BULLETIN fall 2007 • VOLUME 62 • NUMBER 3 The first motorcycle was powered by steam? Find out on page 18. Donald E. Tanner Executive Director Richard L. Allison Bulletin cover photograph by John Gilroy. Assistant Executive Director – Administrative George Bynog Assistant Executive Director – Technical Paul D. Brennan, APR Director of Public Affairs David Culwell Publications Editor Kimberly A. Miller Manager of Publications Cover Story BOARD OF TRUSTEES 18 Born to be Wild . . . Sylvester Roper, Inventor of the David A. Douin First Motorcycle Chairman Robert J. Aben Jr. First Vice Chairman Mark Mooney Second Vice Chairman Donald E. Tanner Features Secretary-Treasurer Joel T. Amato Member at Large 6 2007 Registrations Donald J. Jenkins Member at Large 9 National Board Testing Laboratory Continues to Set Daniel C. Price The Standard Member at Large Martin R. Toth 14 Cast Aluminum Heating Boilers — By Terry Parks Member at Large 26 2007 General Meeting Highlights ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Charles G. Schaber Representing authorized inspection agencies (insurance companies) Greg McRae Representing pressure vessel manufacturers Departments Brian R. Morelock, P.E. Representing boiler and pressure vessel users 2 Executive Director’s Message: The NBIC Comes of Age Edward J. Hoveke Representing National Board certificate holders George W. Galanes 3 Perspective: A Sign for the Times Representing the welding industry Charles E. Perry 7 Inspector's Insight: Pressure and Temperature Monitoring of Boilers Representing boiler manufacturers Lawrence J. McManamon Jr. Representing organized labor 30 Profile in Safety:Martin R. Toth, Chief Boiler Inspector, State of Tennessee

32 People: Aben and Price Elected to Board of Trustees; Tom Monroe and

The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors was organized for Frantisek Musuta Join National Board; Keith Rudolph, Mario Ramirez Become the purpose of promoting greater safety by securing concerted action and maintain- National Board Members; National Board Welcomes Kenneth Watson and ing uniformity in the construction, installation, inspection, and repair of boilers and Anthony Jones; Castle, Cate, and Wheel Elected as Honorary Members; Doty and other pressure vessels and their appurtenances, thereby assuring acceptance and interchangeability among jurisdictional authorities empowered to assure adherence Steen Receive Safety Medals; In Memoriam: John Lemire and Joseph Cvar; to code construction and repair of boilers and pressure vessels. National Board Mourns Passing of Former Member David Kenison; Leland The National Board BULLETIN is published three times a year by The National Board Cooper Remembered; Call for 2008 Safety Medal Nominees; Call for of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, 1055 Crupper Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43229- Presentations Announced for 77th General Meeting 1183, 614.888.8320, nationalboard.org. Postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. Points of view, ideas, products, or services featured in the National Board BULLETIN do not necessarily constitute endorsement by the National Board, which disclaims 41 Do You Know . . .? Sue Haas, Accounting Associate responsibility for authenticity or accuracy of information contained herein. Address all correspondence to the Public Affairs Department, The National Board of Boiler and 42 Training Matters: Welding Procedure Workshop Pressure Vessel Inspectors, at the above address. © 2007 by The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA. ISSN 0894-9611. CPN 4004-5415. 43 Training Calendar 44 The Way We Were EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE The NBIC Comes of Age

by donald e. tanner, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

It’s hard to believe the National Board Inspection Code will users. Those purchasing the NBIC now have the option of buying be 65 years old in just three short years. And it is even more one part, two parts, or the entire three-part edition. In addition difficult to believe the very first code printed in 1945 is the fore- to the hard copy binders, each part will be individually offered in Irunner of what will be distributed in just three short months. a CD-ROM format.

Interestingly, the first code There is yet another option for NBIC purchasers, particularly “book” was more of a pamphlet. those desiring more technically sophisticated information re- Measuring 5-1/2 inches wide and trieval. Beginning with the 2007 edition, the NBIC will be offered 8-1/4 inches long, its 24 pages in a Web-based format. As such, the NBIC will be instantly avail- were humbly enjoined by two able to anyone with an Internet connection. As with the 2004 metal staples. edition, NBIC hard copy/CD-ROM subscribers will continue to an- nually receive only one addendum at year’s end. The Web-based That “Preliminary Printing,” NBIC, however, will include the most recent changes as approved as it was called back then, did by the NBIC Committee and released for publication. not as much address the mechanics of pressure equipment Some of you may notice a as it did establish the framework certain irony comparing for what would become one of the the 2007 National Board world’s most significant inspection Inspection Code with its documents. predecessors. As this American National Stan- Quoting from that original code: dard has significantly expanded in content over “This guide will be called the NATIONAL BOARD INSPECTION the past 62 years, its CODE and a copy will be placed in the hands of every member physical dimensions — and of the 2000 National Board commissioned inspectors. It thanks to technology — will serve as a textbook for the beginner and as an important have actually shrunk. influence toward uniformity for the more experienced.” Now with a Web-based format, the new NBIC The first code was broken into six chapters: Introductory; will be conveniently Laws, Rules, and Regulations; Rules for Inspection of Existing accessible to anyone, Boilers; Rules for Inspection of New Boilers; Rules for Boiler including those with a simple, handheld Internet-access device. Repairing; and Reference Data. Yes, the NBIC’s footprint has been extensively reduced. But its Fast forward 62 years and witness the introduction of the growth and influence within the pressure equipment industry has 2007 National Board Inspection Code. While dramatically more been nothing less than remarkable. elaborate in content, it will comprise three parts: installation, inspection, and repairs/alteration. For the first time in the code’s While the original NBIC Committee may never have envisioned extensive history, these parts will now be segregated into their publication in the formats of today, I am sure they would be individual binders. very proud of how that first modest pamphlet evolved.

This multi-document NBIC is evolutionary for a number of Both in size and stature. v reasons, the foremost of which maximizes accessibility by NBIC 2 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007 perspective A Sign for the Times

by Paul brennan, Director of Public affairs

It was a typical December day in Johnstown, Ohio. “I didn’t think about the danger I was in at the time,” Mr. Harvey recalled. “Not just anybody could go in and shut it down correctly. However, for this small bedroom community of 3,500 located just . . . There’s a certain sequence in which things must be turned off.” I30 miles northeast of Columbus, the events of December 1 would be anything but typical. The first, he pointed out, are the water valves. “When water hits the boiler, it could be like a low-pressure bomb and take out a The tree-lined streets of Johnstown displayed residue of the good part of the school and any people there.” season’s faded flora. Evenings yielded a sobering, precursory chill. And so it was on this invigorating December For defusing what was a potentially volatile morning that Johnstown’s young children situation, a humble Butch Harvey now enjoys gathered to attend Oregon Elementary School for heroic status — particularly among the an anticipated pre-Christmas curriculum. “Firefighters students, parents, and teachers of Oregon would later Elementary School. But around noontime, Principal Linda Broebeck noticed an unpleasant smell in the estimate boiler According to Mr. Harvey, the affected boiler was school building. About the same time, a custodian temperatures brand new, having been brought on line last from nearby Adams Middle School spotted smoke October 13. “The condensation station, where coming from the elementary school’s basement. well in excess the steam turns back into water and . . . fed of 1,200 back into the boiler by pumps was wired Principal Broebeck followed procedure and improperly so the boiler couldn’t get any water,” evacuated the children before calling Aleron, a degrees . . .” he pointed out. “And the water shut-off [low controls and mechanical company, which just water fuel cut-off] was wired improperly so the happened to be performing repair work at the boiler wouldn’t shut itself off.” school location. Aleron dispatched on-site contractor Butch Harvey to Oregon Elementary’s boiler room, By his own admission, Mr. Harvey has quite a bit of experience where he made a disturbing discovery. with pressure equipment that totals, according to supervisor Myers, “many, many years of boiler installation and “I found a lot of smoke and a boiler that was running without maintenance . . ..” water,” he explained. Firefighters would later estimate boiler temperatures well in excess of 1,200 degrees when Mr. Harvey When the veteran mechanical contractor observed “not just prepared to enter the boiler room. anybody could go in and shut it [the school boiler] down correctly,” he put his finger on one of the most profound “He actually crawled on his hands and knees down by the boiler problems facing pressure equipment owners/operators today: at the risk of his own life to turn off three main valves,” lack of technical understanding. emphasized Maintenance Supervisor Mike Myers.

3 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007 Into or Onto An Overheated Boiler EXPLOSION WARNING Do Not Introduce Water Do Not Introduce You are now probably asking yourself, if this You is such a grand idea, why doesn’t the National Board mandate warning notices in and around the boiler room? the National Board’s As many of you know, responsibility physically ends with the pressure unit itself. It is not within National Board’s authority to advise what warnings be prominently displayed unless said information is required to be physically part of the pressure equipment unit. But what about jurisdictions? Before anyone misinterprets where I am going with all this, please understand: I do not advocate any more regulations than those the posting presently administered. However, . . . point — something such as: point — something such to call for The addition of a telephone number or numbers close to the affected emergency assistance should also be posted equipment. of danger warnings in boiler rooms would be a positive step in helping curtail confusion that ensues when a lay person is confronted with a potentially deadly set of circumstances. Some pressure equipment professionals may giggle at the idea. Of course they know proper procedure. But a significant number of individuals who work around and are responsible for pressure equipment know only to call a repairman when a with a do when anyone­ face-to-face “How would know what to of pressurized equipment . . .” cherry-red piece — teacher, custodian, deliveryman, passerby — — teacher, 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL Unlike first aid messages splashed across industrial work areas, the pressure equipment notice should be short and to the It is now perhaps time for pressure equipment professionals to assume a similar path. First aid? There’s a ton of material on what to do a ton of material on what to First aid? There’s for injuries. Because that information has been available for years, most workers have seen it enough times to know precisely what to do. Having been in my share of boiler rooms over the years, I have yet to see any posted instructions regarding what to do in a pressure equipment emergency. The answer: signage. But what if on that brisk December day in Johnstown, Ohio, the But what if on that brisk December day in How experience? Harvey’s school had no one nearby with Mr. would anyone­ too late to dig out In such tense situations, it’s permitting, a call the maintenance manual. Time installation to the fire department or the ill-advised any preclude could contractor But if the luxury of time of water. introduction side, how can the danger of an is not on one’s to overheated boiler effectively be communicated a layman? It was indeed fortuitous the school had someone on premise who the school had someone on premise who It was indeed fortuitous many in similar situations, panic displaces knew what to do. For use of water to cool down hot equipment common sense, and the becomes a logical choice. cherry-red piece of know what to do when face-to-face with a about to do pressurized equipment that is (in all probability) very unpleasant. something very,

perspective 4 perspective 5 But even experience has its limitations. Some But even experience years around boilers who have worked for or never became aware either have forgotten of water and a hot, empty of the incompatibility boiler. this The solution to educating the masses about potentially lethal combination is elementary. it So, too, the effort. (How complicated can with be to scribble a simple message on walls 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL The BULLETIN extends its appreciation to MOUNT The BULLETIN extends its appreciation VERNON NEWS (Ohio) and staff writer Pamela Schehl Elementary School story in the Oregon for reporting its 12.15.06 edition. close proximity to boilers or on doors leading into boiler rooms?) close proximity to boilers or on doors leading warning notices inexpensive, even if the best part: it’s And here’s a more effective and are posted at multiple locations. Is there of an overheated efficient way of communicating the dangers boiler to those without a clue? day at Oregon Perhaps what happened on that frosty December as what did Elementary School was not nearly as important attempted to resolve not: that an unsuspecting good samaritan of impending a potentially lethal problem without knowledge consequences. Experience and good communication save lives. Some day, warning signs will be posted in all boiler rooms. But what price will we pay before being so compelled? v and good save lives.” “Experience “Experience communication There are substantial numbers of individuals unfamiliar with correct safety procedures. Among these: school custodians, cleaning small business owners, church volunteers, after-hours personnel . . . just about anyone believing a boiler is as simple and harmless as a coffee maker. And a sign close to the boiler? It would also be needed if for no — those who other reason than to indoctrinate — day-after-day frequent the boiler room whether as a professional responsibility or in a part-time caretaker capacity. At Oregon Elementary, Butch Harvey crawled on the floor because At Oregon Elementary, close to the boiler of smoke filling the boiler room. A notice would have been of little consequence in that situation. Common sense tells us having a sign posted on the boiler room door and perhaps in a close location just outside the boiler room would caution everyone from soaking an overheated boiler with water. If it were decided to post warning signage, what should be the If it were decided to post warning signage, location? Let’s hypothesize for a moment. Let’s This is why boiler owners may want to thoughtfully consider This is why boiler owners may want to thoughtfully saw scores of a voluntary signage program. This past fall when school was not boiler incidents, many of which occurred before luck runs in session. But it is only a matter of time its course. Just like an emergency evacuation plan or first Just like an emergency evacuation plan or aid education, employees must be continuously reminded of what to do if presented a dangerous scenario. problem occurs. (Would you know what to do if problem occurs. (Would face-to-face alone with, say, suddenly confronted disenfranchised from the a black bear mistakenly local zoo?) . 33 14 17 846 137 9,797 2,105 9,628 1,725 1,926 12,975 32,927 50,263 98,312 370,780 100,136 745,601 143,987 1,189,247 1,435,296 fy 2003 1 90 15 629 912 702 132 940 9,322 9,794 10,426 30,642 64,790 77,715 449,968 109,064 718,214 150,569 1,253,192 1,482,416 fy 2004

5 1 5 15 651 733 553 579 9,325 10,626 31,331 10,160 58,447 70,736 399,534 111,360 741,220 153,400 1,219,987 1,444,702 fy 2005 9 71 23 24 641 738 519 646 9,225 13,160 28,999 11,729 58,987 76,707 363,092 106,285 825,423 145,888 1,272,391 1,495,632 fy 2006 63 13 34 891 916 712 182 1,004 16,490 30,235 10,050 13,123 57,587 89,815 356,659 139,435 856,421 181,527 1,300,280 1,572,626 fy 2007

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TOTAL BOILERS > 200 and < 2000 > 2000 and < 5000 > 5000 TOTAL > 60 and < 100 > 100 > 36 and < 60 ATTACHMENTS* GRAND TOTAL report. *An attachment is any type of additional information to be submitted with the primary data > 55 and < 200 NUCLEAR VESSELS in square feet < 10 > 10 and < 36 square feet of heating surface < 55 PRESSURE VESSELS in square feet > 36 and < 60 > 60 and < 100 > 100 TOTAL > 10 and < 36 < 10

site at Board Web For more information on the Authorization to Register Program, access the National 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL The total number of registrations on file with the National Board at the end of the 2007 reporting period was 41,581,021. ❖ at the end of the 2007 reporting period on file with the National Board The total number of registrations The list below identifies boiler, pressure vessel, and nuclear vessel registrations by size for the past five fiscal years. The National by size for the past five fiscal pressure vessel, and nuclear vessel registrations boiler, The list below identifies from July 1 to June 30. Board fiscal year is guarantees the third-party inspection process, providing for uniform process, providing the third-party inspection guarantees of Authorization to Register Certificate National Board via submission process is documented important safety jurisdictions. This equipment by member of pressure-retaining acceptance National Board reports carrying the are the only Board. These data reports to the National by the manufacturer of data reports National Board number. file by manufacturer name and each report is maintained in a permanent Once registered, registration number. 2007 Registrations 2007

2007 registrations 6 inspector's insight 7 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL Section I of the ASME Code (PG-60.6.1) states that each Section I of the ASME Code (PG-60.6.1) states gage located so boiler shall be equipped with a pressure times indicate that it is easily read and that it shall at all only the the boiler pressure. This suggests that not but also the location of the pressure gage is important about condition. PG-60.6.1 clearly gives other mandates indicate how to ensure that the pressure gage can It even goes accurate and current operating pressures. gage. The Code as far as describing the dial range of the states the dial shall be graduated to approximately but in no case 2 times the set pressure of the safety valve, the case of two less than 1-1/2 times the safety valve. (In the lowest set safety valve should be valves on a boiler, boilers are used.) Pressure gage connections for steam pointed out in NBIC Appendix I-2722. ASME codes specify guidelines for the choice of gages to be used guidelines for the choice of gages to be used ASME codes specify objects: for installation on code-constructed the pressure If possible, it is always good practice to compare source. pressure gage with another indicated on the boiler’s Another gage on the boiler or downstream of the boiler is a good second observation. Common findings during operational inspections include broken gages, improperly mounted gages, nonfunctional gages, and gages for the wrong service. (Pressure or HG-602 (Steam Gages) and HG-611 Section IV: Altitude Gages) are two references for the requirements of low- pressure steam and hot-water boilers. HG-612 (Thermometers) provides another reference for observing the operating temperature of a hot-water boiler. For years, the National Board Inspection Code has addressed the issue of pressure and temperature device requirements. ff Engineer or Sta . McEwen, Seni y t y Henr b Pressure and Temperature and Temperature Pressure of Boilers Monitoring

To properly inspect, operate, or monitor a boiler, an or monitor a boiler, properly inspect, operate, To

To answer such questions the inspector or operator must become answer such questions the inspector or operator To familiar with these limits. Once known, the next step is to visually examine the indicators and compare them with the current operating condition. Any unusual observations should be addressed during the inspection and, if needed, corrective actions taken. Common problems include incorrectly installed gages or indicators, improper gages or indicators, clouded glasses, broken gages, and missing pointers. National Board violation tracking records even reflect that these appurtenances are sometimes found missing from the boiler proper. To safely and properly conduct the inspection, one must know the safely To the use of properly installed operating parameters. With boiler’s and temperature and accurate boiler gages (along with pressure boiler is operating controls), it is possible to determine if the within its design limits. Questions pertaining to the current operating pressure, maximum allowable working pressure, and normal and acceptable operating temperature must be answered. This especially holds true for the inspector who conducts the This especially holds true for the inspector required by the periodic operating (external) inspection as inspection to be jurisdiction. Most jurisdictions require an and temperatures. conducted under normal operating pressures the inspection boiler, Depending on the construction type of the annually to biennially. is conducted at specific times, ranging from on the issuance of The information obtained has a direct impact the responsible inspectorthe operating permit, which is released by inspection. only upon completion of a satisfactory physical accurate, and reliable indicators inspector needs responsive, condition. Knowing the correct pressure and T of the boiler’s times is the first step in temperature of an operating boiler at all functions. evaluating the status of the boiler’s This information can also help in the event of an unexpected This information can graphs, and other indicators are also boiler outage. Charts, operation. These can be useful in determining the boiler’s is not available to especially helpful when a full-time operator conduct routine meaningful readings. of Energy stated A recent survey conducted by the Department are 30-years-old or almost 80 percent of the boilers used today these are primarily the large, high capacity boil- Granted, older. used in hospitals, ers, but also included are the smaller boilers of boilers are churches, and schools, where the vast majority located. Violation Board’s One of the most recent results of the National Program revealed that in the first quarter of this year, Tracking to boiler controls, 33 percent of the total violations were related gage which are often indicated by pressure/temperature any category now readings. This is the highest percentage of can be isolated being tracked. Though no one area of concern reports, the because of different conditions noted on many percentage indicates inspectors are paying attention to pres- sure and temperature gages and their operating conditions and recording this data on inspection reports. regard to vessel operation and inspection, the use of With accurate and properly installed indicators, whether pressure or temperature, takes the guesswork out of the equation. As an inspector responsible for a detailed inspection or as an opera- tor responsible for safe operation, one must know at all times especially the operating pressure and the status of the boiler, temperature. v 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL We have discussed the issue of pressure and temperature We monitoring from a code and safety standpoint, but it should also be noted this can very well be a tool in monitoring the Conducting periodic gage readings from performance of a boiler. both the temperature and pressure sides can provide a time- During an inspection it is not activity. lapse look at the boiler’s unheard of for an inspector to ask for a boiler operating log, and allows daily activity which provides a look into the boiler’s for a more detailed and operational-sensitive inspection. Appendix I (I-2720) establishes pressure gage requirements. Appendix I (I-2720) establishes pressure monitoring. The Appendix I (I-2730) is specific to temperature ASME Code and NBIC specify the area of pressure and temperature monitoring is critical and essential for safe boiler operation and inspections. Three deficient pressure gages. The one in the center is deficient pressure Three is no though there indicate pressure, The other two broken. source. pressure

inspector's insight 8 Feature 9 Joe Ball, director of the director Joe Ball, Pressure Relief Department Pressure 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL photography by Greg Sailor Greg by photography

