ASME, 2013. — 464 p. The ASME Section VIII Division 1 Example Problem Manual (PTB-4, 2013 edition) provides practical examples based on the 2013 ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, Division 1, aiding in understanding and applying the code's rules for pressure vessel design and construction. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Foreword Acknowledgements General Requirements...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006. — 14 p. The purpose of this report is to provide guidelines for demonstrating the traceability of dimensional measurements to the SI unit of length (the meter). The International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology (VIM) [7] provides a general definition of traceability. However, many details are not specified...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006. — 42 p. This Technical Report provides guidelines for setting gauging (or test) limits in support of accept/reject decisions in workpiece inspections, instrument verifications, and general conformance tests where uncertain numerical test results are compared with specified requirements.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003. — 18 p. This technical report provides guidance in assessing the reliability of a statement of measurement uncertainty in question, that is, in judging whether that stated uncertainty can be trusted to include the values that could reasonably be attributed to the measured quantity (measurand) with which that stated uncertainty...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2007. — 30 p. These guidelines address the evaluation of dimensional measurement uncertainty. Emphasis is placed on simplified methods appropriate for the industrial practitioner. The introductory methods presented are consistent with the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), the nationally [2] and...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. — 24 p. The intent of these guidelines is to facilitate the development of understanding between suppliers and customers regarding measurement uncertainty in the decision to accept or to reject a product. Metrologists are continuously faced with the task of making decisions in the presence of measurement uncertainty. To...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1999. — 43 p. The intent of this Standard is to facilitate agreement between suppliers and customers by specifying a standard method for assessing the dimensional acceptability of workpieces. Components of the method are the preparation of an adequate dimensional measurement plan and use of the plan in making measurements. The major...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. — 747 p. — ISBN 10 0791872939; ISBN 13 9780791872932. Section XI, Division 1, Rules for Inspection and Testing of Components of Light-Water-Cooled Plants, of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code provides requirements for examination, testing, and inspection of components and systems, and repair/replacement activities in a...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023. — 164 p. The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) is a globally recognized and trusted source of technical requirements and guidance for the design, construction, and certification of boilers, pressure vessels, and nuclear components. With each new edition, the Code continues to evolve, introducing new technologies and...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023. — 62 p. The purpose of these recommended guidelines is to promote safety in the use of steam heating, hot water heating, and hot water supply boilers that are directly fired with oil, gas, electricity, coal, or other solid and liquid fuels. These guidelines are intended for use by those directly responsible for operating and...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023. — 384 p. This Code covers rules for construction of power boilers, electric boilers, miniature boilers, high-temperature water boilers, heat recovery steam generators, solar receiver steam generators,6 certain fired pressure vessels, and liquid phase thermal fluid heaters to be used in stationary service and includes those...
ASME, 2023. — 802 p. This Section is a “Service Section” to the other BPVC Sections, providing material specifications for ferrous materials adequate for safety in the field of pressure equipment. These specifications contain requirements for chemical and mechanical properties, heat treatment, manufacture, heat and product analyses, and methods of testing. They are designated...
ASME Code for Pressure Piping, B31. — Revision of ASME B31.1-2020. — The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022. — 372 p. This Power Piping Code is one of several Sections of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code for Pressure Piping, B31. This Section is published as a separate document for convenience.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. — 232 p. Scope (a) This Standard covers pressure–temperature ratings, materials, dimensions, tolerances, marking, testing, and methods of designating openings for pipe flanges and flanged fittings. Included are (1) flanges with rating class designations 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, and 1500 in sizes NPS 1∕2 through NPS 24 and...
An American National Standard. — The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). — May 15, 1990. Revision of ANSI B1.1-1982. — 168 p. This Standard specifies the thread form, series, class, allowance, and designation for unified screw threads. (In order to emphasize that unified screw threads are based on inch modules, they may be denoted unified inchscrew threads.)...
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. — 76 p. This Standard covers materials, dimensions, tolerances, and markings for metal ring-joint gaskets, spiralwound metal gaskets, metal-jacketed gaskets, and grooved metal gaskets with covering layers. These gaskets are dimensionally suitable for use with flanges described in reference flange standards ASME B16.5, ASME B16.47,...
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. — 46 p. This Standard covers overall dimensions, tolerances, ratings, testing, and markings for wrought factory-made buttwelding fittings in sizes NPS 1⁄2 through 48 (DN 15 through 1200).
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. — 53 p. This revision of the Standard includes several changes to reduce redundancy in the B73 set of standards and to better align with the Hydraulic Institute standards . Revisions have also been made to further improve the reliab ility of the B73 .3 pumps . Reference is now made to the Hydraulic Institute standard for fluid...
An American National Standard. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Revision of ASME B31.1-2018. Date of Issuance: September 30, 2020. — 393 р. The Code specifies engineering requirements deemed necessary for safe design, construction, operation, and maintenance of pressure piping. This Code Section includes the folowing: (a) references to acceptable material...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. — 2019. — 381 p. The ASME Bioprocessing Equipment Standard was developed to aid in the design and construction of new fluid processing equipment used in the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals, where a defined level of purity and bioburden control is required. The Standard typically applies to: (a) components that are in contact with...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. — 526 p. Rules for the Process Piping Code Section B31.3 have been developed considering piping typically found in petroleum refineries; onshore and offshore petroleum and natural gas production facilities; chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, paper, ore processing, semiconductor, and cryogenic plants; food and beverage...
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2005. — 103 p. In March 1979 the Performance Test Codes Supervisory Committee activated the PTC 19.1 Committee to revise a 1969 draft of a document entitled PTC 19.1 “General Considerations.” The PTC 19.1 Committee proceeded to develop a Performance Test Code Instruments and Apparatus Supplement which was published in 1985 as PTC...
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2010. — 93 p. All Performance Test Codes must adhere to the requirements of ASME PTC 1, General Instructions. The following information is based on that document and is included here for emphasis and for the convenience of the user of the Supplement. It is expected that the Code user is fully cognizant of Sections 1 and 3 of ASME PTC 1...
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2007. — 52 p. The scope of the Instruments and Apparatus Supplements (PTC 19 Series) is to describe the various types of instruments and methods of measurement likely to be prescribed in the ASME Performance Test Codes. Such details as the limits and sources of error, methods of calibration, precautions, etc., as will determine their...
NY: ASME, 2019. — 872 p. — ISBN 9780791872888. ASME-BPVC-VIII provides requirements applicable to the design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and certification of pressure vessels operating at either internal or external pressures exceeding 15 psig. Such vessels may be fired or unfired. This pressure may be obtained from an external source or by the application of heat from a...
ASME, 2006. — 40 p. — ISBN 0791830934. Part 1 of this report includes paper PVP2006-ICPVT11-94010, "Comparison of Pressure Vessel Codes ASME Section VIII and EN13445." This paper consists of a comparative study of the primary technical, commercial, and usage differences between the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII and...