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INSTRUMENT SOCIETY of AMER,CA ~
400 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1 5222
FOHE'r\ORD 1. PURPOSE
This Tentative Standard h.t s been prP.p:1red as' a pnct 1.1 The purpose of this Standard is to establish:
o( the s Prvic e c l r' <! Instrument Sllc iety o( t\mer1cn
toward a t.'Oal )f snsfor'llilJ 1n lhe tsdd of instrumenh- 1.1.1 Recon~mended materia Is.
tton. To be o! r .1I va llle, this rPpiJct o;hould not be 1.1.2Uniform symbols for dimens1ons.
st:ltlc, b.1t h<?uld ue subjec t to peu o<hc rt>v st>w. To- J.l.JUn1!orm dimensions.
vard :h s ""d the ::>ocsety welcomes all comments and 1. 1.4
Uniform tolerances.
; u&geSllons, and ,tsks that they be ;~dd reGsed to the t.LS Uniform identification practices.
Instrument Society of ml!uca , Stamhds nd Practices
l3oard S.-cretary, 5.30 William Penn Plnce, P sttsbur '\h ,
Pcnnsylvani.J 15219.
2. SCOPE
This report 'VIIS prrpar~d ~y the Committee on Fluid 2.1 Thls stllndard is intended to c over ('Oly onflce
Meter lns l>~ llotion (30-RPJ). plates desigJled for boll.ing between Oanstes,
wath Oat or raised hce, '9hose bolting dimen-
C . A. Prsor- Diamond Alk,Jli Company (Ch:1trmnn) sions are in accordance 'lfith one of the follow-
R. L. Galley - Convair/ Astron aut icS Di VtsJon (Chair- ang ASA standards:
man 1951-1957)
t.. .i.. ::>c.!'e - c.. 1ley Meter Company B16b2
F'.l Ford- llagan Chemlcol:J & Contsol Company 816.1
H E. Sch 11~5 - Arthur G. ~1cKe e & Company B16b
C. E. Sharp- Minneapolic;-Uoneywe ll R.-~lator Company 816.5-1957
The a:us istahce o(tho-.e who rt h!ed in the preporahon 2.2 This standard i s limiteii to ptpe nil!es 1 mch
,,r this Rc<:ommended Prnctlce by '"m,.enng question- to 24 inches lnclustve.
nau~-; . tJtlering su~t,esti ons, <tnd in other woys is
ratefully acknowledtted,
2.3 Orifice pl11tes made in accordance with this
S tandard:
The (ollo'lfing have reviewr.d the report 1111d s~rved as 2.3.1 Satisfy sill re'luirements of .\GA Gas
1 Ooard of RevJew: \leosurement Committee Report No. 3,
"Orifice Metering of Natural Gs"
'1 C hristian- Dorton instrument Company /
R.ll. Clemons, Jr.- D111uel Onfice l'atting Company 2.3.2 Satisfy all r~uuements of t.he Re port
L.:i Combs- E. I. iu Pont rle Nemours & Co., Inc. o f ASME Reseazch Committee on Fluid
C.~.t Cox- Phillips Petroleum Company (A.P.I.) Meters, "Fluid Meters, Their 11teory
L.P. Er:~ erson - The Foxboro Company and AppUca tion." (Fifth Edition}
'1/ C. C'ardner- C.F. Oraun & Company
Loois Geo;s - \finn,. apolis-ltoneyw~ll R,.gul .. tor Com- 2.3.3 Satisfy all requirements of ASME Power
pany (A.S. \1 . E.) Test Code, Supplement on Instruments
t::.C. !lorton - Republic Flow ' tf"ters, Inc. 1nd Apparatus. Port 5, Chapter 4
E . B. 1\retzmer - Esso Renearch 11nd Pn g.ineerlnc Com- (PTC 19.5;4-1959) except paragraph 2 Ob.
