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Standards and Codes

List of Abbreviations

DefinitionDescription
AGMA American Gear Manufacturer’s Association
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ABMA American Bearing Manufacturers Association
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction
AWS American Welding Society
BS British Standards
BSP British Standard Pipe Threads
BSPT British Standard Pipe Taper Threads
CLA Centre line average
DN Diameter Nominal
DOL Direct on line
Definition Description
HD Bolt Heavy Duty Bolt
HDPE High Density Polyethylene
I/O Input Output
ISO International Standards Organisation
kPa Pressure in kilopascals units
Leq Equivalent Sound Level
LAeq,T Noise exposure level for a nominated period of time, e.g. LAeq,8h
MDR Manufacturer’s Data Report
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration
NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NDT Non-destructive testing
NPS Nominal Pipe Size
NPT National Pipe Taper Thread
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
P&ID Piping & Instrumentation Diagram
PFD Process Flow Diagram
PLC Programmable logic control
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
RL Relative Level
RMA Rubber Manufacturers Association
RTD Resistance Temperature Device
SAE Society of Automobile Engineers
SDS Safety Data Sheet
SSPC Society for Protective Coatings
TEFC Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled
UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply
VDDR Vendor Data & Document Requirements

List of Relevant Standards

Document No. Title/Description
AISC Steel Construction Manual
AISC Load Ratings and Fatigue Life for Ball Bearings
ANSI/ABMA 11 Load Ratings and Fatigue Life for Roller Bearings
ANSI/AISC 360-22 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings
ANSI/AGMA 6101-E08 Design and Selection of Components for Enclosed Gear Drives (Metric Edition)
ANSI/ASA S2.19 Balance Quality Requirements of Rotating Rigid Bodies
ANSI/ASSP Z117.1 Safety Requirements for Confined Spaces
ANSI B11.19 Safety of Machinery — Performance Requirements for Safeguarding
ANSI Z49.1 Safety in Welding and Cutting and Allied Processes
ANSI Z535.1 Safety Alerting Standards
ANSI/AGMA 6001 Design and Selection of Components for Enclosed Gear Drives
ASME B18.2.1 Square, Hex, Heavy Hex, and Askew Head Bolts and Hex, Heavy Hex, Hex Flange, Lobed Head, and Lag Screws (Inch Series)
ASME A13.1 Scheme for Identification of Piping
ASME B17.1 Keys and Keysets
ASME B31.3 Process Piping
ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping
ASME PTC 36 Measurement of Industrial Sound
ASME B30.20 Below the Hook Lifting Devices
ASME B18.2.6 Fasteners for Use in Structural Applications
ASME Y14.36 Surface Texture Symbols
ASME Y14.5 Dimensioning Tolerancing and Engineering Drawing Practices Package
ASTM A123/A123M Zinc (Hot-Dip Galvanized) Coatings on Iron and Steel Products
ASTM A307 Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs
ASTM A325 Standard Specification for Structural Bolts, Steel, Heat Treated, 120/105 ksi
ASTM A36 Standard Specification for Structural Steel
ASTM A490 Standard Specification for Heat-Treated Steel Structural Bolts, 150 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength
ASTM A500 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural Tubing in Rounds and Shapes
ASTM A501 Standard Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural Tubing
ASTM A529 Standard Specification for High-Strength Carbon Manganese Steel of Structural Steel Quality
ASTM A53 Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
ASTM A563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
ASTM A568 Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet, Carbon, Structural, and High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled and Cold-Rolled
ASTM A572 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel
ASTM A6 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
ASTM A847 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless High-Strength, Low-Alloy Structural Tubing
ASTM E1416 Standard Test Method for Radioscopic Examination of Weldments
ASTM E1444 Practice for Magnetic Particle Testing
ASTM E1742 Practice for Radiographic Examination
ASTM E273 Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Testing of the Weld Zone of Welded Pipe and Tubing
ASTM E709 Standard Guide for Magnetic Particle Testing
ASTM F436 Standard Specification for Hardened Steel Washers Inch and Metric Dimensions
AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code, 2010
Title 30, Code of Federal Regulations Mineral Resources
NACE RP0188 Discontinuity (Holiday) Testing of Protective Coatings
OSHA 1910 Occupational Safety and Health Standards
OSHA 1926 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
OSHA 3067 Concepts and Techniques of Machine Safeguarding
ISO 281 Rolling bearings — Dynamic load ratings and rating life
ISO 2631 Mechanical Vibration and Shock
ISO 4184 Vee belts and Vee belt pulleys — Part 1: Dimensions and tolerances
ISO 8573 Compressed Air Quality Standards
ISO 9001 Quality Management System
ISO 10816 Mechanical Vibration – Evaluation of machine vibration by measurements on non-rotating parts
ISO 14001 Environmental management systems
ISO 20816 Mechanical Vibration
ISO 21940 Rotor Balancing
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