Engineering
Forums and Bulletin Boards
These are sites in which you can post questions or ask advice. Participants
in the forum will post answers and comments.
Engineering-Tips:
A bulletin board for all types of valve engineering questions
Find
Plumbing.com: Bulletin boards and other information focused specifically on
plumbing.
Industry
Related Organizations
Codes And Standards
ASME
(www.asme.org) American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 120,000-member professional
organization focused on technical, educational and research issues of the engineering
and technology community. ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical
publishing operations, If you are specifically looking for ASME codes and standards
related to valves and fittings go to http://members.asme.org/catalog/CategoryView.cfm?Category=CS&SubCategory=VFFG
ANSI (www.ansi.org) American
National Standards Institute, The American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
is a private, non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S.
voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. To find standards
specific to valves goto http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/find.asp?
ASTM (www.astm.org) ASTM International
is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world.
ISO (www.iso.org) The source
of ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and more than 14,000 International Standards for business,
government and society.
MSS
(www.mss-hq.com) Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings
Industry is a non-profit technical association organized for development and
improvement of industry, national and international codes and standards for:valves,
valve actuators, pipe fittings, flanges, pipe hangers, and seals.
ISA
(www.isa.org) Instrument Society of America ISA is a leading technical training
organization and a respected publisher of books, magazines, and standards.
Industry
Advocacy Groups
AWWA (www.awwa.org) American
Water Works Association, "The Authoritative Resource for Safe Drinking
Water".
API (www.api.org) American
Petroleum Institute, "Represents America's Oil and Natural Gas Industry"
NFPA (www.nfpa.org) National
Fire Protection Association
VMA
(www.vma.org) Valve Manufacturers Association
FSA
(www.fluidsealing.com) Fluid Sealing Association Manufacturers
PMI
(www.pmihome.org) Plumbing Manufacturers Institute