In 1990 the National Board Testing Laboratory (NBTL), requiring additional space and upgraded systems for testing and upgraded systems additional space Laboratory requiring (NBTL), Testing National Board In 1990 the

BULLETIN Continues to Set to the Standard Continues Testing Laboratory Testing National Board Board National “We’re immune to the economy,” says Joe Ball, who has worked for immune to the economy,” “We’re Relief of the Pressure for 27 years and is director the National Board relief sells one pressure a manufacturer Department. “Whether want to remain they have to test them if they device or a hundred, never a lag.” certified, so there’s The facility, completed in 1991, was state of the art; sixteen years completed in 1991, was state of The facility, the state of the — no matter so. It also remains it remains later, busy. economy — continually pressure relief devices, initiated a project to move from its facility at the Picway Generating Station (12 miles south of (12 miles south of Generating Station at the Picway its facility from to move project devices, initiated a relief pressure test laboratory would house the The new facility a suburb of Columbus. well as to a facility in Worthington, Columbus) headquarters. Board at National located previously Relief Department, Pressure for the staff of the as offices

NBTL conducts two kinds of tests: one for initial certification, The first establishes certification. the other for production rating value used to determine the certified capacity of device The second demonstrates that relief the pressure and testing by the methods of construction, assembly, code operational yield a device meeting manufacturer and that the device meets or surpasses the requirements flow rating for which it was originally certified. a company has established stamp signifies The “VR” repair and demonstrated an adequate quality system for valves. The NBTL tests sample relief pressure repairing by the applicant to verify they meet the valves repaired for performance and relieving ASME code requirements new. capacity that would apply to the valve if it were pressure relief devices involved in boiler and pressure devices involved in boiler and pressure relief pressure vessel accidents. relief testing labs accepted by the National Board and National Board testing labs accepted by the relief nine such labs, were ASME (as of April 2007, there Germany); including one in Hamburg, mark, “VR” repair stamp, and ASME Code Stamp Sym- stamp, and ASME mark, “VR” repair and “UD”; “UV,” “HV,” bols “V,”

2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL The “NB” mark signifies that the relieving capacity or flow The “NB” mark signifies that the device relief pressure and performance of a resistance meet the applicable construction code under National to granting certification to supervision. With regard Board use the “NB” mark and ASME Code Stamp Symbols, the • of members, to conduct tests on and, at the request • designs; concepts and relief to test new pressure • for all pressure to serve as the comparative standard • “NB” to use the National Board to grant certifications The NBTL is operated by the Pressure Relief Department The NBTL is operated by the Pressure to the ASME Performance and conducts tests according supported by the role, Code PTC-25. The department’s Test testing done in the NBTL, is: Shown above, two 900 psi steam generators in boiler generators 900 psi steam two above, Shown air High-pressure area. behind testing room (right). compressors

Feature 10 Feature 11 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL Brandon Ashbrook, right, tests an air pressure relief valve. relief an air pressure tests right, Ashbrook, Brandon line. test the air pressure below, Shown Since moving into the Worthington facility in 1991, the NTBL has facility in 1991, the Worthington Since moving into Ball says year. 24,000 tests, an average of 1,480 per performed almost to significantly in 1998 after the 1998 addenda the number increased other things, the addenda ASME Code Section VIII was issued. Among The lab features three test systems using steam, air, and water. Each and water. air, test systems using steam, three The lab features device can be attached relief vessel to which a pressure has a pressure psi. A can handle devices set up to 500 for testing, and each data for fluid flow acquisition system captures computer-based device, tests Depending on the system and computation and analysis. 15 minutes to an hour. can take from The actual testing area is approximately 3,600 square feet. Steam is produced by two 900 psi steam generators 900 psi steam generators by two feet. Steam is produced 3,600 square is approximately testing area The actual pounds of dry almost 20,000 steam per saturated of producing built in 1991. Capable the facility was installed when high- contains three also The room testing area. behind the boiler room a 1,400-square-foot located in are they hour, support equipment. and other air compressors pressure required the certification of rupture discs and outlined rupture the certification of required added a methods of testing. “The addenda basically conducted our first test of a Ball says. “We whole industry,” we’d disk in January end of the year, 1998. By the rupture done over 2,000 tests.” think he and his staff ever get overwhelmed by But don’t types of of different of it. “The variety the work or tired devices we see,” Ball says, “along with the relief pressure over the world, keeps our all test participants coming from work varied and interesting.” he and his staff constantly facility, With a 16-year-old vessels, and monitor the condition of piping, pressure When continued safe operation. valves to ensure In 1996, air they upgrade equipment. necessary, with a new 3,000 psi capability was increased compressor installed in 2005. Air-drying were two more compressor; In 2001 a smaller in 2005. capability was also improved up to 2,000 psig air test system for pressures high-pressure was added. Above, Brandon Ashbrook (left) and Tim Tim (left) and Ashbrook Brandon Above, valve relief pressure hook up a steam Brown testing. for IrvinTim Steve (left) photograph, and Top test. a steam monitor Brown

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Feature 12 feature 13 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL Pictured clockwise: a water pressure relief valve, the valve, relief pressure clockwise: water Pictured a and Joe Ball (left) and Henry line, test pressure water test. conductingwater a McEwen In other words, in the upcoming years, expect to see the in the upcoming years, expect to see In other words, relief for testing pressure the standard lab continue to set devices. v Ball says an expansion in testing is possible in the next few in the next is possible in testing an expansion Ball says in the nuclear industry been resurgence years. “There’s affect us. That will probably U.S. and overseas. both in the devices of types new as VIII Section ASME to changes will So for Code Section XII as the new ASME Also, considered. are work for I expect to see new vessels is adopted, transport valves used in that industry.” relief testing pressure feature

Cast Aluminum Heating Boilers by Terry Parks, Manager of Field Services

One way to satisfy demands for higher efficiency and a cleaner environment is through cast O aluminum heating boilers. The transfer of heat with cast aluminum is approximately three times faster than with cast iron. Because of reduced fuel consumption, lower flue temperature and fuel emission are produced, and operating costs lowered.

The efficiency of a boiler is given as the Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE), a measurement of overall performance. AFUE is the seasonal or annual efficiency with regard to the cyclic on/off operation and associated energy losses of the heating unit as it responds to changes in the load. This in turn is affected by changes in weather and occupant controls. AFUE is measured by the amount of heat delivered to a conditioned space divided by the amount of fuel energy consumed.

AFUE shows how much energy is being converted into heat and is indicated by a percentage. For example, an AFUE of 92 means that 92 percent of the fuel is being used while 8 percent escapes as exhaust with combustion gases. Currently the US Department of Energy

High-efficiency, condensing gas water boiler. Courtesy of Burnham. 14 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007 feature 15 , which allows for allows which , ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Vessel ASME Boiler and Pressure 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL recovering and using heat otherwise lost up the flue, the heat otherwise lost up the flue, and using recovering boilers can operate cast aluminum best high-efficiency, the heat from Recovering of 90. with an AFUE in excess to a point of flue gases the temperature flue reduces during is combustion produced vapor water where effect A side is that this condensed-out condensed out. has to as condensate and is acidic, is known which water, to resistant A heat exchanger to a drain. be piped away All effects of the condensate is a necessity. the corrosive the flue a plume from condensing boilers will produce water This by is caused terminal that appears as steam. condensing the flue held in suspension in gases droplets in the colder outside atmosphere. In the 2007 edition of the HA, Part a new Boilers , Heating Code (BPVC) Section IV, for Boilers ConstructedRequirements Aluminum of Cast BPVC several to incorporate created It was added. was for boilers to outline the requirements cases in order HA mirrors Part constructed sections. of cast aluminum for Boilers Con- Requirements the majority HC, of Part with some minor differences. structed, of Cast Iron HA-201 is foundOne significant difference in Paragraph Requirements Material in Article 2, chaplets — metal supports about to seepage repairs in position within a sand used to space and hold the core plugging, defectsmold — and minor leakage by or welding. impregnation, metal if the surrounding only will be allowed Plugging or stainless brass, is sound and with use of an aluminum, The pipe maximum size pipe plug. thread steel tapered Condensing boilers condense water vapor produced produced vapor Condensing boilers condense water this and use heat from process in the combustion non-condensing over The advantage condensation. because This is achieved fuel costs. boilers is reduced heat exchangers. effective more condensing boilers have flue products, from heat to be removed more These allow from heat investment one’s thus helping to prevent By outside and lost to the atmosphere. being expelled Most cast aluminum heating boilers in the marketplace heating boilers in the marketplace Most cast aluminum boilers water gas-fired condensing, high-efficiency, are A condensing boiler with an AFUE in the mid to high 90s. higher than a non- much an AFUE rating can have than 10 percent. more by typically condensing unit, In October 2006 the DOE proposed new efficiency new In October 2006 the DOE proposed furnaces for and boilers offered for residential standards set the would The standard sale in the United States. boilers and 83 for oil- minimum AFUE to 84 for gas-fired will become enacted the standard If boilers. fired to the DOE the According 2015. 1, January effective in the maximum improvement represents standard Its efficiency justified. that is technologically energy save would standards indicated the proposed analysis an estimated 0.41 quadrillion British units (Btu), thermal period a 24-year over energy of cumulative or quads, homes in the United to the DOE, According (2015-2038). for consume about six quads annually States collectively space heating. (DOE) allows a minimum AFUE of 75 for a minimum AFUE boilers steam gas (DOE) allows the for other boilers, foroffered sale in the United States; a minimum of 80. DOE allows . shop assembler separate from manufacturer) from separate shop assembler - require and welding lists impregnation The chart below in the Manufacturer’s ments that should be addressed systems. written quality control and Shop Assembler’s The data forms that will be used for boilers manufactured Report for Master Data the Manufacturer’s HA are to Part the H-5A; Form Boilers, ConstructedAluminum of Cast of Conformance Certificate Material for Manufacturer’s and the Manufacturer’s HA-1; Form Boilers, Aluminum Cast Welded repairs on castings to fix seepage will need to be to need will fixto castings seepage on repairs Welded and in the Manufacturer’s addressed and by approved Welders systems. written quality control Shop Assembler’s of must meet the requirements procedures and welding Qualifications and Brazing Welding ASME Section IX, • castings (when impregnated Method of marking • repairs Welded • repairs of welded Extent and frequency • repairs Methods of inspecting welded Shop Assembler’s System Written Quality Control .

