ASME B16.11-2021 (RevisionofASMEB16.11-2016) Forged Fittings Socket-Welding and Threaded AN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD TheAmerican Society of MechanicalEngineers
ASMEB16.11-2021 (Revision ofASMEB16.11-2016) Forged Fittings Socket-Welding and Threaded ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARD The AmericanSocietyof Mechanical Engineers Two Park AvenueNewYork NY10016 USA
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FOREWORD procedure of the American Standards Association (ASA)appointed a subgroup of Submittee 3(now SubmitteeF)toinitiate thestandardizationof weldingfittingsinMay1937.Thefirstmeeting of this group was held later that month and at its meeting in December 1938 in New York it was agreed to undertake the stan- dardizationofdimensionsfsocket-welingfittingsandtorfrthisprojecttoanewdraftingsubgroupOeofthemost important dimensions of this type of ftting requiring standardization was considered to be the dimension from the centerlineofthefittingtothebottomofthesocketsincefromthestandpointof thedesigningengineer thisdimension governsthelocationofadjacentpipewithreference totheentirepipinglayoutAnotherimportantitemforconsideration was the welding fillet dimensions. The drafting subgroup held meetings in Chicago Detroit and New York in March 1939 and May and October 1940 respectivelyandatthelastnamedmeetingthepleteddraftf theproposedstandardwasdisussedandfurther revisionseresuggested.hnapliedtthptembe1940draftheehangesprodued thMay1941rafthih was prepared for distribution to industry for criticism and ment. Thisdistributionresultedinanumberof helpful ments.Themembersofthesubgroupagreed bymail thatmanyof thechangessuggestedshouldbeincorporatedinthereviseddraft December1941).Progressontheapproval of the standard was delayedbytheWorldWarll afterwhich afewmorechangeswere added tomaketheproposalacceptable to all concerned. The revised draft (April 1946) was then submitted to the members of the Sectional Committee for letter ballotvote. FollowingtheapprovaftheSectionalCommittetheproposedstandardwasextapprovedbythesponsorbodie December 9 1946. In1960itwasagreedthatthstandardeededaletrevisionandsimutaneouslythatitshouldbeexpanded coverthreadedfittingsandplugs thencoveredbyMSSSP-49andSP-50.A taskforceworkeddiligentlyfor4yearsbefore arrivingatadraftthatwasacceptableheyalsofound thatratingswereoudatedandelminated the4bclasssf threadedfittingsassignedpressure-tmperatureratingsforanumberfmaterialsandconvertedthesocket-weldfittig ratings to3000and 6 00b.Followingapprovalbythe SectionalCommittee and Sponsors ASAapproval was rantedon January 28 1966. Following theredesignation ofASAastheAmericanNationalStandardsInstitute ANSI andSectional Committeesas Standards Committees Submittee 6 began consideration of changes in1969.Early in1972 changes in the pressure classdesignations materials and clarification ofwordingwere agreed uponand submitted forapprovalhis was granted on June 20 1973. The work of development of the 1980 edition of B16.11 began in 1975 when the Committee began consideration of ments and proposals for change that were received.The development procedure was arduous in that a number of ballots were taken that elicited many additional ments and counterproposals.The major changes included an expandedscopeforbetterdefinition requirementsforconformancemarkingaNonmandatoryAnnexwithprovisions forprooforburstesting andtheinclusionofmetricequivalents.FollowingapprovalbytheStandardsCommitteeandCo- procedures accredited by ANSI.The 1991 edition of the standard retitled “Forged Fittings Socket-Welding and and editorialrevisions weremade to mprove the textFollowing approval bythe Standards Committee andASME final approval by ANSI was granted on March 4 1991. In1996 metricdimensionswereadded asanndependentbutqualstandardtotheinchunits.Followingapprovalby the Standards Committee and ASME this revision to the 1991 edition of this Standard was approved as an American National Standard by ANSI on December16 1996 with the new designation ASME B16.11-1996. In 2000 theStandardsCommitteeSMEandNSaproved anaddendatothisStandard toremovepartial li addenda the intended addenda changes were incorporated into the 2001 edition.