ASME B31 CODES ASME STANDARDS FOR PIPES AND FITTINGS

ASME B31.1 Power Piping ASME B.16.1 Cast Iron Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings, Class 25,
CODE AND STANDARDS ASME B31.2 Fuel Gas Piping 125, 250, and 800
ASME B31.3 Process piping ASME B.16.5 Pipe Flanges and Fittings
ASME B31.4 Liquid Petroleum Transportation Piping Systems ASME B16.9 Steel Butt welding Fittings
Code defines the need of design, fabrication, use of ASME B31.5 Refrigeration Piping ASME B16.10 Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of straightway
materials, test and inspection of pipes and piping system. Gas Transmission and Distribution valves
ASME B31.8
Permissible materials of construction, allowable stress Systems (1982) ASME B16.11 Forged fittings, socket-welding and threaded
ASME B31.9 Building service piping ASME B16.14 Ferrous Pipe Plugs, Bushings, and Locknuts with Pipe
and loads specified in codes. Standards provides ASME B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems Threads
application design, rules and requirements for individual ASME B31.12 Hydrogen piping and pipelines. ASME B16.20 Metallic gasket for pipe flanges
components or classes of components such as flanges, Manual for determining the remaining strength of ASME B16.21 Non-Metallic gasket for pipe flanges
ASME B31.G
elbows, tees, etc., corroded piping ASME B16.25 Butt-welding Ends
ASME B 16.28 Wrought Steel Buttwelding Short Radius Elbows
ANSI- American National Standards Institute ASME SECTIONS ASME B 16.34 Valves - Flanged, Threaded, and Welding End
Section I Power Boilers ASME B 16.36 Orifice Flanges
ASME – American Society of Mechanical
Section II Materials Specifications ASME B 16.47 Large Diameter Steel Flanges NPS 26 Through NPS
Engineers Part A Ferrous Materials 60
DIN – Deutsches Institut für Normung Part B Non-Ferrous Materials ASME B36.10 Welded and Seamless Wrought Pipe
Part C Welding Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metal ASME B36.19 Stainless Steel Pipe
BS – British Standards
Part D Properties ASME B73.1M Horizontal, End Suction Centrifugal Pumps
JIS – Japanese Industrial Standards Section III Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility ASME B73.2M Vertical In line Centrifugal Pumps
AS – Standards Australia Components
Subsection NB Class 1 Components API STANDARDS FOR PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS
Subsection NC Class 2 Components API 610 Centrifugal Pumps For Petroleum, Heavy Duty
The American Standards Referred by Piping Subsection ND Class 3 Components Chemical and Gas Industry Services
Subsection NE Class MC Components API 617 Centrifugal Compressors for General Refinery
Engineers are,
Subsection NF Supports Services
Subsection NG Core support structures API 618 Reciprocating Compressors for General Refinery
 The American Petroleum Institute (API) Section IV Heating Boilers Services
Section V Non-Destructive Examination
 The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) API 619 Rotary Type Positive Displacement Compressors for
Section VIII Pressure Vessels - Division 1 Division 2 General Refinery Services
 The American National Standards Institute Section IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications API 674 Positive Displacement Pumps Reciprocating
(ANSI) Section X Fibreglass-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels API 675 Positive Displacement Pumps Controlled Volume
 The American Society for Testing and API 676 Positive Displacement Pumps Rotary
GENERAL API STANDARDS
Materials (ASTM). API 677 General Purpose Gear Units for Refineries Services
API 599 Metal Plug Valves Flanged and Butt Welding Ends
 The American Welding Society (AWS). API 600 Steel Gate Valves Flanged and Butt Welding Ends API STANDARDS FOR HEAT EXCHANGERS
 The American Water Works Association API 602
Compact Steel Gate Flanged Threaded, Welding, and Heat Exchangers for General Refinery
Extended Valves Body Ends API 660
(AWWA). Service
Class 150, Cast, Resistant, Flanged Corrosion End
 The Manufacturers Standardization Society API 603
Gate Valves API 661
Air Cooled Heat Exchangers for General Refinery
Service
of valves and Fitting Industry -Standard API 607 Fire Test for Soft Seated Quarter Turn Valves
Practices (MSS-SP) API 608 Metal Ball Valves Flanged and Butt Welding Ends PIPE SUPPORTS
API 609 Lug and Wafer Type Butterfly Valves MSS SP-58 Pipe Hangers and Supports - Material, Design and
 The American Society of Mechanical API 611
General Purpose Steam Turbines for Refinery Manufacture
Services MSS SP-69 Pipe Hangers and Supports - Selection and Application
Engineers (ASME) Special Purpose Steam Turbines for Refinery MSS SP-89 Pipe Hangers and Supports - Fabrication and Installation
API 612
Services Practices