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 |
