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Organizations and associations
Organization URL
AEA Technology plc www.aeat.co.uk
American Bureau of Shipping www.eagle.org
American Consulting Engineers Council www.acec.org
American Institute of Engineers www.members-aie.org
American Institute of Steel www.aisc.org
Construction Inc.
American Iron and Steel Institute www.steel.org
American National Standards Institute www.ansi.org
American Nuclear Society www.ans.org
American Petroleum Institute www.api.org
American Society for Non-Destructive www.asnt.org
Testing
American Society for Testing of Materials www.ansi.org
American Society of Heating, www.ashrae.org
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Engineers
American Society of Mechanical www.asme.org
Engineers
American Water Works Association Inc. www.awwa.org
American Welding Society www.awweld.org
APAVE Limited www.apave-uk.com
Association of Iron and Steel www.aise.org
British Inspecting Engineers www.bie-international.com
British Institute of Non-Destructive www.bindt.org
Testing
British Standards Institution www.bsi.org.uk
British Valve and Actuator www.bvama.org.uk
Manufacturers Association
Det Norske Veritas www.dnv.com
DTI STRD 5: www.dti.gov.uk/strd
Engineering Integrity Society www.demon.co.uk/e-i-s
European Committee for Standardisation www.cenorm.be
Factory Mutual Global (USA) www.fmglobal.com
Fluid Controls Institute Inc. (
Hartford Steam Boiler (USA) www.hsb.com
Heat Transfer Research Inc. (
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office www.hmso.gov.uk/legis.htm
HSB Inspection Quality Limited www.hsbiql.co.uk
HSE (Home page) www.hse.gov.uk/hsehome.htm
International Standards Organization www.iso.ch
Lloyd’s Register www.lrqa.com
Manufacturers Standardization Society www.mss-hq.com
of the Valve and Fittings Industry (
National Association of Corrosion www.nace.org
Engineers (
National Board of Boiler and Pressure www.nationalboard.org
Vessel Inspectors (
National Fire Protection Association www.nfpa.org
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National Fluid Power Association (USA) www.nfpa.com
National
Technology
Pipe Fabrication Institute (
Plant Safety Limited www.plantsafety.co.uk
Registrar Accreditation Board (USA) www.rabnet.com
Royal Sun Alliance Certification www.royal-and-sunalliance.com/
Services Limited
Safety Assessment Federation www.safed.co.uk
SGS (UK) Limited www.sgs.com
The Aluminum Association Inc. (USA) www.aluminum.org
The Engineering Council www.engc.org.uk
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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers www.imeche.org.uk
(IMechE) Pressure Systems Group www.imeche.org.uk/
pressure/index.htm
The Institution of Plant Engineers www.iplante.org.uk
The United Kingdom Accreditation www.ukas.com
Service
The Welding and Joining Society www.twi.co.uk/members/wjsinfo.html
Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers www.tema.org
Association Inc. (
TUV(UK) Limited www.tuv-uk.com
TWI Certification Limited www.twi.co.uk
Zurich Engineering Limited www.zuricheng.co.uk
General technical information
Technical standards www.icrank.com/Specsearch.htm
Pressure vessel design www.birdsoft.demon.co.uk/englib/pvessel
www.normas.com/ASME/BPVC/guide.html
www.nationalboard.org/Codes/asme-x.html
Boilers-fire tube www.kewaneeintl.com/scotch/scotivOb.html
www.hotbot.com/books/vganapathy/firewat.html
Pressure vessel software www.chempute.com/pressure_vessel.htm
Transportable pressure www.hse.gov.uk/spd/spdtpr.htm
receptacles (gas cylinders)
www.hmso.gov.uk/sr/sr1998/19980438.htm
www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/gas.htm
www.healthandsafety.co.uk/E00800.html
www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1998/19982885.htm
Valves www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Industrial/Valves_and_Control
