ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDSteamTrapsASMEPTC39-2005(RevisionandRedesignationofASMEPTC39.1-1980)PerformanceTestCodesCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwhenprintedASMEPTC39-2005(RevisionandRedesignationofASMEPTC39.1-1980)SteamTrapsThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY10016ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDPerformanceTestCodesCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwDateofIssuance:November11,2005ThisCodewillberevisedwhentheSocietyapprovestheissuanceofanewedition.TherewillbenoaddendaissuedtoASMEPTC39-2005.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesascodecasesandinterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisdocument.CodecasesandinterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://www.asme.org/codes/astheyareissued.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStan-dards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcom-petentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavail-ableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocument,anddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringe-mentofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumeanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanysuchpatentrights,andtheriskofinfringeme...
