1、 INDD 840-1 93 2595532 0077967 l T 7 ASME-B40.1 ADOPTION NOTICE ASME-B40.1,Gauges-Pressure Indicating Dial Type-Elastic Element,was adopted on October 3,1994 for use by the Department of Defense (DoD).Proposed changes by DoD activities must be submitted to the DoD Adopting Activity:Commanding Office
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4、GAUGES-PRESSURE INDICATING DIAL TYPE-ELASTIC ELEMENT ASME 840.1-1991 was issued with misprints.A complimentary copy o f the corrected version is enclosed.Please discard the original issue.We apologize for any inconvenience.THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 345 East 47th Street,New York,N.
5、Y.10017 K1591 N ASME B40.1-1991(REVISION OF ANSVASME B40.1-1985)!Gauges-Pressure(7 I-i Indicating Dial Type-Elastic Element AN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD I:(1 .,I The American Society of Mechanical Engineers!t IERIC AN NATIONAL STANDARD Gauges-Pressure Indicating Dial Type-Elastic Element ASME B40.1
6、-1991(REVISION OF ANSVASME B40.1-1985)The American Society of Mechanical Engineers 345 East 47th Street,New York,N.Y.10017 Date of Issuance:September 27,I991 This Standard will be revised when the Society approves the issuance of a new edition.There will be no addenda or written interpretations of t
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13、INEERS Copyright O 1991 by All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A.FOREWORD(This Foreword i s not part of ASME 640.1-1991)ASME Standards Committee B40 is comprised of a balanced cross section of pressure gauge users,manufacturers,and interested members representing governmental agencies,testing laborat
14、ories,and other standards producing bodies.All are convinced that na-tional standards such as this one serve not only to provide product performance and configuration guidelines,but also to inform and update the specifier and user regarding the science of pressure gauge production,application,and us
15、e.The standards are vehicles by which the Committee as a bodycan transmit to users the benefits of their combined knowledge and experience as regards the proper and safe use of pressure gauges.The Committee,in its continual effort to make the B40.1 pressure gauge standard more informative and compre
16、hensive,has scrutinized this document and has made the following additions and improvements:(U)all definitions,previously listed in both the main document and the Appendix,have been combined;(b)certain new definitions have been added;(c)pressure equivalents of sea water,and water at 60F have been added;(d)paragraphs related to Insatllation,Vibration Failure,and Vibration-Induced Fail-(e)Accuracy Test Procedure has been clarified;cf)Liquid Filled Gauge Test added;(g)Case-Slow Leak Test added;(h)l
