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ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC)

Rules for safety, design, manufacture and maintenance of boiler and pressure vessels from ASME.

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The ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) establishes rules of safety governing the design, fabrication, maintenance and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels, power producing machines (and associated subsystems) and nuclear power plant components. The objective of the rules is to provide a margin for deterioration in service.

The ASME BPVC today encompasses 14 sections, 30 volumes and more than 16,000 pages in total.

Between BPVC release dates, addendums and supplements are added when advancements are achieved in design and materials and real world experience provides valuable insight.

BPVC purchasers receive further value through ASME's ongoing conformity-assessment programs, referenced and related standards, training courses, technical publications and industry conferences.

Originating in 1914, ASME BPVC is now adopted in part or in its entirety by all 50 states and numerous municipalities and territories of the United States and all the provinces of Canada. More than 92,000 copies of the BPVC Codes are in use in 100 countries around the world.

The Code is kept current by the Boiler and Pressure Committee, a volunteer group of more than 950 engineers.

The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) provides rules of safety governing the design, fabrication and inspection of boilers, pressure vessels and nuclear power plant components during construction. The BPVC consists of twelve volumes.

The ASME BPVC is relevant for:

Boilers and pressure vessels
Power producing machines (and associated subsystems)
Nuclear facility components

This collection contains all sections of the code as well as code cases, interpretations, addenda and supplements.

The BPVC from ASME is divided into the following 14 sections:

Section I	Rules for construction of power boilers
Section II	Material specifications
Section IID	Material specifications part D properties
Section IIDM	Material specifications part D properties, metric
Section III	Rules for construction of nuclear facility components
Section IV	Rules for construction of heating boilers
Section V	Non-destructive examination
Section VI	Recommended rules for the care and operation of heating boilers
Section VII	Recommended guidelines for the care of power boilers
Section VIII	Rules for construction of pressure vessels
Section IX	Welding and brazing qualifications
Section X	Fiber-reinforced plastic pressure vessels
Section XI	Rules for in-service inspection of nuclear power plant components
Section XII	Rules for construction and continued service of transport tanks
Code Cases	Boilers and pressure vessels
Code Cases	Nuclear components

Numerous municipalities, territories and every state in the United States and all the provinces of Canada have adopted the ASME BPVC, in part or in its entirety.

IHS provides the option of either purchasing the entire BPVC Code or just the sections that pertain to your project.

Historical versions of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code are available for the code years of 1983 forward.

ASME Standards Collection

IHS provides the entire ASME Standards Collection. ASME standards provide mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering codes, standards and conformity assessment programs.

IHS delivers ASME BPVC data to you in a variety of options.

Purchase individual sections or the entire code:

For BPVC users who purchase individual documents, IHS created a section of its online store devoted to the ASME BPVC Code. In addition to the ASME BPVC Code, IHS provides individual standards created by other standards developing organizations, commonly used alongside the BPVC Code.

These include documents such as:
- Standards for power and process piping
- National Board Inspection Code
- British Standards Institute's specifications for pressure vessels
- American Petroleum Institute inspection practices
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If you have multiple individuals and departments regularly accessing standards, an online standards solution from IHS will be more cost-effective for you.

IHS Online Standards Solution
The IHS online solution provides flexibility and company-wide access to over 1.6 million documents from more than 370 standards developing organizations (SDOs). It enables you select the standards you need, whether they come from a single standards developing organization (SDO), multiple SDOs, standards packages assembled by IHS content experts or any combination in between. The online standards management platform - IHS Standards Expert™ - furnishes you with the most comprehensive worldwide collection of industry specifications and standards. Information is updated daily with easy, intuitive searching, navigation, and monitoring from any desktop.
For users of the IHS Online Standards Solution, IHS also offers the ability to share, search and manage over 18,000 pages in 30 volumes of the code via the ASME BPVC Advantage.
Because it is a web-based tool, IHS ASME BPVC Advantage makes it easy for you to find information, share knowledge of the code with others and remain up to date on changes made to the code since the last release. Search tools and bookmarks allow you to quickly find vital sections of the code. The code is also cross referenced, allowing you to jump to referenced sections quickly.
With Advantage, you receive a PDF electronic full-text document with search capabilities to go directly to the section, word or subject you need. You can also link to footnotes, historical data and other related information quickly.
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The IHS custom standards collection empowers you to build your own custom online library of codes, standards and publications and access them anywhere in the world via Standards Expert. You select the standards you need to create your custom collection. There is no limit or requirement to buy any specific number or block of documents.

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