The purpose of these recommended guidelines is to promote safety in the use of power boilers.  The term power boiler in this Section includes stationary, portable, and traction type boilers, but does not include locomotive and high temperature water boilers, nuclear power plant boilers, heating boilers, pressure vessels, or marine boilers. This Section provides such guidelines to assist those directly responsible for operating, maintaining, and inspecting power boilers. Emphasis has been placed on industrial type boilers because of their extensive use.  Guidelines are also provided for operation of auxiliary equipment and appliances that affect the safe and reliable operation of power boilers.

This publication is issued with an automatic addenda service.  All addenda service publications are issued in loose leaf format to facilitate later insertion of replacement pages which incorporate the latest approved changes to the standard.  Purchasers may wish to purchase a binder from ASME (BPVC Binder), but the publication will also fit a standard three ring binder.  The addenda service includes all updates issued prior to publication of the next edition in July 2013.

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