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(the basis for the movie of the same name), describes a motorcycle in his a motorcycle describes same name), movie of the the basis for (the Road.” “Cherrylog poem that Indeed built. ever first motorcycle especially to the is apt, description The Roper in Sylvester inventor American built by and — steam-driven motorcycle power.” “fleshed with a bicycle 1869 — looks like The First Motorcycle power.” fleshed with bicycle “A his 1970 novel, known for best Dickey, James is how writer That

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But a bicycle it wasn’t, for it was in no way propelled by pedals, says Robert Boudeman, steam enthusiast, amateur historian, and owner of Roper’s other steam motorcycle, which Roper built in 1894 and died on in 1896. “A true motorcycle doesn’t have pedals on it. If you look at all the people who have claimed to invent the motorcycle, you’ll find all their so-called motorcycles have pedals. Roper’s motorcycles weren’t bicycles with motors assisting them. They had no external help except the motor itself.” Robert Boudeman

Roper built his 1869 steam motorcycle, which is permanently displayed in the Smithsonian, almost 20 years before German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach built the first gas- motorcycle, but they are mistaken, as it all began much earlier” with powered version, the Einspur. Theirs is often cited as the first, but the appearance of Roper’s 1869 steam motorcycle. Boudeman disagrees. “Something people get confused about is they equate the motorcycle with the internal-combustion engine. People think they arrived at the same time. But when Roper built his 1869 steam motorcycle, the gas-powered engine hadn’t been invented. So “The Nestor of steam road vehicle inventors” if you accept the premise that a true motorcycle doesn’t have pedals Sylvester Hayward Roper was born in Francestown, New Hampshire, and is only driven by the motor, I think we can say he really did on November 24, 1823. According to an article written by his grand- invent the motorcycle.” daughter, Bessie R. Conant, in 1907, Roper as a boy “displayed a remarkable degree Pete Gagan, of precocity in president of mechanics.” At age The Antique 12 he built a small Motorcycle Club stationary steam of America and engine — without owner of a replica ever having seen of Roper’s 1894 one. After leaving steam motorcycle, home he worked agrees. In an as a machinist article on Roper in various cities titled “The First before moving in American 1854 to Roxbury, Motorcyclist,” he Massachusetts, writes: “A great where he lived many books on for the rest of his the subject of life. He had about motorcycles 20 patents, and, credit Gottlieb according to Daimler with the Conant, his invention of the inventions Roper's 1869 steam motorcycle. 19 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007 , the world’s first automotive first automotive world’s the , The HorselessAge through the streets of Roxbury and Boston. In every case where he was brought before the bar the authorities reviled and abused, threatened with personal violence and even arrested for guiding his self-propelling vehicles magazine, said Roper was for years years said Roper was for magazine, included “the handstitch [sic] sewing machine” and “breech-loading guns of various patterns.” He also made a lot of patterns.” guns of various “breech-loading and machine” [sic] sewing handstitch “the included by Robert in 1816. Stirling engines invented external-combustion engines, Stirling manufacturing money from Boudeman says, Roper,” “Before Roper is best remembered. that vehicles on steam his work for But it is probably or locomotives railroad either were world the throughout country and made in this vehicles of steam kinds “the steam Roper made lightweight road. on the ran that locomotives basically railroad were which engines, traction ‘self-propellers.’” He called them personal transportation only. for vehicles a fire carriages, steam several including vehicles, Roper built 10 steam in 1896, 1860 to his death about From of horses did not masses in an era to the “self-propellers” to bring however, His desire, motorcycles. two and engine, issue published in 1895, In its inaugural go unchallenged. 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL

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Illustration of the 1894 steam motorcycle, which appeared in 1899 in American Machinist.

found that he had disobeyed no law, and they had no right to extended from its bottom to the rear axle. In the lower half was a arrest him. But the case was no sooner disposed than some charcoal-fed firebox. other blundering Dogberry [policeman] would assume that any man who was singular enough to ride in a horseless vehicle At the front left of the boiler was a vertical hand-operated water must be a law breaker, and again the determined inventor would pump; near it were three water-level cocks. At the back left, at the be brought before a magistrate. bottom, was a drain valve. Water was stored in a tank near the saddle (or seat). Tubing from the bottom of the tank supplied water to a Yet Roper, whose “hopes were centered upon steam” (as American hand pump and feedwater pump. Machinist magazine wrote of him in 1899), persevered. Shortly before his death, he finally began to receive public recognition, On each side of the frame, beside the smokestack, were oscillating attested by his appearance in that first issue of The Horseless Age, steam cylinders with a bore of 2-1/4 inches. Piston rods drove which dubbed him “the Nestor of steam road vehicle inventors.” 2-1/2-inch cranks on the rear wheel. The left cylinder crank operated the feedwater pump. The throttle, at the top front of the boiler and connected by tubing to the cylinders, was activated by rotating the The 1869 Steam Velocipede handlebar forward. According to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, the word While the motorcycle was at rest, a draft was provided by a tiny “motorcycle,” a combination of “motor” and “bicycle,” was not coined steam pipe leading from the safety valve (located at the top rear of until 1896. So the steam motorcycle Roper built in 1869, as well the boiler) to the smokestack base; while it was moving, a draft was as the one he built in 1894, was called a “steam velocipede” or provided by exhaust steam carried by tubing into the base. “steam bicycle.” Roper had high hopes for his motorcycle and other steam vehicles. For the frame of the 1869 motorcycle, Roper used the hickory frame To try to promote them, he often took them to fairs and circuses of a “boneshaker,” an early type of bicycle notorious for bumpy rides. in New England and raced them against horses. According to With wooden spokes and rims and iron-band tires, the wheels were Boudeman, “Roper really anticipated the concept in stock car racing 34 inches in diameter. From the front wheel, on which were footrests, of ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.’ In other words, if you could win rose a wrought-iron fork. At the top was a straight handlebar with races with your vehicle, you could create demand for it and sell it. wooden grips. Beneath the handlebar sat a steam gage. To slow the The big venue at that time to show products was the county fair.” motorcycle down, a rider rotated the handlebar backward, activating a brake on the rim of the front wheel. But Roper, facing what American Machinist called “the bitterness of the storm that awaits the pioneer who interferes with the established Between the wheels hung a spring-mounted firetube boiler, smoke- rules of the road,” found no demand for his motorcycle. So he built stack angling from the top. To steady the boiler, two stay rods no other — that is, until about 25 years later. 21 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007

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“It would climb any hill and outrun any horse” In 1894 Roper again turned his attention to the steam motorcycle. With funding from the Pope Manufacturing Company, builder of Columbia bicycles, he designed a motorcycle to be used as a pacesetter for bicycle races. Using a Columbia High Frame racing bicycle with pneumatic tires, he removed the cranks, chain, hanger, and rear wheel bearing and attached a boiler and steam engine.

Encased in asbestos and mahogany, the rectangular firetube boiler was 8 inches deep, 20-3/4 inches high, and 15-1/2 inches long. For the 84 firetubes, Roper, who in 1866 invented the cartridge repeater shotgun, used 12-gage shotgun barrels. Feedwater, in a tank just below the rider and regulated by a hand pump near the handlebar, passed through a coil heater in the smokestack before entering the boiler. When the motorcycle was at rest, the smokestack could be turned upward to increase draft. The steam engine, on the right side, was a single-cylinder 1-3/4 inches in diameter with 4-inch stroke. A pin outside the crank drove an inside emission piston valve, or balanced valve. Two cords extending from the handlebar controlled the damper and throttle valve.

The motorcycle weighed 150 pounds, could reach 40 mph, and was tested to 450 psi. While scooting across level roads, it maintained about 160 psi; while climbing hills, about 225 psi. The grate held enough coal for a seven-mile trip. In fact Roper was often seen riding from Roxbury to the Boston Yacht Club and back again, a round-trip of seven miles. “The exhaust from [the] stack,” American Machinist wrote, “was entirely invisible so far as steam was concerned; a slight noise was perceptible, but not to any disagreeable extent.”

Because of its age and value, Boudeman says he does not fire up the 1894 original; Gagan, however, says he runs his 1894 replica at 150 psi (it has been hydrostatically tested to 500 psi) and has reached 40 mph at half throttle. “The handling of the motorcycle,” he says, “started to show its shortcomings at that speed. And sitting with a coal fire below and a boiler between your Top photo: The steam motorcycle's nameplate. legs encourages caution!” Bottom photo: Robert Boudeman with the 1894 original. Opposite: The second steam motorcycle built by Roper in 1894. 23 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007 speculated, speculated, American Machinist automatically shut off the power. and as death paralyzed his muscles, his thumb relaxed and held the throttle open by a loop of string over his left thumb that he did not fall. There was no injury anywhere on him. He steam motorcycle from the track shortly after his father's death. shortly his father's after track the from motorcycle steam From a newspaper clipping: Charles Roper, as he pushes the 1894 as he pushes the Roper, Charles clipping: a newspaper From “the excitement attendant upon the remarkable speed developed at speed developed remarkable upon the attendant excitement “the exhibition.” the speed, that century, nineteenth late the it was for remarkable And at 60 mph on the estimated Gagan some bystanders says which speed in a such reached no one had ever likely than More last lap. land recognized first the when later, years two In fact, “self-propeller.” 39 averaged automobile, an electric vehicle, the was set, speed record in [his] wind “drunk on the words in Dickey’s Roper, Perhaps mph. Though what exactly happened on the back stretch of the track track of the stretch back happened on the exactly what Though Roper died of a heart attack it became apparent was not clear, as and, by arteriosclerosis induced , reporting on the incident the next day, wrote: day, next incident the reporting on the , report was incorrect. She wrote: report was incorrect. the machine left the track. gave his opinion that Mr. Roper died before the left temple. Dr. Wolcott, who was called, extinct. The only wound was a slight cut over touched him, they perceived that life was less beneath the wheel, but as soon as they assistance of the inventor who lay motion- the rider and overturning.All rushed to the plunged off the track into the sand, throwing was suddenly deflected from its course and wheel wobbled badly, and then the cycle that the bicycle was unsteady. The forward seated near the training quarters noticed lively pace on the back stretch when the men the track. The machine was cutting out a better time and continued to scorch around to the side of Mr. Roper and caught him so so elated that he proposed making even and wobbled on the track so that they rushed crossing the line, Mr. Roper was apparently son, Charles] that the machine slowed down made the mile in two minutes, one and two-fifths seconds. After Men who were there told my father [Roper’s The trained racing men could not keep up with him and he 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL According to Roper’s granddaughter, part of the part of the granddaughter, to Roper’s According Globe’s The Boston Globe From the starting line Roper zipped off, and the bicyclists followed. followed. bicyclists the and startingoff, line Roper zipped the From On the morning of June 1, 1896, 72-year-old Sylvester Roper rode Roper rode Sylvester 72-year-old 1896, 1, of June morning On the Cambridge, in Track Park River Charles to the his motorcycle eleven. about He arrived it as a pacesetter. to test Massachusetts, of a mile — one-third cement track on the training bicyclists Several him. up with try to keep — agreed to sharp curves long with The First Motorcycle Fatality The First Motorcycle Roper considered his 1894 motorcycle — which he boasted “would “would boasted he — which 1894 motorcycle his Roper considered “self-propellar” — his finest outrun any horse” any hill and climb be his last. know it would He did not yet.

