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Getting Canadian Registration Numbers (CRNs)

Canada's pressure equipment regulatory environment can seem impossibly difficult to someone new. This
flyer is an introduction to receiving CRNs on the three categories of products:
- Pressure vessels - register once in each province and build any number until the design changes
- Fittings (flanges, valves etc) - re-register every 10 years in each province
- Piping Systems made up of calculated pipe and registered fittings - register every installation.
Each product needs to be registered in every province where it will be used. Each province applies different
standards for acceptance.
Need help? We have helped many organizations through their CRN difficulties.

Pressure Vessel Registration in Canada

Pressure vessels must be registered in each province where they will be
used. The registration lasts until the design is changed. The Canadian B51
standard clearly indicates in flow chart form which vessels require
registration. Required documentation includes:
- Calculations to ASME standards. Complex or unusual vessels
might require finite element analysis performed to the ABSA guidelines or
burst testing.
- A shop floor drawing with all required fabrication details complete
with a P Eng. stamp when required by the destination province. (An
Ontario stamp is required for any Ontario destination pressure vessel).
- A copy of your appropriate B51 certificate or ASME Stamp
- CRNs for manway covers and other fittings not calculated.
Saskatchewan is now the first Canadian province to accept National
Board Vessel Registration - hopefully more will follow soon. The B51
B51 Charts found at www.pveng.com
flow charts can be found at www.pveng.com - look under the CRN / CRNs -
Overview tab.

Fitting Registration in Canada

Finite Element Analysis used
in a fitting registration
When do fittings (flanges, elbows, valves etc.) need to be registered?
When they are installed on registered pressure vessels, or included in
registered piping systems, or when special provincial rules exist requiring
their registration. A fitting manufacturer often can not tell without
knowing the application. Users of fittings often ask for CRNs without
knowing if they are required.
Fitting registration has become much harder in the last decade. Full
engineering proof is now required - dimensioned production drawings with
stress calculations or Finite Element Analysis or burst tests.
The cost of engineering and registering individual fittings now exceeds
previous costs for large catalogs. Manufacturers are carefully choosing
which of their products will be registered or renewed in Canada.
Fitting registrations last 10 years. Small piping systems can be
registered as fittings to avoid registering each installation.

ASME Code Calculations - Canadian Registration Number 519-880-9808

Finite Element Analysis - Solid Modeling and Drafting info@pveng.com
 ASME Code Calculations - Canadian Registration Number
Finite Element Analysis - Solid Modeling and Drafting

Piping Registration in Canada

Piping calculations to ASME standard codes are usually simple. Piping
drawing are often uncomplicated. Piping registration requirements vary
hugely between provinces. Rebuilding installed piping systems is
expensive - it must be prepared for in advance. Don't get caught by
surprise by Canada's unique piping requirements!
Each province has different guidelines as to what needs to be registered,
but all require registration on some piping systems. What needs to be
registered is surprising to someone used to dealing with other countries.
The largest problem is finding CRN registered parts for all fittings in the
piping system - flanges, tees, elbows, valves, safety devices, sensors,
expansion joints and gauges (what must be certified varies by province).
Only one jurisdiction provides a list of acceptable fittings.
The piping fabricator must have an acceptable quality control system.
What is acceptable varies between jurisdictions from the list of: ISO,
ASME PP, ASME U, B51 and special piping reviews. No one program can
be used across Canada.
Each identical piping system must be individually registered. Common
equipment like large air compressors can contain piping systems that need
to be registered for each installation.

Get Help!
Much more information on the CRN process can be found on our website www.pveng.com:
- Answers to frequently asked registration questions
- When fittings need to be registered
- When pressure vessels need to be registered (B51 charts)
- When piping systems need to be registered (hard to find province by province information)
- Provincial registration contacts
- How long it takes to get CRNs
- Sample jobs suitable for CRN registration

Our website also contains a wide range of information and free programs useful for estimating and preliminary
design of vessels and piping systems. There is also a number of articles and sample jobs related to code design
and Finite Element Analysis for pressure vessels and fittings.

Pressure Vessel Engineering Ltd. has helped many companies through their CRN registration problems. In
2008 we registered more than 400 high pressure parts - vessels, fittings and piping systems, many in multiple
provinces. The services we offer include ASME code calculations, Finite Element Analysis, drafting in
AutoCAD and SolidWorks, design review and P.Eng stamping of customer supplied drawing/calculation sets,
burst testing, and submission of CRN applications to all provinces. Can we help you?

Contact Us
Pressure Vessel Engineering Ltd. Phone: 519-880-9808
120 Randall Drive, Suite B Fax: 519 - 880-9810
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada info@pveng.com
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