Abreviaturas y Acrnimos

Lista de las abreviaciones y acrnimos ms usadas en el sector de las vlvulas y tuberas (piping).
ACS, Attestation de Conformit Sanitaire
AFS, American Foundrymen's Society
AGA, American Gas Association
AISI, American Iron and Steel Institut
ANSI, American National Standards Institute
API, American Petroleum Institute
ASA, American Standard Association
ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM, American Society for Testing and Materials
AWWA, American Water Works Association
BB, Bolted Bonnet
BC, Bolted Cap
BCF, Bead and crevice free
BFV, Butterfly valve (Vlvula de mariposa)
BHN, Brinell Hardness Number
BS, British Standard
BSI, British Standards Institution
BSP, British Standard Pipe
BSPP, British Standard Pipe Parallel
BSPT, British Standard Taper Pipe Thread
BV, Ball Valve (Vlvulad de bola)
BW, Butt Weld
BWE, Butt Weld End
CDA, Copper Development Association
CI, Cast Iron (Fundicin de hierro)
CSA, Canadian Standards Association
CV, Check Valve
CW, Counter Weight (Contrapeso)
CWP, Cold Working Pressure
CxC, Cooper to Cooper
DAC, Double Acting Cilynders
DD, Double Disc
DEF, Double Emboitement Mle
DG, Double Disc Gate
DI, Ductile Iron (Hierro dctil)
DIN, Deutsches Institute fuer Normung
DMV, Distribution main valve (Vlvula de distribucin principal)
DN, Dimetro Nominal
DWV, Drainage, Waste, Vent Fitting
ECV, Emergency Control Valve
ESD, Emergency Shut Down (Cierre de emergencia)
FE, Flanged End (Final bridado)
FF, Flat Face (Cara plana)
FIV, Formation Isolation Valves
FLG, Flange (Brida)
FM, Factory Mutual Laboratories
FOB, Free On Board
FTTG, Fitting
FW, Flexible Wedge
GLP, Liquid Gas of Petroleum
GOST, Gosstandart of Russia

GV, Gate Valve (Vlvula de compuerta)

HB, Brinell Hardness (Dureza Brinell)>
HBC, Rockwell C Hardness
HF, Hard Faced
HW, Handwheel (Volante de mano)
IBBM, Iron Body Bronze Mounted
ID, Inside Diameter(Dimetro interior
IPS, Iron Pipe Size (Tamao tubera de hierro)
ISA, Instrument Society of America
ISNRS, Inside Screw Non-Rising Stem
ISO, International Organization for Standardization
ISRS, Inside Screw Rising Stem
JIS, Japanese Industrial Standard
MIV, Main Inlet Valve (Vlvula de entrada principal)
MJ, Mechanical Joint (Junta mecnica)
MSS, Manufacturers Standardization Society
MTR, Material Test Report
NC, Normally closed (Normalmente cerrado)
NEMA, National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NPS, Nominal Pipe Size (Tamao nominal de la tubera)
NPT, National Pipe Taper (Pipe Thread)
NRS, Non-Rising Stem
OD, Outside Diameter (Dimetro exterior)
OS&Y, Outside Screw and Yoke
OWG, Working Pressure: Oil, Water, Gas
QO, Quick opening (rpida apertura)
PIV, Post inidicator valve
PN, Nominal Pressure (metric)
P-T, Pressure - Temperature
PRV, Pressure Reducing Valve (Vlvula reductora de presin)
PVF, Pipes, Valves and Fittings
Rc, Rockwell "C"
RF, Raised Face (Cara resaltada)
RJ, Ring Type Joint
RS, Rising Stem
RWD, Resilient Wedge Disc
SAC, Simple Acting Cilynder
SB, Screw-In-Bonnet
SG, Solid Gate
SB, Silver Brazed
SE, Screwed Ends (Conexin por rosca)
SE, Solder Ends (Conxion por soldadura)
SIV, Service isolation valve
SJ, Solder Joint
SOV, Shut Off Valve
SS, Stainless Steel (Acero inoxidable)
STD, Standard
SW, Solid Wedge Disc
SWE, Socket Weld End
SWP, Steam Working Pressure
TB, Threaded Bonnet

TE, Threaded End

TC, Threaded Cap
TOR, Tout Ou Rien
UB, Union Bonnet
UC, Union Cap
UL, Underwriter's Laboratories
WV, Water valve (Vlvula para agua)
WOG, Working Pressure: Water, Oil, Gas
WSP, Steam Working Pressure
WWP, Water Working Pressure