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Difference Between ANSI and ASME

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and American National Standards

Institute (ANSI) are important organizations in the flange industry
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the standards and codes that govern the industry.

Many people usually fail to understand the difference between the two or realize that
these organizations are technically two distinct non-products that work separately
and impact the flange industry.

Here in this blog, we’ve tried to make it clear about the difference between the two.
Before that, we must explain the meaning of each term.

MEANING OF ANSI

ANSI was established in 1918. The focus of ANSI is to oversee standards for services,
systems, processes, and products offered in the US. The organization consists of
members from organizations and corporations, as well as scholars from different
academic fields, companies, and government agencies.
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The primary purpose of ANSI is to work in a way to solidify the position of the US in the
global market by establishing the standards for services and products. The goal is to
ensure that the performance and feature levels of items created in the US are
consistent and up to par.

Adding on, ANSI accredits organizations that train personnel and produce products to
meet their established requirements and standards. They always keep an eye on and
check if the services and products are meeting their standards well. They need to
consider and update these performance requirements as per the need. They also play
a huge role in some initiatives about environmental conservation.

MEANING OF ASME

ASME was founded decades before ANSI in 1880 and is one of the oldest standards to
develop the organizations in existence. The establishment of society happened after
numerous failed occurrences of steam boiler pressure vessels that were devastating.
The main focus is to create standards and codes for mechanical equipment.

In the industry, especially the ASME code, it is also called ASME Boiler & Pressure
Vessel Code. The main reason for its establishment is to regulate the manufacturing,
development, and design of the boilers utilized in various industries.

ASME serves as one of the leading international developer codes and standards to
regulate the mechanical engineering industry. It is one of the private organizations to
promote multidisciplinary engineering, science, art and encouraging collaboration
across engineering disciplines. ASME also involves various industry and periodicals
publications, education courses, professional development, and conferences.

HOW ASME AND ANSI DIFFERS

At the first look, you can see that ASME and ANSI
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to play similar roles in the industry. But in reality, many things set them apart. You can
see it from the description above. Now here are a few crucial distinctions that set the
two apart:

1. The foundation of ASME happened decades before ANSI came into existence. ASME
was founded in 1880, while ANSI was founded in 1918.

2. The main focus of ANSI is to strengthen the US market position, while the focus of
ASME was to develop solutions to mechanical engineering safety issues and
problems.

3. ANSI accredits and established quality and performance standards for services and
products in a huge variety of sectors, while the primary focus of ASME is on pressure
vessels and boilers.
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4. ANSI works towards strengthening the position of the US in the global market,
whereas ASME works towards finding the solutions to real-time mechanical
engineering problems.

5. ASME has developed 600 standards and codes for various mechanical devices,
while ANSI has designated approximately 9500 standards.

6. The ASME members include engineering professionals and individual volunteers

from other organizations as its members. On the other hand, ANSI members are
chosen individuals from organizations, academic fields, government agencies, and
corporations.

CONCLUSION

It is essential to know the difference between ANSI and ASME before anything. If you
order a flange fitting at Texas Flange (https://www.texasflange.com/contact-us/) ,
you will get products that adhere to ASME B16.5, B16.47
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flanges/) , or B16.9 per your project requirements.

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