AISI American Iron and Steel Institute CR Chloroprene Rubber or Neoprene ANSI American National Standard Institute EPT Ethylene-Propylene Ter polymer API American Petroleum Institute FEP Fluorocarbon Ethylene Propylene FPM Fluorocarbon or Viton Rubber ASME American Society of Mechanical NBR Nitrile or Buna N Rubber Engineers Nitrile Butadiene Rubber ASTM American Society for Testing Materials NYL Nylon AWS American Welding Society PE Polyethylene AWWA American Water Works Association PTFE Polyethylene MSS Manufacturers Standardization Society PVC Polyvinyl chloride of the Valve and Fitting Industry Rilsan Super Polyamide NACE National Association of Corrosion TFE Tetrafluoroethylene Engineers EPDM/EPM Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber SAE Society of Automotive Engineers Ratings CWP Cold Working Pressure European Societies SP Special DVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas - und WOG Water, Oil, Gas pressure Wasserfaches WP Working Pressure GIVEG The Netherlands Gas Institute KIWA The Netherlands Water Works Institute Executions for Testing and Certification OS&Y Outside Screw and Yoke DIN Deutschen Industrie Norm NRS Non Rising Stem RS Rising Stem SDNR Screw-Down Non-Return Measurements NC Normally Closed cfm Cubic feet per minute NO Normally Open gpm gallons per minute ipm inches per minute End Connections psi pound per square inch BSPP British Standard Pipe thread, parallel psi pounds per square inch absolute BSPT British Standard Pipe thread, Taper psig pounds per square inch gauge BW Butt Welding ends FE Flanges Ends Flg Flanged RTJ Ring type Joint Scr Screwed ends Valve Descriptions SE Screwed Ends SJ solder Ends Metallic materials SW Socket Welding ends AL Aluminium BR Bronze Size CI Cast Iron d diameter CS Carbon Steel D Diameter FS Forged Steel DN Diameter Nominal NPS Nominal Pipe Size MI Malleable Iron OD Outside Diameter Nod. CI Nodular Cast Iron pcd pitch circle diameter SS Stainless Steel 18-8 type 304, stainless steel Miscellaneous 18-8 Mo type 316, stainless steel fig.no. figure number Cr. 13 type 420, stainless steel max. maximum HF (Hard Face) stellite face min. minimum rpm revolutions per minute Ws. no. material number acc. to DIN 63