ANINTERNATIONALSTANDARDASMEBPE-2009(RevisionofASMEBPE-2007)BioprocessingEquipmentCopyright2009bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwhenprintedASMEBPE-2009(RevisionofASMEBPE-2007)BioprocessingEquipmentANINTERNATIONALSTANDARDCopyright2009bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwDateofIssuance:October20,2009ThenexteditionofthisStandardisscheduledforpublicationin2012.Therewillbenoaddendaissuedtothisedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.Periodically,certainactionsoftheASMEBPECommitteemaybepublishedasCodeCases.CodeCasesandinterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://cstools.asme.orgastheyareissued.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagains...
