asme-asme-2010A revised ASME PCC-1 has recently been published and
includes several new appendices. Among these is a new
Appendix M “Washer Usage Guidance and Purchase
Specification for Through-Hardened Washers”, which
outlines a purchase specification for the manufacture of
through-hardened washers for use on pressure boundary
bolted flanged connections. This paper outlines the
background as to why the new appendix was considered
necessary. It also details the logic behind the selected
materials and the operational limits placed on those
materials