Year | Activity |
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1880 | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is founded |
1884 | First performance test code: Code for the Conduct of Trials of Steam Boilers |
1900 | First revision of an ASME standard, Standard Method of Conducting Steam Boiler Tests |
1911 | Establishment of a committee to propose a Boiler Code |
1913 | New Committee to revise the Boiler Code |
1914 | Issuance of the first Boiler Code |
1915 | Standards for Specifications and Construction of Boilers and Other Containing Vessels in Which High Pressure is Contained |
1919 | National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors formed |
1924 | Code for Unfired Pressure Vessels |
1930 | Test Code of Complete Steam-Electric Power Plants |
1956 | Committee established for ASME Pressure Vessel Code for Nuclear Age |
1963 | Section III (Nuclear Power) of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code |
1968 | ASME Nuclear Power Certificate of Authorization Program commences |
1972 | ASME expands its certification program worldwide; first ASME manufacturer certification issued outside of North America |
1978 | First ASME publication of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee interpretations |
1983 | ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code published in both conventional and metric units |
1989 | Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code published on CD-ROM |
1992 | First Authorized Inspection Agency accredited |
1996 | Risk technology introduced into the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code |
1997 | High Pressure Vessel Code |
2000 | C&S Connect (on-line balloting and tracking system) launched for Boiler and_Pressure Vessel Committees |
2007 | ISO TC11 Standard 16528—Boilers and Pressure Vessels published, establishing performance requirements for the construction of boilers and pressure vessels and facilitating registration of BPV Codes to this standard |
2007 | High density polyethylene plastic pipe introduced into the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section III, Code Case N-755 |
2009 | ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee reorganized from one consensus body to ten consensus bodies |
2015 | High density polyethylene plastic pipe incorporated into Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section III, Mandatory Appendix XXVI |