shipment. A master master shipping shipping list listing the following following information information as a minimum: 1. 2.

Purchase Order and Requisition numbers. Item or tag number and item name.

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Gross and net weight weight in pounds and mass in kilograms of each package. Dimensions of each package in feet and millimeters. Destination and consignee address. Detailed description of the contents of each package. Quantities of each item or subassembly required for complete shipment. Whether shipment is complete complete and shipment shipment number number ifif applicable. applicable. Number of packages in the shipment. Origin of item. item. Item tariff numbers.

For equipment or crates exceeding either; 100 000 lbs (45 000 kg), 40 ft. ft. (12 000 mm) in length, or 8 ft. (2400 mm) in width or height, a shipping diagram shall be submitted to the Purchaser's Traffic Department three months before readiness to ship. The shipping diagram shall show weight, weight, overall length, width, height, center of gravity, and location of sling marks or lifting points.

2.2 Documents to be be Included with the Shipment Shipment The Seller shall attach, to the largest package in each shipment the master shipping list and instructions indicated below in such a manner that they are accessible without without opening the package. The package shall indicate that this information information is attached. Instructions shall include but not be limited limited to: a. b. c. d.

Instructions and data applicable to the Seller's guarantee. Instructions and location location for for removal removal of packing and protective protective coatings. coatings. Instructions for assembling components of the item. Protective measures and maintenance maintenance of item for the following following circumstances: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

If protective coatings, plugs, seals, or packaging packaging are are removed. removed. If installed and left left standing standing in an open unprotected site. If left undisturbed in shipping containers and stored. If periodic maintenance is required. If indoor storage or temperature control is required.

3. PROTECTION AND PACKAGING 3.1 Equipment 3.1.1 Equipment shall be shipped fully assembled assembled whenever possible with all auxilliary auxilliary components properly braced. 3.1.2 Equipment shall be shipped bolted to the package package base whenever possible. Equipment not bolted bolted to the base shall be protected and held in a fixed position by chocks, bracing, or packing material. 3.1.3 Cylindrical equipment equipment shall be mounted on shipping saddles. When possible, installation saddles saddles on equipment should be used as shipping saddles. 3.1.4 Shipping saddles, cradles, bolsters, bolsters, and chock blocks shall be contoured to the outside curvature of equipment and located so that local bending or damage of the equipment will will not occur. Steel wrapper plates shall be used, when necessary, to distribute the load and protect the equipment. 3.1.5 Internal surfaces of purged equipment shall be thoroughly dried and free free of moisture. All openings shall be sealed and capable of withstanding an internal purge purge pressure. Purged equipment shall display the warning: warning: PURGED OF AIR NOT TO BE OPENED WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PURCHASER

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A pressure gauge shall be mounted on equipment to monitor the status of the purge. The gauge shall be easily read and positioned to avoid damage. A block valve shall be placed between the gauge and the equipment so that if the gauge is is damaged the purge will will not be lost. Item shall be shipped with with the block valve closed. closed. A filling point with a shut-off valve shall be placed between the block valve and the equipment so that the purge can be re-established if it is lost. 3.2 Materials and and Components Components 3.2.1 Internal bolting, gaskets, and small small attachments susceptible to damage shall be separately packaged, identified, and attached to the main item. 3.2.2 As a minimum, the following following items shall have packaging and protection in accordance accordance with Table I. TABLE I ITEM Tube Bundle Assemblies Tubes, Stainless Steel Components

PACKAGING AND PROTECTION PACKAGE AND PROTECTION TYPE Crate (Note B) Crate (Note A) Crate

NOTES FOR TABLE I: A. B.

Items shall be sleeved sleeved in polyethylene and heat sealed or packaged in waterproof, waterproof, vapor barrier barrier packages. Tube bundles shall be crated with with cribbing cribbing between each assembly. assembly. Outside of exchanger tubes shipped loose shall be coated with a corrosion inhibitor and the ends plugged and sealed.

