Piping codes name

The following piping codes  names and standards shall be used together with this standard specification for materials, design and dimensional requirements.

Piping code name  as per American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

ASME B 31.1                       Power piping

ASME B 31.2                       Fuel Gas piping

ASME B 31.3                      Process Piping, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Textile, Paper,

ASME B 31.4                      Piping used for transporting & distributing liquid Hydrocarbons

ASME B 31.5                       Refrigeration piping

ASME B 31.7                       Nuclear Power piping

ASME B 31.8                       Piping generally used for transporting & distributing Gases.

ASME B 31.9                       Building services

ASME B 31.11                     Slurry transportation piping system

ASME B 16.5                       Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings

ASME B 16.9                       Factory-Made Wrought Steel Butt welding Fittings

ASME B 16.10                     Face-to-Face and End-to-End Dimensions of Valves

ASME B 16.11                     Forged Fittings, Socket- Welding and Threaded

ANSI B 16.14                       Ferrous Pipe Plugs, Bushing

ASME B 16.20                     Metallic Gaskets for Pipe Flanges

ASME B 16.21                     Nonmetallic Flat Gaskets for Pipe Flanges

ASME B 16.25                     Butt welding Ends

ASME B 16.28                     Wrought Steel Butt welding Short Radius Elbows

ASME B 16.34                     Valves – Flanged, Threaded, and Welding End

ASME B 16.36                     Orifice Flanges

ASME B 16.47a                   Large Diameter Steel Flanges NPS 26 Through NPS 60

ASME B 16.48                     Line Blinds

ANSI B 18.2.1                     Square and Hex nuts (Inch Series)

ASME B 36.10M                Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe

ASME B 36.19M                Stainless Steel Pipe

Ping codes name as per American Petroleum Institute (API) Piping codes

API SPEC 5L                         Specification for Line Pipe

API STD 594                        Check Valves: Wafer, Wafer-Lug, and Double Flanged Type

API STD 598                        Valve Inspection and Testing

API STD 600                        Steel Gate Valves- Flanged and Butt-welding Ends,

API STD 602                       Compact Steel Gate Valves- Flanged, Threaded, Welding

API STD 607                        Fire Safe Valves.

API STD 609                        Butterfly Valves: Double Flanged, Lug-and wafer Type

API STD 610                       Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and

Piping codes name  as per Manufacturers standardization society-standard practice

MSS SP-6                           Standard Finishes for Contact Faces of Pipe Flanges

MSS SP-25                         Standard Marking Systems for Valves, Fittings,

MSS SP-45                          Bypass and Drain Connections

MSS SP-61                           Pressure Testing of Steel Valves

MSS SP-67                           Butterfly Valves

MSS SP-75                           Specification for High Test Wrought Butt Welding Fittings

MSS SP-82                           Valve Pressure Testing Methods

MSS SP-95                           Swadged Nipples and Bull Plugs

MSS SP-97                           Integrally Reinforced Forged Branch Outlet Fittings-Socket welding,

Piping Codes name as per  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

ASTM Section II A Volume 1 & 2

ASTM Section V

ASTM Section VIII Division 1 & 2

Piping codes name as per British Standards (BS)

BS 5351                   Steel ball valves for petroleum, petrochemical & allied industries

BS 5352                   Specifications for steel wedge gate, globe & check valves 50 mm

BS 5353                   Steel plug valves

BS 1873                   Steel globe & globe stop & check valves

BS 6755                   (Part 1&2) Testing of Valves

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