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Specifying Reliable Cost Effective Machinery Designs


Based on API Mechanical Equipment Standard Paragraphs
Presented by Cliff Cook

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Take advantage of over 800 man years of expert experience in specifying, design, testing, installation and repair of rotating equipment by attending this new course covering the API Mechanical Equipment Standards. Learn the API mechanical equipment standard requirements, the reasons behind the requirements and how to knowledgably apply these specifications.

The course is based on an API in-house document used by the Mechanical Equipment Task Forces to generate the 28 API machinery standards.

The course will present valuable information for designers and users of pumps, steam and gas turbines, centrifugal, reciprocating, and screw type compressors, gears, auxiliary equipment and auxiliary systems.

The following API Standards are based on these Standard Paragraphs:

  • 610 Centrifugal Pumps For Petroleum, Petrochemical And Natural Gas Industries
  • 611 General Purpose Steam Turbines
  • 612 Special Purpose Steam Turbines
  • 613 Special Purpose Gears
  • 614 Lubricating and Control Oil Systems
  • 616 Gas Turbines
  • 617 Special Purpose Compressors
  • 618 Reciprocating Compressors
  • 619 Helical Screw Compressors
  • 672 Plant & Instrument Air
  • 673 Fans
  • 674 Positive Displacement Pumps - Reciprocating
  • 675 Controlled Volume Pumps
  • 676 Positive Displacement Pumps – Rotary
  • 677 General Purpose Gears
  • 681 Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps
  • 684 Tutorial on Rotor Dynamics
  • 686 Installation of Equipment
  • 687 Repair of Rotating Equipment

Dates and Locations
Please visit our Calendar of Events for all upcoming courses.

To Register
Online registration for the 2010 courses will be available soon. Print/Fax a registration form.

To order other API publications, please visit the Publications section of the API website.

Who Should Attend
Engineers new to the field, as well as experienced individuals involved with the specification, quoting, purchasing, design, testing, installation and repair of the equipment covered by these specifications.

Please note there is an API 5 day training course covering API 687 which covers the requirements of equipment repair in much greater detail.

About the Instructor
Clifford Cook is the president and joint owner of CVC Engineering, located in Houston, Texas where he provides turbo machinery consulting services to the process industries in which he has 37 years experience.

Mr. Cook is one of sixteen ChevronTexaco Fellows, holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Third Assistant Engineers Coast Guard license from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, a MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Mr. Cook is the Chairmen Emeritus and past Vice Chairmen of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Subcommittee on Mechanical Equipment (SOME) and a member of its Steering Committee. This Subcommittee is responsible for all 27 mechanical equipment specifications, and recommended practices for mechanical rotating equipment published by API. He is the chairman of the API 687 Task Force on Repair of Special Purpose Equipment Rotors, Chairmen of the API SOME Standard Paragraphs, and past Chairmen of API 613 and 677 Special Purpose Gears and General Purpose Gears respectively. He is an active member of API 617 Centrifugal Compressor, 616 Gas Turbine, and 614 Lubricating Shaft Sealing and Control Oil Systems task forces. He is a past member of API 610 Pumps, 684 Tutorial covering rotor dynamics, and 618 Reciprocating Compressors. He also serves on the ANSI Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 67 Subcommittee 6.

Mr. Cook is a member of the Texas A&M Turbo machinery Symposium advisory board since 1994 and Chairmen of it Short Course and Tutorial Task force.

Prior to joining Texaco in 1972 he worked 7 years for Ingersoll Rand Compressor Division as a test and design engineer on centrifugal, axial, and positive displacement screw compressors, hot gas expanders, steam turbines, gas turbine packages, large utility boiler feed pumps and lube oil systems.

For More Information
Registration: Please contact Matthew Cunningham at 202-682-8158 or email cunninghamm@api.org.

Technical Program Information: Please contact Cliff Cook at 281-469-8090 or email: cpcook1@comcast.net.


 
 

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