Glossary Table
Title | Meaning | Category |
---|---|---|
AC | Air Corp | Fittings & Fitments |
AIA | Aerospace Industries Association | Fittings & Fitments |
AN | Air Force-Navy or Army-Navy (no one seems sure of which) | Fittings & Fitments |
AND | Air Force-Navy Design Standard | Fittings & Fitments |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute | Standards & Authorities |
API | American Petroleum Institute | Standards & Authorities |
AS | Aerospace Standard | Fittings & Fitments |
ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | Standards & Authorities |
ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials | Standards & Authorities |
AWWA | American Water Works Association | Standards & Authorities |
B-Nut | Flare Nut; The nut that maintains the attachment of a flare fitting. | Fittings & Fitments |
BA | British Association | Standards & Authorities |
Ballcock | A float-style fill valve | Fittings & Fitments |
BSC | British Standard Cycle | Fittings & Fitments |
BSF | British Standard Fine | Fittings & Fitments |
BSP | British Standard Pipe | Fittings & Fitments |
BSPP | British Standard Pipe Parallel | Fittings & Fitments |
BSPT | British Standard Pipe Taper | Fittings & Fitments |
BSW | British Standard Whitworth | Fittings & Fitments |
DIN | Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardization) | Standards & Authorities |
DNA | Deutscher Normenausschuss (German Standardisation Committee) | Standards & Authorities |
FIP | Female Iron Pipe (NPT) | Fittings & Fitments |
FPT | Female Pipe Taper (NPT) | Fittings & Fitments |
G. | Same as BSPP | Fittings & Fitments |
GHT | Garden Hose Thread | Fittings & Fitments |
ISO | International Standards Organization | Standards & Authorities |
JIC | Joint Industry Council | Fittings & Fitments |
JIS | Japanese Industrial Standard | Standards & Authorities |
M | Metric thread designation | Fittings & Fitments |
MIP | Male Iron Pipe | Fittings & Fitments |
MPT | Male Pipe Taper (NPT) | Fittings & Fitments |
MS | Military Standard (US) | Standards & Authorities |
MSS | Manufacturers Standardization Society | Standards & Authorities |
NACE | National Association of Corrosion Engineers | Standards & Authorities |
NADI | Normenausschuss der deutschen Industrie (Standardisation Committee of German Industry) | Standards & Authorities |
NAS | National Aerospace Standard | Fittings & Fitments |
NFPA | National Fire Protection Association | Standards & Authorities |
NH | National Hose | Fittings & Fitments |
NPS | National Pipe Straight | Fittings & Fitments |
NPSH | National Pipe Straight Hose | Fittings & Fitments |
NPSL | National Pipe Straight Locknut | Fittings & Fitments |
NPSM | National Pipe Straight Mechanical | Fittings & Fitments |
NPT | National Pipe Taper | Fittings & Fitments |
NPTR | National Pipe Taper Railing | Fittings & Fitments |
NST | National Standard Thread | Fittings & Fitments |
ORFS | O-Ring Face Seal | Fittings & Fitments |
R. | Same as BSPT | Fittings & Fitments |
Rc | Same as BSPT, R | Fittings & Fitments |
Rp | Same as BSPP, G | Fittings & Fitments |
SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers | Standards & Authorities |
Storz | Sexless fire hose coupling | Fittings & Fitments |
Street Elbow | An Elbow pipe fitting having a female fitment and a male fitment. F-NPT by M-NPT -or- F-BSPT by M-BSPT | Fittings & Fitments |
UN | Unified National | Standards & Authorities |
UNC | Unified National Coarse | Standards & Authorities |
UNEF | Unified National Extra Fine | Standards & Authorities |
UNF | Unified National Fine | Standards & Authorities |
UNR | Unified National Radius | Standards & Authorities |
UNS | Unified National Special | Standards & Authorities |
UTS | Unified Thread Standard | Standards & Authorities |