FAQs

• CRN training from Cammar Corp. Is there any available?

  Is there CRN training available from Cammar Corp? Cammar Corporation can provide customized training for your staff, in relation to CRN registration and topics listed here, or others. We have the experience to prepare and deliver it. Training would typically occur over one or two days for select topics, to audiences of five or more persons that belong to your organization. There’s lots of information to consider and understand:

  1. Regulations,
  2. Adopted codes,
  3. Referenced standards,
  4. CRN number registration design requirements
  5. The Canadian Registration Number process (CRN registration), and
  6. Registration harmonization issues.

  For more details on training please our Canadian Registration Number (CRN) Training page. Read More...

• What is pressure equipment in Canada?

  Canadian jurisdictions have enacted laws to protect the public where there is danger.  And pressure equipment is potentially extremely dangerous.  Even a small air receiver, with an internal pressure of just 230 psig, has the explosive energy of about 1 lb of dynamite. It’s defined somewhat differently across Canada, but Alberta has some pressure equipment definitions that are good benchmarks to consider.  The most common types of pressure equipment are classified as: • boilers, • pressure vessels, • pressure fittings, and • pressure piping systems. Though there are some exceptions, 15 psig (101kPag) is frequently the threshold at which the provisions of legislation kick in.  But danger exists at lower thresholds too. Consider ordinary, improperly used oil drums.  With a diameter of about 22.5 inches, an oil drum pressurized with air to just 10 psig would exert an internal force in the order of 4000 lbs on it’s flat end.  Dangerous indeed. What is an “expansible fluid”?  It means “((i) a vapour or gaseous fluid, or (ii) a liquid under pressure and at a temperature at which the liquid changes to a gas or vapour when the pressure is reduced to atmospheric pressure or when the temperature is increased to ambient temperature.” (AR 49/2006 1(1)(l)) The term “boiler” means “a vessel in which steam or other vapour may be generated under pressure or in which a liquid may be put under pressure by the direct application of a heat source.”  (AR 49/2006 1(1)(f)) The term “pressure vessel” means “a vessel used for containing, storing, distributing, processing or otherwise handling an expansible fluid under pressure.” (AR 49/2006 1(1)(cc)) Canadian jurisdictions have enacted laws to protect the public where  there is danger. But danger exists at lower thresholds too. The term “fitting” means “a valve, gauge, regulating or controlling  device, flange, pipe fitting or any other appurtenance that is attached to, or forms part of, a boiler, pressure vessel, or fired-heater pressure coil, thermal liquid heating system or pressure piping system.” (AR 49/2006 1(1)(n)) The term “pressure piping system” means “pipes, tubes, conduits, fittings, gaskets, bolting and other components that make up a system for the conveyance of an expansible fluid under pressure and may also control the flow of that fluid.” (AR 49/2006 1(1)(aa)) All pressure equipment, not exempted from registration requirements, needs to be registered with a CRN before it can be legally operated in Canada. Why are there CRN requirements? It’s about public safety.  Call Cammar Corporation for more information about the CRN registration process. Read More...

• How can CAMMAR help get a CRN Registration

  Whatever pressure equipment you need a CRN registration for, whether it is a fitting, pressure vessel, boiler, or piping system component, CAMMAR can help with the design and evaluation so it complies with the governing adopted codes, standards, and regulations.  In other words, we can help your design meet CRN requirements. Various types of companies and projects ask for CAMMAR's CRN assistance, ranging from huge international end users and manufacturers, to relatively local companies.  Their needs are the same: quality design is needed so that CRN registration is as solid as possible, and so that owners can be best assured that they are fulfilling their regulated responsibilities.  Though regulators accept designs for CRN registration, they do not take any ownership or responsibility for the design; so the owner needs to pay even more attention to design detail than the regulator does. Whether overseeing a large project that includes multiple pieces of pressure equipment, or the manufacture of a single small fitting, CAMMAR provides detailed expertise and direction as needed, to get the job done properly.  CAMMAR Corporation assists clientele by providing comments, oversight, and appropriate insight pursuant to proper CRN registration in accordance with good engineering practice, applicable code, and regulation requirements. Tailored CRN training sessions can be tailored by CAMMAR to address your specific CRN topics, to help your company meet its needs.  We can help you learn how to properly acquire CRN number registration, and to properly evaluate or redesign your pressure equipment. Remember, unless a pressure equipment design is exempt from legislation requirements, it needs to be properly registered with a CRN (Canadian Registration Number) before it can be legally operated.  And to get it registered, it needs to comply with the related regulations and meet CRN requirements.  We can help you do this. Read More… Read More...