MSSSP-121-2006QualificationTestingMethodsforStemPackingforRisingStemSteelValvesMSSStandardPracticeDevelopedandApprovedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.127ParkStreet,NEVienna,Virginia22180Phone:(703)281-6613Fax:(703)281-6671E-mail:info@mss-hq.orgwww.mss-hq.orgCopyrightMSSProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithMSSNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---MSSSTANDARDPRACTICESP-121iThisMSSStandardPracticewasdevelopedundertheconsensusoftheMSSTechnicalCommittee308andtheMSSCoordinatingCommittee.ThecontentofthisStandardPracticeistheresultoftheeffortsofcompetentandconcernedvolunteerstoprovideaneffective,clear,andnon-exclusivespecificationthatwillbenefittheindustryasawhole.ThisMSSStandardPracticeisintendedasabasisforcommonpracticebythemanufacturer,theuser,andthegeneralpublic.TheexistenceofanMSSStandardPracticedoesnotinitselfprecludethemanufacture,sale,oruseofproductsnotconformingtotheStandardPractice.Mandatoryconformanceisestablishedonlybyreferenceinacode,specification,salescontract,orpubliclaw,asapplicable.UnlessotherwisespecificallynotedinthisMSSSP,anystandardreferredtohereinisidentifiedbythedateofissuethatwasapplicabletothereferencedstandard(s)atthedateofissueofthisMSSSP.(SeeAnnexA.)U.S.customaryunitsintheStandardPracticearethestandard;themetricunitsareforreferenceonly.InthisStandardPracticeallnotes,annexes,tables,andfiguresareconstruedtobeessentialtotheunderstandingofthemessageofthestandard,andareconsideredpartofthetextunlessnotedas"supplemental".Allappendicesappearinginthisdocumentareconstruedas"supplemental".Supplemental"informationdoesnotincludemandatoryrequirements.Anypartofthisstandardmaybequoted.Creditlinesshouldread‘ExtractedfromMSSSP-121,2006withpermissionofthepublisher,theManufacturersStandardizationSociety.'ReproductionprohibitedundercopyrightconventionunlesswrittenpermissionisgrantedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustryInc.OriginallyApp...