Finglow Pressure Vessel Software for ASME VIII Division 1

Version: February 2026

All modules incorporate the requirements of the 2025 edition of ASME VIII Division 1. In addition to minor enhancements, the following modifications have been made:

• Shells - Internal Pressure : Version 25.00.01

None.

• Shells - External Pressure : Version 25.00.01

None.

• Nozzles & Openings : Version 25.00.01

None.

• Saddle & Ring Supports : Version 25.00.01

None.

• Local Loads on Cylinders : Version 25.00.01

None.

• Local Loads on Formed Heads : Version 25.00.01

None.

• Bolted Flanged Connections: Version 25.00.01

• If the bolting is insufficient, the software will use the average of the required and available bolt area to calculate Wg, instead of the required bolt area.

• Bolted or Welded Flat Heads: Version 25.00.01

• If the bolting is insufficient, the software will use the average of the required and available bolt areas to calculate Wg, rather than the required bolt area.

• Fixed Tubesheets: Version 25.00.01

• If the bolting is insufficient the software will now use the average of required and available bolt area to calculate Wg, instead of the required bolt area.

• Floating Tubesheets : Version 25.00.01

• If the bolting is insufficient, the software will use the average of the required and available bolt area to calculate Wg, instead of the required bolt area.

• U-Tube Tubesheets: Version 25.00.01

• If the bolting is insufficient, the software will use the average of the required and available bolt area to calculate Wg, instead of the required bolt area.

• External Loads on Vertical Vessels: Version 25.00.01

None.

• External Loads on Horizontal Vessels: Version 25.00.01

None.

• Cyclic Loading: Version 25.00.01

None.