Hello,
A small addition to my original post from yesterday. What perhaps my handicap is that I am from overseas (retired, Dutch) and there we work more with EN standards, while in this post I only want to talk about the ASME/ASTM in combination with metrication. Perhaps an other problem, I am...
Dear members,
As a piping design engineer I am quite familiar with EN, ASME and MSS standards. By regularly checking this site you will see how technical issues are compared with the rules of the Codes and Standards. I know the comments of many MPVs (member of the Eng-Tips forums round table)...
Thanks for the input,
First of all, I'm not completely familiar with the materials yet, but when you read the scopes of both standards, I intuitively felt that it had to be the ASME standard. Your comments confirmed my suspicion. I need to review a "dimensional" catalog that references the MSS...
Hello everybody,
I am busy setting up catalogs (dimensions) for 3D piping software. I once read an article about the relationship between ASME and MSS standards “MSS standards should complement the guidelines of the ASME documents”. In my specific case it is ASME B16.9 and MSS SP-75. There is a...
Sorry, it is not for sale because some of the documents are classified information. Those handbooks came from companies where I have worked in the past. Also it is not allowed to put codes and standards (ASME, EN, etc.) on internet. It was never my intention to make money from the Knowledge...
Gator, in answer to your question “catalog index”, yes, I have coded all of the documents and exported as PDF's.
Folder structure
The amount of information is divided between: Piping: 45%, all of the other disciplines: 30%, and transcending of the disciplines: 25%.
I can search in two...
Thanks for your reply,
At the moment I am working on how I can type a lap joint & stub end (HDPE) in such a way (endcodes) that the program understands this, but also a novice junior or design engineer understands what is happening. I run into the fact that the programmers at P3D have not...
Dear forum,
When discussing technical problems, do you ever consider what direction the piping profession will take in the near future? We are at the beginning of a new year so I thought let me break a lance on this topic. Don't think after reading that I'm against new technologies, on the...
Thanks for your response XL83NL,
Flanges are the most important part in a piping system, therefore I will take a closer look on some types and in response of your reply.
Flange data in historical perspective.
Carl Sagam once said “you have to know the past to understand the present”. In other...
Dear engineers,
For a couple of years I visited many times your “EngTips” site for a fresh look on piping issues. I am a design engineer on retirement and spent about 35 years in engineering firms and construction sites. Nowadays I spent some times to study subjects related to piping I never...