PMY (A. P .l.) The Power Test Code i:~ prlmorily con-
J .D. 'duff - Robinson Ors (ice Falling Company c erned with precision measurements to
H W. Stoll- T ylot lnstsument Companies meet the requirements for acceptance or
R.A. Tuck -Cities Service Oil CoMpany (A. P.l.) ~arantee tests.
E.L. Upp- fennessee Cos Transan1ssion Company
2 .3. i Mny be u::ed wlthout li mit:~tlons Jue to
A.ppro ~red Cor tentntive publicwt ion 'y the Standards types of Ji!ferential pressu re tap3
.nd Prnctices Ooard on J nu11ry 6, 1%0.
2 .-t This Stand:ud does not:
G.G. Callag.her, The Fluor Corpoa1tJon
'ihanda rds & Procbce't De pattm~nt 'oce PN!sidt'nt 2.4.1 Cover the details of calculating lhe Lore
F'.E. Dryaa- Douglas \ircraft Company of the o rifice plate. '
\e rooautic 1 Stand..ardo; Divist(;n Director 2.4.2 Cover flow colculations from data pro-
R.E. Cl:mid~e- The Cener:<~l El~ctric Compa ny duced by on c rifice plate.
ln tersociety Stliltldards Dl visiun Director 2.4.3 Es tablish criteria ~d p rametf"r.J 1for
F'. H. Vinterkamp - E . I. du Pon t a!e lemour:J ~ Co. the proper use and installation of ori-
reduction Processes Standards OiVJsion Director tlce plate'l
f S .. !{indler - ISA Director 2.4.4 E3tabl!:;h methods of !abricatintt o r mu-.-
T <!clUlical ~ Educo~uon"l :erv lces, s~~tary c hini..ng.
. Instrument Socfeb' of America
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.' 3. DEF1NI110NS 5.3.3 Plates made from other materials shall
be of a smoothness comparable to cold-
~ .... 3.1 Concentric Orifice Plate - A circular d1sc ra.av- rolled steel with luster finish. This is a
lng a concentric circulou bore with a sharp 900 finish produced by rollin & with polished
comer at the inlet face. (Fi&We - 3.2.1) rolls.
3.2 Eccentric Orifice Plate - A circular disc hav- 5.4 Flatness - The plate shall be considered flat
lnc an eccentric circular bore with a sharp 900 when a true strai&flt edge held against the in ..
comer at the inlet face. (Figure - 3.2.2) let face of the plate in any position does not
show a departure of more than one hundredth
j 3.3 Segment~Orifice Plate - A circular disc with (0.010) of an inch per inch.
I .r a bore which is a segment , of a concentric
;); circle and has a sharp 90 comer at the inlet I
!1. DIMENSIONS
i. IDENnFYING INFORMA.nON
5.1 Symbola for dimensions are 'defined by Fl&Ur f i
- 3.2.1, fi&Ure- 3.2.2, and ficure- 3.2.3. 7.1 The following ite~ shall be/perman~tly
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5.2 Values are tabulated In Table I and Table U. marked on the inlet face of the handle:
. ~ ...- -- - - . ;I . . 7.1.1 Orifice Diameter, "d" Inches;
5.3 Finish - The lnlet face shall be uniform and (to neatHt .0: 001 _) . '
free of all scratches. The inlet face of:
7.1.2 Flange size and pressure ratl~g- inches
5.3.1 Stainless steel plates shall have a fin- & PSIG
Ish which is the equivalent of a stand-
ard commercial number 4 finish. This is
a finish obtained by polishin& the , mat~
rial with 120-150 mesh abrasive. --
7.2 Additional information may be stamped. on the
5.3.2 Monel pta'te~ shall have a finish which outlet race of the handle.
Is equivalent to International Nickel
Company :.'Satin" finish. This Is a fin- 7.3 The identifying information sh:aU be located in
Ish which is produced by polishinc the the outer 3/4. or the handle to permit easy
material with, l80 mesh abrasive. . identification after installation.
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