SP-120STANDARDPRACTICEFLEXIBLEGRAPHITEPACKINGSYSTEMFORRISINGSTEMSTEELVALVES(DESIGNREQUIREMENTS)DevelopedandApprovedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.127ParkStreet,N.E.Vienna,Virginia22180(703)281-6613ApprovedMarch1997COPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesCOPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServices~~~STD-MSSSP-120-ENGL19775770b'iO0500722877MSSSTANDARDPRACTICESP-120\AnMSSStandardPracticeisintendedasabasisforcommonpracticebythemanufacturer,theuser,andthegeneralpublic.TheexistenceofanMSSStandardPracticedoesnotinitselfprecludethemanufacture,sale,oruseofproductsnotconformingtotheStandardPractice.Mandatoryconformanceisestablishedonlybyreferenceinacode,specification,salescontract,orpubliclaw,asapplicable.U.S.customaryunitsinthisSParethestandard;metricunitsareforreferenceonly.UnlessotherwisespecificallynotedinthisMSSSP,anystandardreferredtohereinisidentifiedbythedateofissuethatwasapplicabletothereferencedstandard(s)atthedateofissueofthisMSSSP.(SeeAnnexA.)Anypartofthisstandardmaybequoted.Creditlinesshouldread'ExtractedfromMSSSP-120-1997,withpermissionofthepublisher,theManufacturersStandardizationSociety.'ReproductionprohibitedundercopyrightconventionunlesswrittenpermissionisgrantedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.Copyright@,1997byManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.PrintedinU.S.A.iPreviouspageisblankCOPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServicesCOPYRIGHTManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsLicensedbyInformationHandlingServices-STD-MSSSP-LZCI-ENGL1777H5770b'iO0500723723MSSSTANDARDPRACTICESP-120FOREWORDThisStandardPractice(SP)wasdevelopedbyacooperativeeffortofrepresentativesofValveandPackingManufacturers.ThisSPisintendedprimarilytobeanaidforthemanufactureandprocurement...