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Saddles & Differential Expansion
STATIC EQUIPMENT · ONE HOLDS, ONE SLIDES · DRAG ROTATE · PINCH ZOOM
Vessel shell
Welds (only)
Saddle & slide-plate
steel, studs
Wear plate, nozzle,
manway
Pier / grade
Gasket · force path
Overloaded
METAL ΔT
growth ΔL
friction μ·W
if seized
L 8 m · CS · μ 0.15 · W 300 kN · k 60 kN/mm
Fit screen
Heat cycle
Seized slide
Force path
Auto-rotate
Educational teaching tool — simplified and illustrative. Not for engineering design use.