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mouth” and “wringing the handlebar for Mederski admits most enthusiasts are speed,” was indeed overcome with more familiar with Daimler’s 1885 excitement on that last lap. Einspur than with Roper’s 1869 and 1894 designs. Which is something If so, then his death, though not due he tries to remedy. “When I speak to to a crash per se, was partly due to the enthusiasts, I do my best to make them intoxicating speed of a motorcycle. aware of Roper’s work. He’s the person Thus, Roper — inventor of the who successfully used steam to propel motorcycle — carries another a bicycle. He got us moving without distinction, albeit dubious: the first pedals.” victim of a motorcycle accident. “I have no doubt,” Gagan says, “that Sylvester And into the horseless age. v was the first motorcycle fatality.”

Roper’s Legacy After Roper’s death the Pope Manufacturing Company abandoned its plans to use his motorcycle as a pace- setter. However, his contribution to the history of motorcycles was not forgotten. In 2002 he was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame, and his 1894 The announcement of Syvester Roper's death as steam motorcycle displayed for a short printed in the The Boston Daily Globe time in the Hall of Fame museum. on Tuesday, June 2, 1896.

“Seeing Roper inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame,” Boudeman says, “showed me that historians and enthusiasts from around the world recognized his vision and creative genius. It was a pleasure to loan the motorcycle to the museum. Nothing is good until you share it.”

Mark Mederski, the museum’s executive director, says although in the history of motorcycles the internal-combustion engine eventually won out over the steam engine, Roper’s steam motorcycles had two advantages over early internal-combustion motorcycles. “His designs lacked pedals, which is somewhat remarkable because many early internal-combustion motorcycles had to use pedals to start the Editor's Note: The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum is located in the Columbus engine and launch the machine. That he didn’t use a clutch per se suburb of Pickerington, Ohio. For more information on the is also an advantage because in early designs, clutches were museum, visit their Web site at www.motorcyclemuseum.org. complicated and unreliable.” 25 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007

Ron and Judi Howard LIMBER LADIES. The Kilgore Rangerettes launch the Opening Session with a high- kick dance routine. MAKING THEIR POINT(S). banquet as choose their table for the Wednesday members John Hoh (seated right), National Board staff on. Bob Ferrell (seated left), and Mark Clemens look Roger Staubach, featured speaker. Season 4 semifinalist THAT’S ONE SMALL STEP FOR . . . STEP ONE SMALL THAT’S American Idol Celena Rae as she poses with National Board Board Chairman David Douin in the locker room. Dallas Cowboys’ THE KICK IS UP, AND IT’S . . . AND IT’S THE KICK IS UP, a punting Howard Pfaff South Dakota member Stadium while others eagerly Texas football at await their chance during a National Board members gathering. 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL

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(center), welcome new Texas Chief Boiler Inspector Anthony P. Jones. P. Anthony Boiler Inspector Chief Texas new welcome (center), Two former Texas chief boiler inspectors, George Bynog (left) and Terry Parks Parks Terry and (left) Bynog George inspectors, boiler chief Texas former Two THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU. YOU. UPON ARE TEXAS OF EYES THE

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BEST FRIEND. DIAMONDS ARE DIAMONDS INDEED A GIRL’S GIRL’S A INDEED the jewelry at Neiman and Cindy Flosek ogle on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday on Geri Tanner (front left), Tanner Geri Marilou Kerr (back left), Marilou Kerr (back left), Marcus department store Marcus department store Gloria Allison (front right), Gloria GENTLEMAN, YOUR START ENGINE! National Board Executive Director revs Tanner Donald up for the inaugural Segway 500. VIEW WITH A ROOM. A VIEW WITH SOMBER SITE. outing participants gather Tuesday in Dealey Plaza, where President Kennedy was assassinated John F. on November 22, 1963.

Speedway with a visit to the luxury suites. Wednesday outing guests tour the Texas Motor Texas outing guests tour the Wednesday 2007 Safety Medal winners Safety Medal with 2007 Dr. D’Orville Doty (left) and Ernest Steen. and Ernest Doty (left) D’Orville Dr. PIT STOP. Executive Director Donald Tanner (center) Tanner Donald Director Executive (BARBEQUE) at the buffet table. at the buffet Wednesday outing outing Wednesday participants at Texas Texas participants at Motor Speedway refuel 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL

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76 28 76th general meeting highlights 29 ACTION AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. ACTION NASCAR stock cars carrying Wednesday outing participants fly outing Wednesday down the track at Texas Motor Speedway. Texas down the track at MOTOR MOTIF. MOTIF. MOTOR participants were on the right outing Wednesday track as they proceeded to a garage lunch at Motor Speedway. Texas 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL PICKIN’ PICTURES. PICKIN’ evening banquet guests select photos Wednesday taken during General Meeting activities of the previous few days. STRIKING A HIGH NOTE . . . A STRIKING For Wednesday evening banquet For Wednesday attendees is fan-favorite Johnny Lee. P rofile in safety Martin R. Toth Chief Boiler Inspector, State of Tennessee

The first thing one notices about Martin Toth is his boyish good looks.

TEngage him in conversation and it fast Campbell BULLETIN photograph by Tim becomes apparent the youthful appearance belies a mature, internal intensity: a characteristic not often associated with the youngest of six children, nor one who happens to be the youngest member of the National Board.

“It’s called passion,” the Tennessee chief boiler inspector smiles. Tennessee. A few years later, she backtracked to Detroit (where It is a word he knows well. Marty’s dad resided), stayed several additional years, and finally returned to Erin. “I have always been motivated,” Martin explains with a sense of purpose. “And I am one of those blessed individuals who actually While many of Marty’s formative years were spent growing up in look forward to coming to work each and every day.” Michigan, he was graduated from Houston County High School in Erin. During his high school years, Marty developed his very first And so it is for Martin Toth and the way he approaches life. passion: sports. “I played just about everything — football, Whereas most would define their passions as lifelong, Marty, basketball . . . even a little hockey,” he chuckles. His love of as he’s called by friends, prefers his to have a sort of expiration athletics notwithstanding, Marty’s first real passion was baseball date. “They come as quickly as they go,” he freely admits. And it’s (which he still plays today in a local adult league). been that way since childhood. The Tennessee official admits to another passion growing up: The son of a migrant chef from Hungary and a country girl from writing poetry. Although by his own admission not attracted to Tennessee, Marty was born in Detroit but spent a good portion the point of launching a writing career, Marty over the years has of his youth bouncing between Michigan and Tennessee. As the had several of his poems published. youngest Toth child, he learned at an early age a great deal about “getting along.” He also learned about divorce. The future National Board member was only 13 years old when tragedy struck the Toth family. “I lost my oldest brother in an “My parents split up when I was a baby,” the National Board automobile accident,” he laments. The result of that dreadful member calmly reveals. “Because my father had custody and had occurrence was a profound sense of loss that remains with the to work evenings during the week, my siblings and I pretty much state inspector to this very day. grew up in an orphanage.” While poetry was an early passion, it was fleeting. Following high It was during the early 1970s when Marty’s mother returned and school graduation in 1986, the Detroit native returned to his packed up the kids and moved back to her hometown of Erin, hometown and made a decision to join the Navy. With a desire to 30 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007 Profile in safety 31 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL state finally agreed to give the future National Board member to give the future National Board member state finally agreed “a shot.” as deputy boiler inspector involved first assignment Marty’s as well as performing ASME and conducting field inspections, in the Jackson area. Commissioned early National Board reviews to Nashville in 1998 under the watchful 1994, he transferred chief boiler inspector and current supervision of then state When Director Donald Tanner. National Board Executive take the retired as chief inspector in 2001 and left to Tanner Mr. his successor. Columbus, Ohio, position, Marty was chosen the 32-year-old Joining the National Board later that year, of being the Michigan native assumed the dubious distinction Marty oversees a staff of youngest chief. Today, organization’s boilers and pressure 19 and is responsible for more than 65,000 vessels in the state. life has been reconfigured by Over the past two years, Marty’s that have a series of personal and professional milestones all that surrounds him. contributed to a newfound appreciation of he dodged raindrops leaving In 2004, during a Sunday downpour, a dry overhang his church and suddenly found himself sharing Spending the rest of with an attractive yet unfamiliar young lady. and married in 2005 Kristen and Marty Toth that day together, Madaline Grace. Maddie are today proud parents of one-year-old called) share the same (as she is called) and Daddy (as Marty is August 23 birth date. years ago, Marty ran for — and was elected as — an Two Now at-large member of the National Board Board of Trustees. at the age of 39, he has only recently relinquished the role of youngest National Board member. Not one to let passion get in the way of priorities, Marty has as evidenced adapted well to the new job of husband and father, by his uncompromising devotion to Kristen and Maddie. Though the passion for his job is high on the list, Marty admits it runs a distant third to Mommy and Maddie. “It only took 36 years for me to know true passion,” he observes with a laugh, “but unlike my other passions, this one doesn’t come with an expiration date!” Poetic. Persevering. Passionate. Good inspector qualities all. v birthday, Marty received a birthday, th In 1993, one month after his 25 Taking a job initially as a bartender, the 22-year-old began the 22-year-old a job initially as a bartender, Taking sending résumés in 1991 to a variety of organizations, including he went to work at a Shortly thereafter, the state of Tennessee. manufacturing company performing welding and maintenance, and operating low pressure boilers. Determined and far from disillusioned, the future Tennessee Determined and far from disillusioned, the future Tennessee official visited the state employment security office. While there, Marty learned about inspecting boilers, work he found instantly I didn’t even know such a appealing. “Outside of the military, profession existed,” he recalls. Marty emphatically explains he owes everything he is today Marty emphatically explains he owes everything And so it was following his discharge professionally to the Navy. on a position with in 1990 that the Detroit native set his sights apprenticeship program. Authority (TVA) Valley the Tennessee grounded level of Armed with new skills, experience, and a the utility company confidence, he was quickly dispatched by with a curt “you’re overqualified!” Life on board ship wasn’t bad for a kid just out of high school. Life on board ship wasn’t bad for a kid just some baseball for the “Heading to Hawaii, I got a chance to play stop/centerfielder admiral at various ports of call,” the short on Bahrain in the offers with a grin. “I also did ten months Persian Gulf.” And absorb he did. Marty approached his responsibility as And absorb he did. Marty USS Coronado with all the determination machinist mate on the with boilers “Working — he could muster. — and yes, passion me,” he recalls, “and it really and turbines really interested on everything I was became another passion. I set out to qualify King, to volunteering for eligible for — from Oil King to Water and engine room.” every watch standing position in the boiler “build things and work with my hands,” Marty pursued an “build things and work following enlistment. “I really wanted to engineering discipline as I could to prepare myself for life soak up as much knowledge he explains. after the Navy,” letter from Tennessee announcing its intentions to hire boiler announcing its intentions letter from Tennessee passion — in inspectors. Revealing a strong interest — nay, he lobbied for the job by inundating becoming a boiler inspector, state officials with phone calls. His persistence paid off when the Daniel C. Price Robert J. Aben Jr.