3.3 Protection 3.3.1 All threaded, beveled, and machined surfaces surfaces shall be protected from corrosion and damage from use of powered equipment and rough handling. 3.3.2 Items with exposed rubber parts or linings linings shall be wrapped with an opaque, air-tight plastic plastic cover secured with tape. Desiccant shall not be used to protect rubber products. 3.3.3 Items subject to damage by water or humidity humidity shall receive additional protection protection as required. Components with nondrainable crevices or chambers, shall be covered and protected at all times from entrance of water and debris. 3.3.4 Internal surfaces subject to rusting rusting shall be protected by vapor phase inhibitors, rust preventatives preventatives or by a suitable desiccant. After treatment all openings must must be plugged or otherwise sealed. 3.3.5 Desiccant with an easily read humidity humidity indicator shall be required in all types of protection and packaging where condensation or vapor diffusion across vapor barriers would create a condition in the interior of the package harmful to the contents. Desiccant shall be fully contained in in bags to prevent dispersion, securely fixed in place, and easily removed. Package shall indicate that desiccants shall shall be checked weekly and changed as necessary. 3.3.6 Materials which will will deteriorate in the presence of water or moisture moisture shall be packed and shipped in waterproof vapor tight containers.

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4. PACKAGE DESIGN 4.1 General 4.1.1 The Seller's standard crate, skid, skid, and pallet design can be used if they meet the requirements contained contained herein. 4.1.2 Containerized and unitized packing procedures procedures shall be used to the greatest extent possible. 4.1.3 All crates, skids, and pallets pallets shall be suitable for use with slings and fork lifts, lifts, and shall be suitable for rail, rail, truck, barge, and ship transport. 4.1.4 All crates, open or sheathed, and palletized palletized items shall be capable of supporting a stacked load of a similar item during transit. 4.1.5 Crates requiring waterproofing waterproofing shall be lined with a waterproof material material between the sheathing and the framing members, overlapped sections sections shall be sealed with a waterproof adhesive. adhesive. The top cover shall have two layers of a waterproof material. 4.1.6 When ventilation is required floor boards may be spaced 3/8 in. (10 mm) apart or a series of suitable holes, appropriately spaced, may be drilled if the base is plywood. 4.1.7 All crates shall have a minimum of two steel straps on on approximately 2 ft. (600 mm) centers. Crates over 1000 lbs (400 kg) shall have all faces strapped. Bundles shall have a minimum of three steel straps on no more than 5 ft. (1500 mm) centers. 4.2 Shipping Crate 4.2.1 A typical shipping crate, for items items up to 1000 lb. (400 kg) net, is shown in in Figure 1. Crates shall be designed for use with slings and fork lifts.

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

TYPICAL SHIPPING CRATE FOR ITEMS UP TO 1000 lb (400 kg) NET

UNITIZED SHIPPING CRATES

4.2.2 Small shipping crates and items items sufficiently protected shall be; unitized unitized as in Figure 2, palletized as in Figure 4, or packed in larger shipping crates or shipping containers to facilitate handling. 4.3 Pallets 4.3.1 Pallets shall be designed to be sufficiently sufficiently rigid so as to prevent damage during handling and storage. The maximum pallet load shall be 4000 lb. (2000 kg). The pallet size and shape shall suit the items being shipped. 4.3.2 Palletized items shall be securely securely strapped and attached to the pallet base. Items may require require further protection by the addition of stretch or shrink wrapping, wrapping, open-sided, or fully sheathed crates. crates. All bags shall be

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palletized and stretch and shrink wrapped. A typical pallet base with progressive progressive degrees of protection are shown in Figure 3.

FIGURE 3 TYPICAL PALLET FOR ITEMS UP TO 4000 lb (2000 kg) NET

4.4 Skids 4.4.1 Items exceeding 4000 lb. (2000 kg) net shall be shipped on a skid assembly. assembly. A typical skid assembly is shown in Figure 4. Skids with progressive degrees of protection protection are shown in Figure 5.

