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1 PSME Code (Contents)

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 1. General
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 Scope, Requirements for Permit Application, Standard for Drawings,

Inspection
 2. Commercial and Industrial Buildings
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 Scope, Plant Design Procedure, General Requirements, Machinery &

Equipment, Anti-Pollution for Industrial Building
 3. Prime Movers, Power Transmission Equipment, Machines
and Machine Parts
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 Scope, Definitions, Guards, Principle of Safe Machine Design, Power

Transmission System
 4. Machine Guards and Safeties at Points of Operation and
Danger Zones
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 Scope, Definitions, General Requirements, Die-Casting Machines,

Wood Working Machine, Paper and Printing Machines, Textiles and
Laundry Machinery, Leather and Composition Goods Machines, Food
and Tobacco Machinery, Chemical Industry Machines, Rubber and
Composition Working Machines, Stone, Clay and Glass Working
Machines, Cotton and Seed Cotton Processing Machines, Other
Industrial Machinery in Manufacturing Installation, Protection for
Electrical Machinery in Commercial & Industrial Installations, Personal
Protection in Workplaces.
 5. Cranes and Other Hoisting Equipment
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 Scope, Definitions, General Requirements for Cranes, Boom Type

Mobile Cranes, Hoist, Derricks in Permanent Location, Auxiliary
Hoisting Equipment, Operating Rulers, Inspection.
 6. Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators and Moving Walks
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 Scope, Definitions, Electric Elevator, Machine Rooms and Machinery

Spaces, Electrical Wiring, Pipes and Ducts in Hoistways and Machine
Rooms, Machinery and Equipment for Electric Elevators, Hydraulic
Elevators, Private Residence Elevators, Hand and Power Dumbwaiter,
Escalators, Moving Walks.
 7. Boiler and Pressure Vessels
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 Definitions General Requirements for Boiler and Pressure Vessel

Installation, Specific Requirements for Fired Tube Boilers, Specific
Requirements for Miniature Boilers, Specific Requirements for Low
Pressure Heating Boilers, Unfired Pressure Vessels Test and Inspection,
Boiler Inspection, Blow-Offs, Pressure Reduction, Fire Explosion
Devices, Other Testing Methods.
 8. Heating, Ventilating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning
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 Definitions, Air Conditioning and Ventilation Standards, Duct System

and Accessories, Heat Gain Calculations, Refrigeration System, Air
Intakes and Outlets, Air Filters, Noise Abatement, Cold Storage and
Refrigeration, Refrigerant Piping, Valves, Fittings and Related Parts,
Pressure Relief Valve, Discharge from Pressure Relief Devices, Pressure
Limiting Devices, Test of Refrigerant Containing Vessels, Instructions,
Helmets, Refrigerant Storage, The Fundamentals in Vapor Compression
Refrigeration, Anti-Pollution for Ventilating, Refrigeration & Air
Conditioning, Energy Conservation for Ventilating, Refrigeration & Air
Conditioning, Montreal Protocol.
 9. Fire Protection and Prevention
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 General Requirements, Indoor General Storage, Fire Protection

Systems, Outdoor General Storage, Anti-Pollution for Standards for
Indoor and Outdoor General Storage, Standards on Halon 1301 Fire
Extinguished Systems, Fire Prevention Doctrine.
 10. Pumps
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 General Requirements, Definitions, Pumps, Fluid Power Metrication,

Metric Pump.
 11. Piping
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 Scope, Definitions, General Requirements, Identification Colors for

Pipes, Fluid Flow Velocities, Power Piping System Design, Industrial Gas
and Air Piping System, Refrigerator Piping Systems.
 12. Metrology
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 Purpose and Scope, Definitions, Measurement Concepts, Classification

of the Common Measuring Instruments Used in Industry, Graduated
Manual Measuring Tools, Non-Graduated Manual Measuring Tools,
Special Purpose Measuring Tools, Non-Destructive Inspection, Pressure
and Vacuum Measurements, Thermometry and Pyrometry, Flow
Metering, Measurement of Weight, The Three Common Methods of
Rotational Speed Measurements, Environmental and Pollution
Measurements.
 13. Machine Shop Machinery and Equipment
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 Purpose and Scope, Standard Machine, Special Tools and Machinery in

Machine Shop of a Manufacturing Plant, Sizes of Motors for Machine
Shop Equipment and Forging Machinery, Machine Screws, Gearing,
Guarding of Point of Operating in Turning, Drilling, Shaping, Milling and
Grinding Operations.
 14. Manufacturing Processes
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 Definitions, Classification of Manufacturing Processes, Processes,

Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Safety Precautions, Pollution Control,
Anti-Pollution for Manufacturing Processes.
 15. Fuels and Lubricants
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Fuels, Solid Fuels, Coke, Wood and Hogged Fuel,

Miscellaneous Solid Fuels, Liquid Fuels, Storage and
Handling of Fuel Oil, Gasoline and Kerosene, Diesel Fuel,
Oils, Gaseous Fuels, Diesel Lubricating Oils, Units of Heat
Measurement.
 16. Materials
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 Tool Steels, Standard Steels, Corrosion-Resistance Steels, Heat

Treatment of Steel, Non-Ferrous Alloys, Etching.
 17. Instrumentation
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 Purpose, Scope, Definitions, Outline of the Identification System,

Drawings, Instrument Line Symbols.
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