The National Board elected member Robert J. Aben Jr. first vice chairman of the Board of first vice chairman member Robert J. Aben Jr. The National Board elected

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T Aben and Price Elected to Board of Trustees to Board Price Elected Aben and Mr. Price holds National Board Commission No. 11607. v Mr. Before moving to the Yukon Territory, Mr. Price was employed for 10 years with the Northwest Price was employed for 10 years with Mr. Territory, Before moving to the Yukon as chief inspector. first as boiler inspector and subsequently Territories, Mr. Price has been employed as chief inspector with the Yukon Territory, Public Safety Branch, Public Territory, been employed as chief inspector with the Yukon Price has Mr. first National membership in 1994 as the Yukon’s since 1989. He was elected to National Board Board member. Daniel C. Price, chief boiler inspector for the province of Yukon, has been elected as a Board of has been elected as a Board the province of Yukon, Daniel C. Price, chief boiler inspector for member at large. Trustees Mr. Aben holds National Board Commission No. 9586 with “I,” “N,” and “NS” endorsements. Aben holds Mr. Before joining the state of Michigan, Mr. Aben spent 14 years serving in the Coast Guard, including Before joining the state of Michigan, Mr. (vehicle maintenance); Cheboygan, Michigan City, stints in Alaska (search and rescue); Traverse (buoy tender). After leaving the Coast Guard, he Michigan (ice cutter); and Chesapeake, Virginia nine where he was employed for Hartford Steam Boiler, accepted a boiler inspector position with before Michigan of state the for specialist nuclear inspector, chief assistant became he 1989 In years. rising to chief inspector the following year. Mr. Aben is chief boiler inspector for Michigan Consumer and Industry Services, Bureau of Construction for Michigan Consumer and Industry Services, Aben is chief boiler inspector Mr. membership in 1990. He was elected to National Board Boiler Division. Codes and Fire Safety, term. He will serve a three-year Grapevine, Texas. at its meeting in Trustees people 32 people 33 Tom Monroe Tom Frantisek Musuta 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL

Tom Monroe has rejoined the National Board representing Oklahoma. He is chief boiler inspector the National Board representing Oklahoma. Monroe has rejoined Tom

Mr. Musuta holds National Board Commission No. 12756. He resides in Ajax, Ontario, with his wife Mr. Irma and their two children, Ivana and Filip. v Mr. Musuta graduated from The Slovak University of Technology in Bratisava in the Slovak Republic in Bratisava in the Slovak Republic Musuta graduated from The Slovak University of Technology Mr. served in the with an engineering degree in thermal/nuclear equipment power generation. He also Czech Republic military from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Musuta began working for the province of Ontario in 2003 as boiler and pressure vessel inspector. Mr. Slovak Republic Before joining the province, he was a pressure equipment safety inspector in the vessels from from 1991 to 1996. He served as an independent consultant for boilers and pressure 1997 through 2002 before moving to Canada. Frantisek Musuta has been elected to the National Board representing Ontario. He is technical Frantisek Musuta has been elected to the Standards and Safety Authority. supervisor for the Technical Residing in Tecumseh, he holds National Board Commission No. 9654 with endorsements “A” and “B.” he holds National Board Commission No. 9654 with endorsements Residing in Tecumseh, and Lou Ann. He and his wife Judy have two children, Tommy Mr. Monroe actively served in the US Army from 1956 to 1958 and in the US Army Reserve from actively served in the US Army from 1956 to 1958 and in the US Army Reserve from Monroe Mr. 1959 to 1964. The returning National Board member was graduated from Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, graduated from Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, The returning National Board member was in business. Additional studies included boiler Oklahoma, with a bachelor of science degree construction and inspection. Mr. Monroe was employed with the Oklahoma Department of Labor from 1971 to 1999, spending was employed with the Oklahoma Department of Labor from 1971 to 1999, spending Monroe Mr. From 1999 to early 2007 and chief boiler inspector. several years as director of safety standards for One Beacon America before returning to the state he served as a contracted authorized inspector of Oklahoma. for the Department of Labor. for the Department of T

Join National Board Join National Tom Monroe and Frantisek Musuta Musuta and Frantisek Monroe Tom Keith Rudolph Mario Ramirez

Keith Rudolph has been elected to the National Board representing Hawaii. He is supervising elected to the National Board representing Keith Rudolph has been

2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL Mr. Ramirez resides in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife Kathy and has two children, Michael and Florida, with his wife Kathy and has two children, Michael and Ramirez resides in Tallahassee, Mr. Stephanie. He holds National Board Commission No. 12218. v The Florida official served in the US Army Reserve from 1980 to 1988. Mr. Ramirez began working for the state of Florida in February of this year. Before joining the state, began working for the state of Florida in February of this year. Ramirez Mr. Union in Colorado and Alaska from 1984 to 1996. He he worked for Denver Pipe Fitters and Plumbers as deputy boiler and pressure vessel inspector from 1999 subsequently worked for the state of Alaska he From 2005 to 2007, of Alaska as adjunct professor. to 2005 while also teaching at the University inspector while Insurance in Risk Control as a boiler and pressure vessel was employed by Travelers again teaching as adjunct professor at Des Moines Area Community College. Mario Demetrio Ramirez has been elected to the National Board representing Florida. He is chief Mario Demetrio Ramirez has been elected boiler inspector for the Fire Marshal Division. Mr. Rudolph was graduated from Ranken Technical Institute of St. Louis, Missouri, with a degree in Institute was graduated from Ranken Technical Rudolph Mr. He and wife Robin reside in Aiea, Hawaii. HVAC. Mr. Rudolph began working for the state of Hawaii in 1993 as a boiler inspector. Before joining the Before began working for the state of Hawaii in 1993 as a boiler inspector. Rudolph Mr. technician for Goldenrod Showboat in St. Louis, state, he worked from 1976 to 1978 as restoration Rudolph was previously employed as an electrician by Baptist College in Charleston, Missouri. Mr. years before starting the Keith Rudolph Company in 1981. South Carolina, where he worked for two for Fluor Daniel Services and continued in that capacity In 1989 he began as all-trades technician until leaving for the state of Hawaii in 1993. boiler inspector for the state. boiler inspector for the K

Become National Board Members National Board Become Keith Rudolph, Mario Ramirez Ramirez Mario Keith Rudolph, people 34 people 35 Kenneth Watson Anthony Jones

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Kenneth Watson has been elected to the National Board representing Mississippi. He is chief to the National Board representing Mississippi. has been elected Kenneth Watson

K Residing in Austin, Texas, he holds National Board Commission No. 13127. v he holds National Board Residing in Austin, Texas, Mr. Jones served in the US Navy from 1992 to 1999 and earned a Navy Achievement Medal. Mr. Mr. Jones joined the state of Texas in 2005 as boiler inspector before becoming inspection specialist in 2005 as boiler inspector the state of Texas Jones joined Mr. Inc., room operator from 1999 to 2000 for Trigen-Biopower, in 2006. He previously worked as control Jones worked as stationary engineer at Tinker 2001, Mr. in Greenville, Mississippi. From 2000 to Georgia as Inc., in St. Mary’s, to Trigen-Biopower, Air Force Base in Oklahoma City before returning as shift He then left for Clarksdale Public Utilities in Clarksdale, Mississippi, to work shift supervisor. Inc., in Houston, supervisor until 2002. In October 2002, he was employed at Holman Boiler Works, the state. as boiler controls technician before joining Texas, Anthony Jones has been elected to the National Board representing Texas. He is chief boiler inspector He is chief Board representing Texas. Anthony Jones has been elected to the National for the Department of Licensing and Regulation. Residing in Puckett, Mississippi, Mr. Watson holds National Board Commission No. 9360 with en- holds National Board Watson Residing in Puckett, Mississippi, Mr. dorsements “A” and “B.” Mr. Watson served in the US Navy from 1973 to 1977. Watson Mr. Mr. Watson started with the state of Mississippi in 2005 as deputy inspector before becoming chief in 2005 as deputy inspector before started with the state of Mississippi Watson Mr. and He began working for Entergy Corporation in 1978 as plant, boiler, inspector earlier this year. then went to work for the Arkansas Department of Labor water treatment operator until 1980. He inspector until 2005. From 1999 through 2003, he also as deputy inspector and then as acting chief Arkansas. College in repairs at Pulaski Technical worked as instructor of boiler operation/boiler inspector/director for the Department of Health. inspector/director for

