ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB16.11-2011(RevisionofASMEB16.11-2009)ForgedFittings,Socket-WeldingandThreadedCopyright2012bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---//^:^^#^~^^"~~:~"~$$"~$^"#:*~~@^~@#"@^~~*:#*:^$:$~:*"\\Copyright2012bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---//^:^^#^~^^"~~:~"~$$"~$^"#:*~~@^~@#"@^~~*:#*:^$:$~:*"\\ASMEB16.11-2011(RevisionofASMEB16.11-2009)ForgedFittings,Socket-WeldingandThreadedANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USACopyright2012bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---//^:^^#^~^^"~~:~"~$$"~$^"#:*~~@^~@#"@^~~*:#*:^$:$~:*"\\DateofIssuance:January30,2012ThenexteditionofthisStandardisscheduledforpublicationin2016.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB16CommitteemaybepublishedasCases.CasesandinterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://cstools.asme.org/astheyareissued,andwillbepublishedwithinthenexteditionofthestandard.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagestoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheCommitteePagescanbefoundathttp://cstools.asme.org/.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomatically...