MSSSP-61-2009PressureTestingofValvesStandardPracticeDevelopedandApprovedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.127ParkStreet,NEVienna,Virginia22180Phone:(703)281-6613Fax:(703)281-6671E-Mail:info@mss-hq.orgwww.mss-hq.orgMSSSTANDARDPRACTICESP-61iThisMSSStandardPracticewasdevelopedundertheconsensusoftheMSSTechnicalCommittee114andtheMSSCoordinatingCommittee.ThecontentofthisStandardPracticeistheresultoftheeffortsofcompetentandconcernedvolunteerstoprovideaneffective,clear,andnon-exclusivespecificationthatwillbenefittheindustryasawhole.ThisMSSStandardPracticeisintendedasabasisforcommonpracticebythemanufacturer,theuser,andthegeneralpublic.TheexistenceofanMSSStandardPracticedoesnotinitselfprecludethemanufacture,sale,oruseofproductsnotconformingtotheStandardPractice.Mandatoryconformanceisestablishedonlybyreferenceinacode,specification,salescontract,orpubliclaw,asapplicable.UnlessotherwisespecificallynotedinthisMSSSP,anystandardreferredtohereinisidentifiedbythedateofissuethatwasapplicabletothereferencedstandard(s)atthedateofissueofthisMSSSP.(SeeAnnexA.)InthisStandardPracticeallnotes,annexes,tables,andfiguresareconstruedtobeessentialtotheunderstandingofthemessageofthisStandardPractice,andareconsideredpartofthetextunlessnotedas"supplemental".Allappendicesappearinginthisdocumentareconstruedas"supplemental"."Supplemental"informationdoesnotincludemandatoryrequirements.U.S.customaryunitsinthisSParethestandard;themetricunitsareforreferenceonly.Non-toleranceddimensionsinthisStandardPracticearenominal,and,unlessotherwisespecified,shallbeconsidered"forreferenceonly".AnypartofthisStandardPracticemaybequoted.Creditlinesshouldread`ExtractedfromMSSSP-61-2009withpermissionofthepublisher,theManufacturersStandardizationSociety.'ReproductionprohibitedundercopyrightconventionunlesswrittenpermissionisgrantedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.OriginallyApprovedFebruary,1961Copyright©,1985byManufacturersStandardizationSoc...