This ASME Standard provides the requirements applicable to the design of equipment used in the bioprocessing, pharmaceutical and personal-care products industries, as well as other applications with relatively high levels of hygienic requirements.

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1 Introduction, Scope, and General Requirements of the BPE 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Scope of the ASME BPE Standard 2 1.3 Intent of the BPE Standard 6 1.4 ASME B31.3 Chapter X 7 1.5 Terms and Definitions 8 1.6 Quality Assurance 11 1.6.1 Documentation 13 1.7 An Essential Understanding of Codes and Standards 17

ASME BPE EP-2012 This ASME Standard provides the requirements applicable to the design of equipment used in the bioprocessing, pharmaceutical and personal-care products industries, as well as other applications with relatively high levels of hygienic requirements. It covers materials, design, fabrication, inspections, testing and certification ...

ASME issues written replies to inquiries concerning interpretations of technical aspects of this Standard. Periodically, certain actions of the ASME BPE Committee may be published as Cases. Cases and interpretations are published on the ASME Web site under the Committee Pages at http://cstools.asme.org/ as they are issued.

ASME BPE-2009 (Revision of ASME BPE-2007) Bioprocessing Equipment AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

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This is a companion guide to the ASME Bioprocessing Piping and Equipment (BPE) Standard and explains what lies behind many of the requirements and recommendations within that industry standard.

Learn how this ASME BPE Standard has improved the manufacturing practices of the bioprocessing and pharmaceutical industries.

This is a companion guide to the ASME Bioprocessing Piping and Equipment (BPE) Standard and explains what lies behind many of the requirements and recommendations within that industry standard.