ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB73.1-2020(RevisionofASMEB73.1-2012)SpecificationforHorizontalEndSuctionCentrifugalPumpsforChemicalProcessASMEB73.1-2020(RevisionofASMEB73.1-2012)SpecificationforHorizontalEndSuctionCentrifugalPumpsforChemicalProcessANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDxDateofIssuance:September11,2020ThisStandardwillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB73CommitteemaybepublishedasCases.CasesarepublishedontheASMEwebsiteundertheB73CommitteePageathttp://go.asme.org/B73committeeastheyareissued.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEwebsiteundertheCommitteePagestoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheB73CommitteePagecanbefoundathttp://go.asme.org/B73committee.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomaticallyreceiveane-mailnotificationwhenerrataarepostedtoaparticularcodeorstandard.ThisoptioncanbefoundontheappropriateCommitteePageafterselecting“Errata”inthe“PublicationInformation”section.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringementofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumeanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanys...