FIGURE 4 TYPICAL SKID FOR ITEMS OVER 4000 lb (2000 kg) NET

FIGURE 5 TYPICAL SKIDS 4.4.2 Skids shall be design to be sufficiently sufficiently rigid with lifting points points arranged so as to prevent damage during handling.

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4.4.3 Skid rails, headers, headers, and load beam members shall be bolted together. together. Bolts shall be counter sunk and have washers on both ends. 4.4.4 Skid rails and headers headers shall be the same size. 4.5 Plywood 4.5.1 Plywood sheathing shall be a minimum minimum 3/8 in. (10 mm) for crates up to 1000 lbs (400 kg) and a minimum 1/2 in. (12 mm) for crates over 1000 lbs (400 kg). Plywood shall be structural grade exterior plywood. 4.5.2 Crates with plywood sheathing sheathing shall have each face reinforced by spaning the short direction direction with members spaced approximately on 2'-0" centers. 4.5.3 Flat crates (height one fourth the the width) shall have diagonal bracing on the two large faces. 4.6 Lumber 4.6.1 Lumber shall be be new, sound, and dried, with no fungus or decay. Lumber sheathing shall have a minimum nominal thickness of 1 in. (25 mm). 4.6.2 Crates with lumber sheathing sheathing and open sided crates shall have diagonal bracing on all faces. 5. MARKING 5.1 Shipping Marks 5.1.1 Shipping marks shall be applied to the top and two opposite opposite sides of crates, when equipment is to be marked the marking shall be made at only one location. 5.1.2 Shipping marks for bundled material material shall be applied to galvanized sheet metal tags attached attached to both ends of the bundle. Markings shall be stamped or stenciled with with waterproof paint and shellacked over. The strapping of the bundle shall be inserted through the top top and bottom of the tag. On small bundles the tags may be secured with tie wire. 5.1.3 Markings directly on equipment or pipe pipe shall be done with water-insoluble materials materials that contains no halogens, sulphur, metallic materials, or any other substance which will be harmful to the equipment in the presence of moisture or when the item is heated to an elevated temperature. 5.1.4 Lifting instructions, caution caution signs, spreader-bar lift locations locations to be exercised at transfer points shall be clearly noted. Fragile areas shall be marked "DO NOT NOT LIFT HERE." HERE." Items that weigh 20 000 lbs (9000 kg) or more shall be marked with center of gravity and sling marks. 5.1.5 Items with breakable lining lining material shall be clearly marked with with specific and informative informative cautions to prevent damage due to rough or incorrect handling. 5.1.6 Attachments to items which which have been removed and packaged separately shall be clearly marked with the appropriate item number. 5.2 Pictorial Marks 5.2.1 The pictorial markings, shown shown in Figure 6, shall be stenciled directly directly on all packages as required to facilitate proper handling. Cautionary basic text may appear below the symbol in the national language of the country of origin and destination. 5.2.2 Symbols should be black. black. However, if the color color of the package is such that the marking does not show clearly, a panel of suitable contrasting color, preferably white, should be provided as a background.

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5.2.3 The number of identical markings markings is at the discretion of the Seller and should depend on the size and shape of the package. Pictorial markings should be placed placed above and to the left of the shipping mark. 5.2.4 The symbols for "SLING HERE" and "CENTER OF GRAVITY" GRAVITY" shall be placed in the correct position in order to indicate the intent of the symbol. symbol. The symbol for "THIS WAY WAY UP" should be placed on the two top corners of a face of the package and may be repeated on the other vertical faces. 5.2.5 The overall size of the symbols should be either 4, 6, or 8 in. (100, (100, 150, or 200 mm) depending on package size. Symbols in Figure 6 are shown in their recommended recommended proportions.

FIGURE 6 PICTORIAL MARKINGS

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