1、AN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD Cast Copper Alloy Solder Joint Pressure FittingsASME B16.18-2012Revision of ASME B16.18-2001(R2005)ASME B16.18-2012Revision of ASME B16.18-2001(R2005)Cast CopperAlloy SolderJoint PressureFittingsAN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDThree Park Avenue New York,NY 10016 USADate of
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11、ritten permission of the publisher.The American Society of Mechanical EngineersThree Park Avenue,New York,NY 10016-5990Copyright 2012 byTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERSAll Rights ReservedPrinted in U.S.A.CONTENTSForeword.vCommittee Roster.viiCorrespondence With the B16 Committee.viiiSumm
12、ary of Changes.ix1Scope.12General.13PressureTemperature Ratings.14Fitting Size and Ends.15Marking.16Material.27Metal Thickness.28Inspection Tolerance.29Threaded Ends.210Configuration of Threaded Ends.311Production Testing.3Figure1Method of Designating Openings of Fittings.4Tables1Internal PressureTe
13、mperature Ratings for Cast Copper AlloyFittings,psi(kPa).62Inspection Tolerances.73Dimensions of Solder Joint Ends.84Dimensions of Elbows,Tees,and 45-deg Elbows.95Dimensions of Reducing 90-deg Elbows.116Dimensions of Reducing Tees.127Dimensions of Couplings.158Dimensions of Caps and Plugs.179Dimensi
14、ons of Fitting Reducers.1710Dimensions of Solder Joint Elbows and Tees With Pipe Thread Ends(Straight Sizes).1811Dimensions of Solder Joint Elbows and Tees With Pipe Thread Ends(Reducing Sizes).2012Dimensions of Solder Joint Adapters and Fitting Adapters With Pipe ThreadEnds(Straight and Reducing Si
15、zes).2213Dimensions of Return Bends(Straight Sizes).2314Dimensions of Supply and Return Tees.2315Dimensions of Baseboard Tees(F?F?C).2316Dimensions of Tees.2317Dimensions of Baseboard Tees(C?F?C).2418Dimensions of Flush Bushings(FTG?C).2419Dimensions of Flush Bushings(FTG?F).24iiiMandatory Appendice
16、sIMetric(SI)Tables.25IIReferences.44Nonmandatory AppendicesAStrength of Solder Joints.45BFitting Rating.47CQuality System Program.48ivFOREWORDThisAmericanNationalStandardforsolderjointfittingswasoriginallydevelopedbyasubcom-mittee of American Standards Association(ASA)Sectional Committee A40 on MinimumRequirements for Plumbing and Standardization of Plumbing Equipment,organized inAugust 1928,under the procedures of the ASA.Subcommittee No.11 on Solder-Joint Fittingsfor Tubing was appointed in Oc
