Demystifying Pressure Rating Standards For Flanged Valves

In any industry, one of the most challenging tasks is often keeping up-to-date and compliant with a complicated and changing set of performance standards. In an ideal world, performance standards serve a vital purpose by guiding employees and end users to the most efficient application of their equipment. Unfortunately, good intentions can often turn into overzealousness, creating a situation in which performance standards create as many problems as they solve.

To make matters worse, many industries feature multiple agencies and advocacy groups that publish competing sets of standards, making it even more difficult to understand and employ their suggestions. An ideal set of performance standards should be unambiguous and easy to interpret, leading industry stakeholders to proper decision making.