ASME Standards Collection

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The ASME Standard Collection contains more than 500 codes, standards, and other related technical publications. This Collection includes ASME codes and standards covering engineering process standard and technical topics such as:

1. General reference such as dimensions standard, drawings and terminology, measurement, materials
2. Specific equipment and components such as elevators and escalators, gas turbines, piping, pressure vessel, pressure tank, valves, pumps, fittings, flanges
3. Specific industry such as petroleum, nuclear, food/beverage, automotive

Examples of the types of documents and information included by ASME in this codes and standards collection are: 

• Drawing and drafting – Design standard documents address dimensioning and tolerances, engineering drawing practices, line conventions and lettering, multi- and sectional-view drawings, pictorial drawing, gear drawing, casting and forgings, mechanical spring representation, revision of engineering drawings, surface texture symbols, etc.
• Hydraulics - Documents and standards include inspector's manual for elevators and escalators; specifications for horizontal end, vertical inline and seal-less horizontal end suction centrifugal pumps; etc.
• Petroleum - Standards and documents address identification of piping systems, pipe threads, valves for gas distribution, pipe flanges and flanged fittings, power piping, process piping, liquid transport systems for hydrocarbons/gas transmission and distribution piping systems.
• Plumbing - Standards address stainless steel drainage systems for sanitary, storm and chemical applications; water closet personal hygiene devices; point-of-use and branch water sub-metering systems; roof, deck and balcony drains; performance requirements for backflow protection devices and systems in plumbing fixture fittings; qualification of installers of high purity piping systems; etc.
• Safety - Standards and documents cover escalators and elevators, low and high lift trucks, emergency personnel, platform lift and belt manlift, safety requirements for powered platforms for building maintenance, quality assurance requirements for nuclear facilities applications, etc.

Documents in the ASME codes and standards collection may be purchased in hardcopy, electronic format, or as an online subscription. Complete the form on this page to speak with a customer service representative regarding collection pricing. Individual document and online subscription purchasing are both described below.

Online Access - Subscribers get secure online access to search, view, bookmark, track, and print documents according to the license agreement. Online documents are updated daily. Multiple users can share a single license. You also get access to IHS Standards bibliographic data – more than 1 Million documents.

Individual Documents - IHS sell individual documents through the IHS Store in electronic or hard copy formats. Statistics show that 1 out of every 5 people who purchase individual documents would benefit from an online subscription. You should consider a collection over individual document purchases if your company buys more than $3,000 in standards per year.

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