ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDMalleableIronThreadedFittingsClasses150and300ASMEB16.3-2006(RevisionofASMEB16.3-1998)Copyright2007bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwhenprintedASMEB16.3-2006(RevisionofASMEB16.3-1998)MalleableIronThreadedFittingsClasses150and300ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY10016Copyright2007bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwDateofIssuance:April30,2007ThenexteditionofthisStandardisscheduledforpublicationin2011.Therewillbenoaddendaissuedtothisedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.InterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://cstools.asme.orgastheyareissued,andwillbepublishedwithinthenexteditionofthestandard.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,a...