Kenneth Watson and Anthony Jones and Anthony Watson Kenneth National Board Welcomes Board National Robert R. Cate Charles J. Castle Malcolm J. Wheel

as National Board Honorary Members at the were recognized as National Board Honorary Three former chief inspectors

General Meeting. Honorary membership is bestowed for dedicated service to both the industry membership is bestowed for dedicated General Meeting. Honorary th

2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL Mr. Wheel served in the US Navy for two years as well as in the US Coast Guard for three years. Mr. Wheel holds National Board While in the Coast Guard, he attended engineering school. Mr. with wife Jane. The Wheels have Commission No. 5351 with an “A” endorsement. He lives in Vermont three grown children and six grandchildren. v The first National Board member from the state of Vermont, Mr. Wheel served on the Board of Vermont, Mr. The first National Board member from the state of as member at large from 1993 to 1994. Trustees Mr. Wheel had served as the assistant fire marshal/chief boiler inspector for the state since 1984. Mr. he worked as boiler Previously, as a boiler inspector. in 1966 He began his employment with Vermont inspector for Continental Insurance Company. Malcolm J. Wheel is a former National Board member from the state of Vermont. Mr. Cate served for eight years in the US Navy. He holds National Board Commission No. 8946 with He holds National for eight years in the US Navy. Cate served Mr. “A” and “B” endorsements. He and his wife Judith have seven grown children. Before joining the state of Louisiana, Mr. Cate started his career with the Omaha Public Power Cate started his career with the Omaha Public Power Before joining the state of Louisiana, Mr. From there he went to Continental Insurance as loss District as a steamfitter from 1971 to 1978. from Cate continued as a loss control representative Mr. control representative from 1978 to 1981. working for Kemper Insurance from 1986 to 1992. 1981 to 1986 for Home Insurance before had served with the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Marshal’s had served with the Louisiana State Fire Former National Board Member Robert R. Cate Office as chief boiler inspector since 1993. Before his work at the Department of National Defense, Mr. Castle served as an officer cadet with the Castle served as an officer cadet Defense, Mr. Before his work at the Department of National “B” Castle holds National Board Commission No. 8241 with “A” and Royal Canadian Air Force. Mr. Nova Scotia, with his wife Mary. endorsements. He currently resides in Sackville, Mr. Castle joined the province in 1974, having previously served as a boilermaker for 10 years with the province in 1974, having previously served as a boilermaker for 10 years Castle joined Mr. Dockyard HMC the at apprentice boilermaker a as trained was He Defense. National of Department the in Halifax, Nova Scotia. is former chief boiler inspector for the province of Nova Scotia and was elected to inspector for the province of Nova Scotia Charles J. Castle is former chief boiler in 1995. National Board membership and to the National Board. A candidate must have served either as a member of the National Board A candidate must have served either and to the National Board. other criteria showing a demonstrated Committee for six years or meet for six years or the Advisory of the National Board. contribution to the objectives

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as Honorary Members Castle, Cate, and Wheel Elected Elected Wheel and Cate, Castle, people 36 people 37 Ernest Steen D'Orville Doty 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL

Former Advisory Committee Members Dr. D’Orville Doty and Mr. Ernest Steen were awarded Ernest Steen were D’Orville Doty and Mr. Members Dr. Former Advisory Committee

A long-time ASME member, he has served on several code committees as well as on the ASME A long-time ASME member, executive board. v During Mr. Steen’s early career he worked as a mechanical engineer for the Nuclear Development early career he worked as a mechanical engineer for the Nuclear Development Steen’s During Mr. a staff engineer. Corporation of America. He later joined the Foster Wheeler Equipment Division as a consulting He was also senior NSSS engineer for the CE Nuclear Power System before becoming engineer for US PPL (Combustion Engineering), a position he holds today. Now a resident of Connecticut, Mr. Steen grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and was graduated from and was graduated from Steen grew up in Brooklyn, New York, Now a resident of Connecticut, Mr. degrees in mechanical engineering. He and master’s Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn with bachelor’s New England College with a master of business administration. also was graduated from Western Ernest Steen also served on the National Board Advisory Committee. His service to the National Ernest Steen also served on the National Board Advisory Committee. His service Board includes membership on the National Board Inspection Code Committee in addition to his work “R” Accreditation. as a member of the National Board Examination Committee and the Committee on Steen also participated in the critical processes of developing and grading National Board Mr. commission examinations. Dr. Doty has also been a respected and long-standing member of both ASME and the American also been a respected and long-standing member of both ASME and the American Doty has Dr. Society. Welding In 1998, Dr. Doty was elected as an honorary member of the National Board. In 1998, Dr. For more than 35 years, Dr. Doty worked for United States Steel Corporation, beginning as a welding Doty worked for United States Steel Corporation, beginning as a For more than 35 years, Dr. senior metallurgical and product consultant. After his retire- metallurgist. Upon retirement, he was a Having also served as chairman of the Pressure Vessel ment, he formed Doty and Associates, Inc. Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Research Council, he is a registered Professional Dr. Doty received bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in metallurgy from Rensselaer master’s, bachelor’s, Doty received Dr. a research fellow. Polytechnical Institute, where he was also Dor Doty has accumulated more years on the National Board Advisory Committee than any committee Dor Doty has accumulated more years on additionally served on the National Board Inspection Code Committee and the Committee He member. on Internationalization. F awarded each year to an individual prestigious award, the Safety Medal is most The National Board’s safety in the boiler and pressure vessel experience and commitment to based on his or her extensive to two individuals. time the Safety Medal has been awarded This year marks the first industry. Safety Medals. 2007 National Board Doty and Steen Receive Safety Medals Steen Receive Doty and John Lemire Joseph G. Cvar

The National Board was saddened to learn of the April 29 death of former California Principal saddened to learn of the April 29 death The National Board was

2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL Mr. Cvar was preceded in death by Catherine Lyons Cvar and Barbara Cook Cvar. He is survived by Cvar and Barbara Cook Cvar. Cvar was preceded in death by Catherine Lyons Mr. and husband of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his niece Margaret Yezzi Eileen Valentee his sister-in-law, from Landsdale, Pennsylvania; step-daughter, grandnephew and niece, Scott and Kristen Tom; Patience Cook Eiker and husband Mark of South Holland, Illinois. v In 1994, Mr. Cvar was elected an Honorary Member, recognized for his work in the state of Delaware Cvar was elected an Honorary Member, In 1994, Mr. as well as for the National Board. Mr. Cvar became a National Board member in 1983 and was elected to the Board of Trustees as first as first Cvar became a National Board member in 1983 and was elected to the Board of Trustees Mr. vice chairman in 1989. Mr. Lemire is survived by Lois, his wife of 36 years, and children Julie and Kevin. Lemire Mr. During his tenure with the state, Mr. Lemire oversaw the adoption of NFPA 58. He was also Lemire oversaw the adoption of NFPA During his tenure with the state, Mr. involving boilers, fired pressure vessels, and compressed instrumental in revamping safety orders and liquefied gas. Mr. Lemire joined Continental Insurance Company in 1970 as field representative to perform boiler, boiler, joined Continental Insurance Company in 1970 as field representative to perform Lemire Mr. with and fire inspections. In 1974, he assumed the position of industrial safety engineer machinery, Lemire became Occupational Safety and Health Administration (since disbanded). Mr. California’s safety pressure vessel unit senior engineer in 1987. He was promoted to principal California’s engineer in 1992. Born on Staten Island in New York, Mr. Lemire and his family moved to California’s Mojave Desert moved to California’s Lemire and his family Mr. Born on Staten Island in New York, he spent years of age. The son of a Navy supply corps officer, when the future state official was three a Lemire became and Japan. Following high school, Mr. much of his youth growing up in Scotland service His tour of duty included Maritime Academy. marine engineer while attending the California supplies to Vietnam. on board ships carrying ammunition and T the state of California in Board member in 1993 and retired from Lemire, 63, became a National Mr. December 2002. John Lemire and Joseph Cvar and John Lemire member Joseph G. Cvar. Lemire and May 13 death of former Delaware Safety Engineer John In Memoriam: In Memoriam: people 38 people 39 David Kenison 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL

The National Board regrets to announce the May 29 passing of field staff employee Leland Cooper. He was 59. Leland Cooper. The National Board regrets to announce the May 29 passing of field staff employee The National Board recently learned of the passing on November 27, 2006, of former Alaska learned of the passing on November The National Board recently

Having resided in Chouteau, Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper is survived by son Leland K. Cooper. v Cooper is survived by son Leland K. Cooper. Having resided in Chouteau, Oklahoma, Mr. “Leland Cooper was an important, respected member of the pressure equipment industry,” commented National Board Executive “Leland Cooper was an important, respected member of the pressure equipment industry,” to both excellence and the “His 34 years of professional service reveal a record of remarkable dedication Director Donald Tanner. will be difficult to fill.” sudden passing has left the National Board with a significant void that Leland’s principles of safety. Mr. Cooper joined the US Navy in 1968 and was honorably discharged in 1972. He began his career as an inspector in 1973 with Mr. Cooper received his National Board Commission. He held In 1974 Mr. the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. endorsements “A,” “B,” “I,” “N,” and “NS.” Mr. Cooper began working as a field staff member in January 2003. From 1993 to 2002 he served as a consultant. Certified as a Mr. T responsibilities included conducting reviews of manufacturers with National Board Cooper’s Mr. National Board/ASME team leader, relief valve manufacturer reviews. and/or ASME stamps, participating in ASME nuclear surveys, and conducting pressure

