ASME Standards Summary
ASME Standards Summary
ASME Standards Summary
The ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME/ANSI B16 Standards covers pipes and
fittings in cast iron , cast bronze, wrought copper and steel.
The ASME B16.5 - 1996 Pipe Flanges and Flange Fittings standard covers pressure-temperature ratings,
materials, dimensions, tolerances, marking, testing, and methods of designating openings for pipe flanges
and flanged fittings.
The standard includes flanges with rating class designations 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, 1500, and 2500 in
sizes NPS 1/2 through NPS 24, with requirements given in both metric and U.S units. The Standard is
limited to flanges and flanged fittings made from cast or forged materials, and blind flanges and certain
reducing flanges made from cast, forged, or plate materials. Also included in this Standard are
requirements and recommendations regarding flange bolting, flange gaskets, and flange joints.
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).
This Standard covers face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of straightway valves, and center-to face
and center-to-end dimensions of angle valves. Its purpose is to assure installation interchangeability for
valves of a given material, type size, rating class, and end connection
This Standard covers ratings, dimensions, tolerances, marking and material requirements for forged
fittings, both socket-welding and threaded.
ASME/ANSI B16.20 - 1998 - Metallic Gaskets for Pipe Flanges-Ring-Joint, Spiral-Would, and
Jacketed
This standard covers materials, dimensions, tolerances, and markings for metal ring-joint gaskets, spiral-
wound metal gaskets, and metal jacketed gaskets and filler material. These gaskets are dimensionally
suitable for used with flanges described in the reference flange standards ASME/ANSI B16.5, ASME
B16.47, and API-6A. This standard covers spiral-wound metal gaskets and metal jacketed gaskets for use
with raised face and flat face flanges. Replaces API-601 or API-601.
This standard applies to new valve construction and covers pressure-temperature ratings, dimensions,
tolerances, materials, nondestructive examination requirements, testing, and marking for cast, forged, and
fabricated flanged, threaded, and welding end, and wafer or flangeless valves of steel, nickel-base alloys,
and other alloys shown in Table 1. Wafer or flangeless valves, bolted or through-bolt types, that are
installed between flanges or against a flange shall be treated as flanged end valves.
This Standard covers flanges (similar to those covered in ASME B16.5) that have orifice pressure
differential connections. Coverage is limited to the following:
* (a) welding neck flanges Classes 300, 400, 600, 900, 1500, and 2500
* (b) slip-on and threaded Class 300
ASME/ANSI B16.47 - 1996 - Large Diameter Steel Flanges: NPS 26 through NPS 60
This Standard covers pressure-temperature ratings, materials, dimensions, tolerances, marking, and
testing for pipe flanges in sizes NPS 26 through NPS 60 and in ratings Classes 75, 150,0300, 400, 600, and
900. Flanges may be cast, forged, or plate (for blind flanges only) materials. Requirements and
recommendations regarding bolting and gaskets are also included.
The Standard covers pressure-temperature ratings, materials, dimensions, tolerances, marking, and
testing for operating line blanks in sizes NPS 1/2 through NPS 24 for installation between ASME B16. 5
flanges in the 150, 300, 600, 900, 1500, and 2500 pressure classes.