American standards in general

[ccolon]

Grettin all!!

I am spanish engineer and I need information about standards to design a factory of pellets plant (wood treatment) in USA, I was contrated by an american firm . In this proyect there are machines as: boiler dry,conveyors,cyclones,pipes,chipscreens,silos,hammer mill...In europe, there ar others jointed in EN but en USA I think there are a lot of standards (ASME,ANSI,NFPA...) and I don´t know which is most restrictive standard


Best regards

 

[vpl]

You're right in the US there are a lot of standards! It's because of how they were developed. Different ones apply to different items and, depending on what you are doing, your job can require use of many different standards.

For example, ASME, or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers puts out a number of standards that would apply to your boiler, (and possibly your conveyer).

ANSI, or the American National Standards Institutes, puts out other standards (maybe the silo?; you're outside my area).

NFPA is the National Fire Protection Association and it provides the requirements for fire detection and supression.

The local jurisdiction (the city or county) should tell you what codes are required for their location. Also ask the company that gave you the contract.


Patricia Lougheed

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