Leland Cooper Remembered Leland Cooper He is survived by his wife MaryAnn and three children, David, Donna, and De’nette, all of Wasilla, children, David, Donna, and De’nette, all of Wasilla, He is survived by his wife MaryAnn and three Alaska. v For 15 years Mr. Kenison worked as an inspector for the state of Oregon and three insurance Kenison worked as an inspector for the state of Oregon and three insurance For 15 years Mr. was a he Standards and Safety Division. Professionally, companies before joining the Alaska Labor as president Inspectors Association. He also served Vessel member of the Alaska Boiler and Pressure Lower Columbia Inspectors Association and president of the of the Oregon Boiler and Pressure Vessel Council He was a member of the National Safety Society. Chapter of the National Safety Management and the American Society of Safety Engineers. T High Benson Tech Kenison attended 1944, in Forest Grove, Oregon, Mr. Born on December 27, room supervisor aboard serving as an engine later enlisted in the US Navy, School in Portland. He Hood Community He attended Mt. over a seven-year tour of duty. submarines two nuclear-powered College in Gresham, Oregon. Former Member David Kenison Member David Former in May 1997 and retired 61, became a National Board member Kenison, Mr. member David Kenison. 1, 1998. vessel inspector for Alaska on July as lead boiler and pressure National Board Mourns Passing of of Passing Mourns Board National General Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. in Vancouver, General Meeting th General Meeting th

activities, including any honors and awards known to the individual making the nomination. (Note: In order to be considered, the known to the individual making the nomination. (Note: In order to be considered, activities, including any honors and awards in Board committee or a nationally recognized standards committee, have participated candidate must have served on a National d to 15 years, and been recognized as a contributor to professional organizations relate National Board activities for not less than the boiler and pressure vessel industry.) The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors is seeking nominations for the 2008 Safety Medal Award. This Safety Medal Award. for the 2008 is seeking nominations Inspectors Pressure Vessel Board of Boiler and The National The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors has announced a call for presentations to be delivered at the Inspectors has announced a call for Vessel The National Board of Boiler and Pressure General Meeting, April 21-25, 2008, at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. Centre in Vancouver, Wall Sheraton Vancouver General Meeting, April 21-25, 2008, at the

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All speakers will be required to submit a paper for publication. Submission due date is January 31, 2008. v All speakers will be required to submit a paper for publication. Submission due date Speakers chosen to deliver General Session presentations will be notified by October 31, 2007. Each will receive one complimentary Speakers chosen to deliver General Session presentations will be notified by October Banquet, as well as entry to the General Session, National Board registration packet, which includes one ticket to the Wednesday travel and hotel expenses. all guest activities, and receptions. It is requested that speakers assume their own Those interested in submitting presentations for consideration should send an abstract of no longer than 200 words in English (do Those interested in submitting presentations for consideration should send an abstract The National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel not include supplementary materials) to: Paul Brennan, Director of Public Affairs, must be postmarked by October 1, 2007. Abstracts may Columbus, Ohio 43229. Submissions Inspectors, 1055 Crupper Avenue, also be emailed to [email protected] by October 1. To be considered, presentations should address one or more aspects of the aforementioned subject areas and should be limited to be considered, presentations should address To components, testing, codes and standards, risks 30 minutes. Additional subject areas may include safety valves as well as other unit and training. Presentations of a commercial or promotional nature will not be accepted. and reliability, n, to address important issues relative to the safe operation, maintenance, constructio The General Meeting is conducted each year and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels. repair, 77 for 77 Call for Presentations Announced Call for Presentations 2007 BOARD BULLETIN/fall NATIONAL Letters of recommendation must be received by December 31, 2007, and be addressed to the Executive Director, The National Board by December 31, 2007, and be addressed to the Executive Director, Letters of recommendation must be received Ohio 43229. v Columbus, Inspectors, 1055 Crupper Avenue, of Boiler and Pressure Vessel • submitting the nomination. and business address of the individual The name, title, employer, Each letter of recommendation should include: Each letter of recommendation • address of the candidate. and business The name, title, employer, • to the award. contributions or achievements relative A listing of specific candidate • includes positions held, National Board involvement, and participation in industry A brief biography of the candidate that To be considered for the Safety Medal Award, letters of recommendation must be submitted by three individuals who are acquainted by three individuals who are acquainted of recommendation must be submitted letters Safety Medal Award, be considered for the To At least two of the industry. within the boiler and pressure vessel can attest to his or her safety contributions with the candidate and National Board members. letters must be from T at the 77 Board, will be presented by the National highest honor bestowed award, the Call for 2008 Safety Medal Nominees Medal Safety for 2008 Call people 40 do you know . .?

BULLETIN photograph by Greg Sailor Sue Haas Accounting Associate

In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” the title character bemoans, “Water, water, every- Iwhere . . . nor any drop to drink.” Well, “Water, water, everywhere” would suit National Board employee Sue Haas just fine. “I really like the water,” she says. “Almost every year our family goes to a beach for vacation. Our favorite beach is Gulf Shores, Alabama, but we’ve also enjoyed Panama City Beach, Florida, and North Carolina beaches. We also go to Lakeside, Ohio, on Lake Erie, one weekend each summer. My parents rent a cottage there, and we’ve been going every summer since I was eight. We go to shops, play shuffle- board, sit by the lake, and read. It’s quiet and peaceful.”

Sue is one of only two part-time employees at the National Before coming to the Board, Sue worked as a secretary and then Board. “It’s by choice. When my children were little, I didn’t want as an accountant for B.G. Salvi’s Restaurants and as a medical to be away from them all day. Now they’re older, but I still work history underwriter for Equifax. In April 1990 she answered a part-time because it gives me a chance to be home after school newspaper ad for an accounting associate at the Board and was with my son and be involved with his activities. I also do other soon hired. She has been here ever since. “I like my job. There’s things in the afternoon — clean the house, walk with a friend, a lot of variety in my work, and our department really works well stay active in church. It’s been a real blessing.” together.”

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Sue met her future husband Bob while she She has no plans to switch to full-time — she’s too busy. To begin was in high school. In 1978, a week after she was graduated with, she and Bob are members of Heritage Christian Church in from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, Westerville, Ohio, where she is active in the women’s and prayer they married. In 1987 they moved from Bowling Green to ministries and helps edit newsletters and flyers. On occasion she Columbus. Bob works for the Ohio Department of Job and Family and Bob also like to play pinochle and euchre with friends. Two Services, helping local governments design programs that aid or three times a week she likes to rollerblade and, in the people in finding work. They have two children: Leah, 24, and evenings, settle in with a good book. She particularly likes to Adam, 17. Leah and her husband Dan live in Cleveland, where read Christian fiction, and her favorite authors include Janette she is a social worker. Adam is a senior in high school; he plays Oke, Beverly Lewis, Dee Henderson, and Karen Kingsbury. the flute and saxophone and wants to major in music in college. “I’ve always liked to read,” she says. “As a little girl, I would As you might expect from someone whose duties at the Board come home from the library carrying stacks of books. I still do.” include processing expense reports and credit card bills, Sue v manages the household finances. She quickly says, however, that Bob could manage them just as well. “I just have the time to do it,” she says with a smile. And the result? As you might expect: “Do You Know . . .?” is a BULLETIN feature introducing readers to the dedicated men and women who comprise the National Board staff. “Every month the checkbook balances to the penny.” 41 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007 matterstraining Welding Procedure Workshop

by richard mcguire, manager of training

The National Board’s Welding Procedure Workshop helps who focuses on simple repeat qualification tests with carbon broaden students’ knowledge about writing and qualifying steel might be asked to do a qualification test with another welding procedures, performing welding, and inspecting welds material. Or someone experienced in shielded metal arc welding Tand welders. For example, since students are often surprised might be asked to qualify a welding procedure using another to find that construction codes have welding requirements, they process. Such variables may be difficult to navigate until learn ASME Construction Codes and ASME Section IX explained clearly during the workshop. Another benefit is anyone requirements. This provides a systematic foundation to help can bring his or her actual procedures to share and be critiqued avoid test failures, lost time, and unnecessary welder by the instructor and other students. This allows students to take qualification. The workshop is ideal for anyone involved in what they learned in class and apply it immediately to their jobs. welding, as well as for authorized inspectors, quality managers, and consultants, and qualifies for Commissioned The instructor, Barry Newmark, is an independent consultant Inspector recertification. Because we customize it to a student’s engaged in material processing and forensic engineering. With needs, every student will benefit no matter his or her level of more than 35 years’ experience in engineering, construction, and welding experience. quality assurance, he is a member of the ASME Section IX Subcommittee and chairman of the Subgroup on General The workshop addresses questions such as: Requirements. Mr. Newmark has been teaching at the National • Where does one find information about how to properly Board for many years, and students enjoy his no-nonsense style. qualify a welding procedure? Students will leave the Welding Procedure Workshop not only • What information is required to be in an ASME welding with new knowledge, which is immediately applicable, but also procedure? with the information necessary to more easily search for the answers to future questions. We offer the three-day course four • How does one know if a welder is qualified to apply a times a year. No quizzes or tests are administered, and each procedure? student receives a course book. Please visit our Web site for currently scheduled course dates. v • What if the weld requires postweld heat treatment?

• Is there a requirement to specify a voltage range?

• When must a procedure meet impact testing requirements? Editor's Note: Available course dates can be found on the National Board Web site, located under the TRAINING menu One benefit of the workshop is students learn how to work in button, COURSES AND SEMINARS> TRAINING SCHEDULE. areas other than their areas of expertise. For example, someone

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Disorder and Excitement on Every Hand Tripoli, Wisconsin

The back of the card reads, “10/27/11 A picture of the boiler explosion at the mill here this summer. TWalt.” The front shows a picture of several men walking around amid destruction: felled wood, scrap metal, barren trees. Overexposed, this postcard cannot project the enormity of the damage created by the explosion of a thresher engine on a farm northwest of Springfield, Wisconsin.

It was Tuesday evening, and two stacks of grain had already been threshed. The engineer on duty, arrived quickly to treat the wounded and make the victims as Arnold Ryan, was busy pulling the separator between two comfortable as possible. other stacks when the boiler blew into the air and over the house, injuring six members of the threshing crew. Pieces of The threshing machine had been inspected the previous the boiler were found 660 feet away. July and was said to be in fair condition. The only recommendation at that time was a new fusible plug, which The local paper reported the “boiler was straightened out so Ebert Meyer, one of the owners, bought and placed in the that it resembled a huge piece of battered sheetiron, and one boiler the previous Sunday. could scarcely imagine that it once served the purpose of a steam boiler. "A farmhand unloading wheat nearby heard the The boiler had a maximum capacity of 130 pounds, and “deafening” explosion and hurried to the scene to find according to the crew, it was running at only 125 pounds at “disorder and excitement on every hand.” the time of the explosion. The engine and the separator were lined up east and west, and the explosion appeared to have “The greatest miracle,” the paper continued, “was that every happened on the south side of the machine, throwing pieces member of the crew was not killed instantly.” Local doctors to the north. The state inspector promised a thorough investigation, placing blame where it “fully belongs.” v 44 NATIONAL BOARD BULLETIN/fall 2007