MSS SP-72 BALL VALVES WITH FLANGED OR BUTT-WELDING

FED-DEPT-DEFSP-72377225755120077380383MSSSP-72ADOPTIONNOTICEMSSSP-72,BallValveswithFlangedorButt-weldingEndsforGeneralService,wasadoptedon18February1994,forusebytheDepartmentofDefense(DoD).ProposedchangesbyDoDactivitiesmustbesubmittedtotheDoDAdoptingActivity:NavalConstructionBattalionCenter,100023rdAvenue,Code156,PortHueneme,CA93043-4301.DoDactivitiesmayobtaincopiesofthisstandardfromtheStandardizationDocumentOrderDesk,700RobbinsAvenue,Building4D,Philadelphia,PA19111-5094.TheprivatesectorandotherGovernmentagenciesmaypurchasecopiesfromManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.,127ParkStreet,N.E.,Vienna,VA22180.Custodians:Army-MENavy-YD1AirForce-99ReviewActivities:DM-CSAdoptingActivity:Navy-YD1(Project4820-0644)FSC4820DISTRIBUTIONSTATEMENTA.Appro':,:+licrelease;distributionisun1imited.COPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesCOPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesMSSSP-72-1BallValveswithFlangedorButt-WeldingEndsforGeneralServiceStandardPracticeDevelopedandApprovedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.127ParkStreet,N.E.Vienna,Virginia22180(703)281-6613COPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesCOPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesAnMSSStandardPracticeisintendedasabasisforcommonpracticebythemanufacturer,theuser,andthegeneralpublic.TheexistenceofanMSSStandardPracticedoesnotinitselfprecludethemanufacture,sale,oruseofproductsnotconformingtotheStandardPractice.Mandatoryconformanceisestablishedonlybyreferenceinacode,specification,salescontract,orpubliclaws,asapplicable.Substantivechangesinthis1999editionare“flagged”byparallelbarsasshownonthemarginsofthisparagraph.Thespecificdetailofthechangemaybedeterminedbycomparingthematerialflaggedwiththatinthepreviousedition.U.S.customaryunitsinthisSParethestandard;themetricunitsareforreferenceonly.UnlessotherwisespecificallynotedinthisMSSSP,anystandardreferredtohereinisidentifiedbythedateofissuethatwasapplicabletothereferencedstandard(s)atthedateofissueofthisMSSSP.(SeeAnnexA.)Anypartofthisstandardmaybequoted.Creditlinesshouldread‘extractedfromMSSSP-72,1999,withpennissionofthepublishel;theManufacturersStandardizationSociety.’ReproductionprohibitedundercopyrightconventionunlesswrittenpermissionisgrantedbytheManufacturesStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustqInc.OriginallyApprovedFebruary,19701COPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesCOPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesFOREWORDThe1999EditionofMSSSP-72hasbeenupdatedfromthe1992EditionbyrevisingmaterialnamesinSection1.4,2.1.5.,2.1.6,and4.1.Metricdata(DN)and(PN)wasaddedtoSection1.3,3.1.1,5.2.2.1,7.1.3,7.1.4,7.2.2,7.2.3,andTable1.Theformulasinparagraph7.1.4and7.2.2havebeenrevisedtoagreewithMSSLS.9format.ThereferencetoNPSwascorrectedinallapplicableparagraphs.AnnexAlistingallreferenceddocumentshasbeenadded.11..COPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesCOPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesMSSSTD*MSSSP-72-ENGL19995770bll0050119b960WSTANDARDPRACTICESP-72CONTENTSSECTIONPAGEFOREWORD11CONTENTS.........................................................................................................................................................................1111.SCOPE.................................................................................................................................................................................12.SERVICEPRESSURERATINGS.......................................................................................................................................13.VALVEPORTSIZES..........................................................................................................................................................14.MATERIALS.......................................................................................................................................................................15.DESIGN...............................................................................................................................................................................26.MARKETING......................................................................................................................................................................2............................................................................................................................................................................7.TESTING............................................................................................................