FAQs

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

  Is there CRN training available from Cammar Corp? Absolutely. Cammar Corporation provides standard or 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. We don't stop at simply outlining the requirements of codes and regulations.  CAMMAR training will also address how to fix and revise designs, and answer regulatory questions, pursuant to proper CRN registration.  We do more than alert you if one of your designs is non-compliant.  We will work to discuss how you can fix it, to bring it into compliance pursuant to CRN registration, which is more than what many courses will do. Training typically occurs over one or two days for select topics, to audiences of five or more persons. Certificates of attendance are issued upon completion of training.

  Standard Training

  We have several prepared modules available for presentation on very short notice, that cover most commonly sought after information, including:

  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.

  Customized Training

  Training can be tailored to address specific topics of interest or importance, to you the cutomer, to accomodate attendees' level of experience or specific designs or regulatory applications of interest.  Only members of your company need to be in attendance, so proprietary matters confidential to your company need not be shared with others.  This will permit a wide open discussion, full of questions that can be answered, and a valuable learning experience.

  Training Location

  Training can be online, or in-person, at your request.  Facilities for in-person training are often provided by the client for convenience, and so that they can control the expenses as much as possible.

  Costs

  Unlike many other courses available these days, our course prices benefit customized training for individual companies, with fixed pricing regardless of the number of attendees.  More attendees will not cost your company more. For more details on training please visit 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

  For Starters,... Take a Step Towards Necessary CRN Registration

  To help you, we'll being by getting to know you and your CRN registration situation better, what your challenges are, what CRN registrations you want to acquire, and which equipment if any that you need to get CRN numbers for.  CRN numbers aren't required in every situation.  Sometimes, your client, purchasing departments or a project manager do not know what the requirements are.  And there's no value in incurring unnecessary expenses, time, and effort to get a CRN registration, if you don't need to get one.  And if you do need CRN registration, we'll go through what you need to have in hand, before you go any deeper.

  ...and Then, Take Next Steps

  Many companies want to put a non-disclosure agreement in place before divulging any details, and that's totally fine with us... as long as the NDA only relates to non-disclosure of proprietary information!  You'd be surprised at how many NDA's try to include a bunch of other stuff and, out of frustration, we put together a blog about NDA's and what they should include, and what they shouldn't.  For example, if we were to engage with your company to assist you in acquiring a CRN, as a professional engineering corporation, CAMMAR has a professional practice management plan that we adhere to, in accordance with statutory requirements.  We obviously cannot agree to do anything illegal, against our professional associations' ethics. 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, as referenced in CSA B51 and jurisdicitional regulations. 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.  And unfortunately, not every owner, not every end-user, understands this.  Many end users seem to think that regulator acceptance means regulator approval, but it doesn't, of course. Whether help to oversee 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.  And though CAMMAR cares about your equipment like you do, we do not control it.  Only you do. Tailored CRN training sessions can be put together 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...