www.flowbiz.com/valve_manual.htm
www.valvesinternational.co.za/further.htm
Heat exchangers www.britannica.com/seo/h/heat-exchanger/
www.chem.eng.usyd.edu.au/pgrad/bruce/h
www.firstworldwide.com/heatex.htm
www.heat-exchangers.com/heat-exchanger
Simple pressure vessels www.egadvies.nl/ce/scope/DrukvateEN.html
Boilers and HRSGs www.normas.com/ASME/BPVC/qx0010.html
www.boiler-s.com/boiler-spages.hotbot.com/books/vganapathy/boilers.html
www.abb.com/americas/usa/hrsg.htm
www.hrsg.com/gatorpwr.che.ufl.edu/cogen/equipment/codes/PTC4.4/Default.asp
Welding www.welding.com/
www.cybcon.com/Nthelen/1weld.html
www.mech.uwa.edu.au/DANotes/welds/home.html
Non-destructive testing www.ndt.net/
www.dynatup.com/apps/glossary/C.htm
Failure www.sandia.gov/eqrc/e7rinfo.html
www.netaccess.on.ca/~dbc/cic_hamilton/krissol.kriss.re.kr/failure/STRUC/MATE
www.clihouston.com/asmfailureanalysis.htm
Corrosion www.cp.umist.ac.uk/
www.icorr.demon.co.uk/about.html
www.cranfield.ac.uk/cils/library/subje
Technical reference books www.icrank.com/books.htm
www.powells.com/psection/MechanicalEng
www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/mechen
www.fullnet.net/dbgnum/pressure.htm
www.engineers4engineers.co.uk/0938-but
ISO 9000 www.isoeasy.org/
Forged flanges www.kotis.net/~porls2/ForgedFL.htm
www.englink.co.za/htmlfiles/nclro2/BS3.1.htm
www.maintenanceresources.com/Bookstorepolyhydron.com/hhpl/SAI.htm
Creep www.men.bris.ac.uk/research/material/projects/fad.htm/
Air receivers www.manchestertank.com/hor400.htm
Materials www.Matweb.com
www.pump.net/otherdata/pdcarbonalloysteel.htm
General on-line reference www.efunda.com/home.cfm
websites
www.flinthills.com/~ramsdale/EngZone/d
Safety valves www.taylorvalve.com/safetyreliefvalves.htm
Control valves www.halliburton.com/deg/dvd/masoneilan/80000_prod.asp?print=yes
Directives and legislation
For a list of new EC directives and standards on pressure equipment, go to
www.nssn.org and search using keywords ‘pressure vessel standards’ and
‘EC’.
• The entry website for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is:
• Statutory Instrument (SI) documents are available from Her Majesty’s
Stationery Office (HMSO) at:
• The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) entry web site is:
• Background information on mutual recognition agreements relating to
European directives in general is available on:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/international/indexb1/htm
• Reference to most pressure equipment-related directives (and their
interpretation guidelines) is available on:
www.tukes.fi/english/pressure/directives_and_guidelines/index.htm
• Agood general introduction to the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)
is available on:
www.ped.eurodyne.com/directive/directive.html
www.dti.gov.uk/strd/pressure.htm
• Guides on the PED from the UK DTI are available for download on:
www.dti.gov.uk/strd/strdpubs.htm
• The European Commission Pressure Equipment Directive website has
more detailed information on:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/directs/dg3d/d2/presves/preseq.htm
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg03/directs/dg3d/d2/presves/preseq1.htm
• The CEN website provides details of all harmonized standards:
www.newapproach.org/directivelist.asp
• For details of harmonized standards published in the EU official
journal, go to:
www.europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist.html
• A listing of European Notified Bodies for the PED is available from:
www.conformance.co.uk/CE_MARKING/ce_notified.html
• All the sections of the text of the
are available on:
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1999/19992001.htm
• The UK Pressure Systems Safety Regulation (PSSRs) are available
from:
www.hmso.gov.uksi/si2000/20000128.htm
Source: Engineers’ Guide to Pressure Equipment, Professional Engineering Publishing Limited,
