Abreviaturas

ACS, Attestation de Conformité 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 WorksAssociation

BB, Bolted Bonnet
BC, Bolted Cap
BCD, Bolt Circle Diameter (Diámetro circulo tornillos)
BCF, Bead and crevice free
BFV, Butterfly valve (Válvula de mariposa)
BHN, Brinell Hardness NumberBS, British Standard
BSI, British Standards Institution
BSP, British Standard Pipe
BSPP, British Standard Pipe Parallel
BSPT, British Standard Taper Pipe Thread
BV, Ball Valve (Válvulad de bola)BW, Butt Weld
BWE, Butt Weld End

CDA, Copper Development Association
CI, Cast Iron (Fundición 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 (Cilindros de doble actuación)
DD, Double Disc (Doble disco)
DEF, Double Emboitement Mâle
DG, Double Disc Gate
DI,Ductile Iron (Hierro dúctil)
DIN, Deutsches Institute fuer Normung
DMV, Distribution main valve (Válvula de distribución principal)
DN, Diámetro 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 (Válvula de compuerta)

HB, BrinellHardness (Dureza Brinell)>
HBC, Rockwell C Hardness
HF, Hard Faced
HW, Handwheel (Volante de mano)

IBBM, Iron Body Bronze Mounted
ID, Inside Diameter(Diámetro interior
IPS, Iron Pipe Size...