Figure 8-28. Installing first intermediate stave

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(6) Install steel recessed washers, cup side down,

(1) Push 3 or 5 bolts flush with the gasket at right of

on all vertical seam bolts.

first stave (2, fig. 8-28).

c. Installing First Intermediate Stave.

FIRST INTERMEDIATE STAV

FIRST STAVE

DRIFT PIN

STRIP GASKET

WEDGE GASKET

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Figure 8-28. Installing first intermediate stave

(2) Set first intermediate stave (1) in position with

first intermediate stave or in a counterclockwise

its left seam outside the right seam of first stave (2).

direction around the bottom, following the same

Use drift pins (3) in open boltholes to aline the holes

procedure as in b and c above.

with bolts (2, fig. 8-27). Install nuts on every sixth or

NOTE

tenth bolt in each row.

Carry all staves for the second the third

NOTE

ring Into the tank before installing the last

As the remaining staves are installed,

two staves.

check carefully the position and tightness

(2) Install eight or nine staves with nuts in-stalled on

of all radii, wedge, and strip gaskets.

bolts as in c (2) above.

d. Installing Remaining Intermediate Staves.

(3) Install brace (3, fig. 8-29) at left seam of first

stave. Use a section of channel for the brace.

(1) Facing the outside of the second stave, install

remaining 34 staves, except the last, to the right of the

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