Tag: Process Piping

New ASME B31.3 2016 Process Piping

ASME B31.3, Process Piping, has just been updated.  The new 2016 Edition is available now from Document Center Inc.  There are significant changes to this new revision from the prior 2014 Edition (which is now obsolete).  ASME has asked us to let you know about them.

First, what is ASME B31.3?  This is the code for the materials and components, design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection, and testing of piping.  What kind of piping?  The document covers piping used in petroleum refineries; chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, paper, semiconductor, and cryogenic plants; and related processing plants and terminals.

Are you currently using the 2014 Edition, or perhaps an even earlier release?  Why should you migrate to the ASME B31.3 2016?  Here’s a list of key changes directly from ASME:

  • Severe Cyclic Conditions
  • MPa Allowable Stresses
  • Expansion Joints
  • Flange Joint Assembly
  • Ultrasonic Examination Acceptance Criteria
  • Category M Fluid Service Examination
  • Leak Testing of Instrument Connections
  • Leak Testing of Vacuum Systems
  • Leak Testing of Insulated Systems
  • Leak Testing of Assembled Piping

Piping is under more scrutiny than ever.  You’ll want to make sure that piping used in your facilities and projects meets the best practices defined in the ASME B31.3.  And you’ll need a copy of the recently released 2016 Edition to have the most up-to-date information possible.

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ASME B31.3 Process Piping 2010 – an International Piping Code – due out in April

The new ASME B31.3 2010 Edition on Process Piping is scheduled for release in April 2011 and can be pre-ordered from Document Center Inc. now.  This international code focuses on piping typically found in petroleum refineries; chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, paper, semiconductor, and cryogenic plants; and related processing plants and terminals.

It prescribes requirements for materials and components, design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection, and testing of piping. This Code applies to piping for all fluids including: (1) raw, intermediate, and finished chemicals; (2) petroleum products; (3) gas, steam, air and water; (4) fluidized solids; (5) refrigerants; and (6) cryogenic fluids. Also included is piping which interconnects pieces or stages within a packaged equipment assembly.

The code is part of the ASME B31 series, the standards most often referenced for Pressure Piping.

Of course, you may want to know why the 2010 edition of the ASME B31.3 is only now becoming available.  This is a common situation due to the practice of dating a standard when it finishes the administrative development process.  Since the standard must then go to the printers for actual publication, there is a lag time between the issue date and the real public release date.  Electronic publishing has reduced this delay in many cases, but it’s rare to find a standard available on the actual cover date.

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