Valve Abbrevations
Valve Abbrevations including valve types, such as ball, gate, globe, check, plug, and butterfly valves; valve structures; valve material, end connections etc.
Organisations/Societies
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
API | American Petroleum Institute |
ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
ASTM | American Society for Testing Materials |
BS | British Standards |
ISO | International Standards Organisation |
Valve Abbreviations
BB | Bolted Bonnet |
BC | Bolted Cover |
BE | Bevel End |
BW | Butt Weld |
C.S | Carbon Steel |
EB | Extension Bonnet |
EC | External Coating |
EPDM | Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer |
EFW | Electric Fusion Weld |
FF | Flat Face (Full Face) |
FLGE | Flanged |
GO | Gear Operated |
HF | Hard Faced |
HW | Handwheel |
IC | Internal Coating |
IS | Inside Screw |
NBR | Nuna-N Rubber |
NPS | Nominal Pipe Size |
NPT | National Taper Pipe Thread |
NRS | Non Rising Stem |
OCT | Octagonal Ring Gasket |
OD | Outside Diameter |
OS&Y | Outside Screw & Yoke |
OVAL | Oval Ring Gasket |
PB | Pressure Seal Bonnet |
PE | Plain End |
PTFE | Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene |
PWHT | Post Weld Heat Treatment |
RF | Raised Face |
RS | Rising Stem |
RTJ | Ring Type Joint |
SB | Screwed Bonnet |
SCRD | Screwed |
SF | Smooth Finish |
SO | Slip-On |
SS | Stainless Steel |
STD | Standard |
SW | Socket Weld |
TE | ThereaD eND |
T & G | Tongue and Groove |
WB | Welded Bonnet |
WN | Weld Neck |