ASME B31.3 revision 1

[smitch]

Does anyone happen to know when the next ASME B31 revision is planned? Particularly B31.3. We are interested in adding this to our U stamp for PVs and I'm curious what the revision timeline is like for this one when compared/added to the BPVC.

Thanks
Sean

 

[XL83NL]

https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=455056

Its belated a bit. Planned for July 2019, but that’s already halfway.

 

[smitch]

Thanks XL83NL!

 

[BeckActuators]

ASME B31.3 revision is planned for July 2019

Electric Actuator You Can Depend On

https://www.haroldbeck.com/

 

[XL83NL]

Wasn’t that already concluded?

 

[TGS4]

The projected publication date is the end of August.

 

[McDermott1711]

It is released.

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Key changes to this revision include:
1) Additional of Appendix W – High Cycle Fatigue Assessment of Piping Systems
2) Metric conversion added for Table C-6, Moduli Table
3) Metric conversions added for Appendix C Thermal Expansion
4) Major updates to the stress tables in A-1, A-1M, K-1
5) Para. 323.2.2 Rules for Impact Testing of Materials was updated to correct inconsistencies, and incorporate current approaches to impact testing exceptions of materials
6) Reference to the new B31J-2017 added
7) Allow alternate rounding approaches for units of measurement
8) Update the Larson Miller constant for Grade 91 (9Cr-1Mo-V) material
9) Update Appendix D – Flexibility and Stress Intensification Factors
10) Add titanium Grade 12 to Table A-1 and Table A-1M

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. Rene Descartes

 

[TGS4]

It's available for pre-order. The official release date is September 11, 2019.

 

[jmec87]

The release date for the paper copy is September 11, 2019, but the digital version (DRM Enabled PDF) is already available (we purchased and received a copy a couple days ago).