IMSSSP-85-2002GrayIronGlobe&AngleValvesFlangedandThreadedEndsStandardPracticeDevelopedandApprovedbybeManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.127ParkStreet,NEVienna,Virginia22180(703)281-6613COPYRIGHT2003;ManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=FluorCorporation/2110503105,User=,05/22/200319:40:35MDTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyManagementGroupat1-800-451-1584.--```,`,,````,,,```,,,,`,`,,`,-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---www.bzfxw.comMSSSTANDARDPRACTICESP-85ThisMSSStandardPracticewasdevelopedundertheconsensusoftheMSSTechnicalCommittee106andtheMSSCoordinatingCommittee.ThecontentofthisStandardPracticeistheresultoftheeffortsofcompetentandconcernedvolunteerstoprovideaneffective,clear,andnon-exclusivespecificationthatwillbenefittheindustryasawhole.ThisMSSStandardPracticeisintendedasabasisforcommonpracticebythemanufacturer,theuser,andthegeneralpublic.TheexistenceofanMSSStandardPracticedoesnotinitselfprecludethemanufac-ture,sale,oruseofproductsnotconformingtotheStandardPractice.Mandatoryconformanceisestablishedonlybyreferenceinacode,specification,salescontract,orpubliclaw,asapplicable.UnlessotherwisespecificallynotedinthisMSSSP,anystandardreferredtohereinisidentifiedbythedateofissuethatwasapplicabletothereferencedstandard(s)atthedateofissueofthisMSSSP.(SeeAnnexC)InthisStandardPracticeallnotes,annexes,andfiguresareconstniedtobeessentialtotheunderstand-ingofthemessageofthestandard,andareconsideredpartofthetextunlessnotedas‘supplemental.’Allfootnotesappearinginthisdocumentareconstruedas‘supplemental’wheretheirinformationdoesnotmodiQthetexttowhichtheyrefer.U.S.customaryunitsinthisSParethestandard;themetricunitsareforreferenceoniy.Non-toleranceddimensionsinthisStandardPracticearenominaland,unlessotherwisespecified,shallbeconsidered“forreferenceonly”.ISubstantivechangesinthis2002editionare“flagged”byparallelbarsasshownonthemarginsofthisparagraph.Thespecificdetailofthechangemayb...