PowerPipingASMECodeforPressurePiping,B31ANINTERNATIONALPIPINGCODE®ASMEB31.1-2020(RevisionofASMEB31.1-2018)ASMEB31.1-2020(RevisionofASMEB31.1-2018)PowerPipingASMECodeforPressurePiping,B31ANINTERNATIONALPIPINGCODE®DateofIssuance:September30,2020ThenexteditionofthisCodeisscheduledforpublicationin2022.ThisCodewillbecomeeffective6monthsaftertheDateofIssuance.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisCode.InterpretationsarepublishedontheCommitteewebpageandunderhttp://go.asme.org/InterpsDatabase.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB31CommitteemaybepublishedasCases.CasesarepublishedontheASMEwebsiteundertheB31CommitteePageathttp://go.asme.org/B31committeeastheyareissued.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEwebsiteundertheCommitteePagesoftheassociatedcodesandstandardstoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheB31CommitteePagecanbefoundathttp://go.asme.org/B31committee.TheassociatedB31CommitteePagesforeachcodeandstandardcanbeaccessedfromthismainpage.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomaticallyreceiveane-mailnotificationwhenerrataarepostedtoaparticularcodeorstandard.ThisoptioncanbefoundontheappropriateCommitteePageafterselecting“Errata”inthe“PublicationInformation”section.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThisinternationalcodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandardsanditisanAmericanNationalStandard.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottake...
