ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDLineBlanksASMEB16.48-2005(RevisionofASMEB16.48-1997)CopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---ASMEB16.48-2005(RevisionofASMEB16.48-1997)LineBlanksANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY10016CopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---DateofIssuance:January16,2006ThenexteditionofthisStandardisscheduledforpublicationin2010.TherewillbenoaddendaorwritteninterpretationsoftherequirementsofthisStandardissuedtothisedition.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoensurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithanyitemsmentionedinthisdocumentanddoesnotundertaketoinsureanyoneutilizingastandardagainstliabilityforinfringementofanyapplicableletterspatent,norassumeanysuchliability.Usersofacodeorstandardareexpresslyadvisedthatdeterminationofthevalidityofanysuchpatentrights,andtheriskofinfringementofsuchrights,isentirelytheirownresponsibility.Participationbyfederalagencyrepresentative(s)orperson(s)affiliatedwithindustryisnottobeinterpretedasgovernmentorindustryendorsementofthiscodeorstandard.ASMEacceptsresponsibilityforonlythoseinterpretationsofthisdocumentissuedinaccordancewiththeestablishedASMEproceduresandpolicies,wh...