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<strong>Tubular</strong> terminology, designations and abbreviations<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

AISI American Iron and Steel Institute<br />

ANSI American National Standard Institute<br />

API American Petroleum Institute<br />

ASME American Society for Mechanical Engineers<br />

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials<br />

AV Arbetsmiljöverket<br />

BCW Bead Cold Worked<br />

BE Bevelled Ends<br />

BS British Standard<br />

BWG Birmingham Wire Gauge<br />

CCT Critical Crevice Temperature<br />

CPT Critical Pitting Temperature<br />

DIN Deutsche Institut für Normen<br />

DN Nominell Diameter, Nenn Weite<br />

DNV Det Norske Veritas<br />

DR/L Double Random Lengths (12 m)<br />

EN Europa Norm<br />

EFW Electric Fusion Welding<br />

ERW Electric Resistance Welding (HF)<br />

ET (= EC) Eddy Current<br />

GTAW Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (same as TIG and WIG)<br />

HF High Frequency welding<br />

HT Heat Treated<br />

IGC-test Intergranular Corrosion test<br />

ID Inside Diameter<br />

ISO International Standardization Organization<br />

JIS Japanese Standard<br />

LBW Laser Beam Welding<br />

LNG Liquefied Natural Gas<br />

LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas<br />

NB Nominal Bore<br />

NF Norme Francaise<br />

NHT Not Heat Treated<br />

NP Nominal Pressure<br />

NPS Nominal Pipe Size<br />

NS Norsk Standard<br />

NDT Non Destructive Testing<br />

OD Outside Diameter<br />

PAW Plasma Arc Welding<br />

PE Plain Ends<br />

PED Pressure Equipment Directive<br />

PN Pressure Number<br />

QA Quality Assurance<br />

R/L Random Lengths (6 m)<br />

RN-78 Rörledningsnormer -78<br />

RSEW-HF High frequency resistance seam welding (same as HF)<br />

SAW Submerged Arc Welding<br />

Sch The "Schedule" designation tells you how thick the wall is for any size of pipe with the<br />

higher schedule numbers meaning a thicker wall.<br />

SEP Stahl Eisen Prüfblatt<br />

SEW Stahl Eisen Werkstoffblatt<br />

SIS Swedish Standard Institute<br />

SSG Standard Solutions Group<br />

SW Seam Welding<br />

SWG British Standard Wire Gauge<br />

TIG Tungsten Inert Gas<br />

TÜV Technische Überwachungs-Verein<br />

UNS Unified Numbering System<br />

UP = SAW = Submerged Arc Welding<br />

Vd TÜVWb Vereinigung der TÜV-Werkstoffblatt<br />

WIG Wolfram Inert Gas (German TIG)<br />

W.-Nr. Werkstoffnummer<br />

97/23/EC Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the<br />

Council of 29 May 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States<br />

concerning pressure equipment.<br />

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