ASME B16.11, “Forged Fittings, Socket-Welding and Threaded,” has just been released as a new 2011 Edition. This standard covers ratings, dimensions, tolerances, marking and material requirements for socket-welding and threaded forged fittings. It’s available from Document Center Inc. now.
These fittings are designated as Class 2000, 3000, and 6000 for threaded end fittings and Class 3000, 6000, and 9000 for socket-weld end fittings.
Customers are sometimes surprised when an edition has one year on the cover but is actually released the following year, as is ASME B16.11. This just means that the standard was accepted by the association in one year, but actually public distribution was delayed by the publication process until the following year.
ASME B16.11-2011 is intended for manufacturers, owners, employers, users and others concerned with the specification, buying, maintenance, training and safe use of wrought and forged fittings with pressure equipment, plus all potential governing entities.
ASME standards can be purchased from Document Center Inc. via our website, www.document-center.com. Or consider contacting us by phone (650-591-7600), fax (650-591-7617) or email (info@document-center.com). We can supply both current and obsolete revisions.