|
AI |
Authorized
Inspector regularly employed
by an ASME accredited Authorized Inspection Agency (AIA)
holding a valid NB Commission with A-Endorsement |
|
AIA
|
Authorized
Inspection Agency, that is the Inspection Organization of a
State or municipality of the United States, a Canadian
Province or an Insurance Company authorized to write Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Insurance |
|
AIS
|
Authorized
Inspector Supervisor |
|
ANI |
Authorized
Nuclear Inspector |
|
ANIS |
Authorized
Nuclear Inspector Supervisor |
|
ANSI
|
American
National Standard Institute |
|
ASME
|
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Three Park Avenue,
New York, NY 10016 - 5990, USA |
|
ASNT |
American
Society for Nondestructive Testing |
|
ASTM
|
American
Society for Testing and Materials |
|
AWS |
American
Welding Society |
|
BEP |
Boiler
External Piping |
|
BP |
Boiler
Proper |
|
DE
|
Design
Engineer |
|
DM
|
Design
Manager |
|
EBW |
Electron
Beam Welding |
|
ESW |
Electroslag
Welding |
|
FCAW |
Flux
Cored Arc Welding |
|
FSM
|
Field
Site Manager |
|
FW |
Friction
Welding |
|
GMAW |
Gas
Metal Arc Welding |
|
GTAW |
Gas
Tungsten Arc Welding |
|
LBW |
Laser
Beam Welding |
|
MAWP
|
Maximum
Allowable Working Pressure at Maximum Allowable Temperature |
|
MDMT
|
Minimum
Design Metal Temperature at MAWP |
|
MDR
|
Manufacturers
(Partial) Data Report (not to be mistaken for Manufacturers
Design Report) |
|
MT
|
Magnetic
Particle Examination |
|
MTR
|
Material
Test Report |
|
NB
|
National
Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors
1055
Crupper Avenue
43229 Columbus Ohio USA |
|
NCR
|
Nonconformity
Report |
|
NDE
|
Nondestructive
Examination |
|
PQR
|
Procedure
Qualification Record |
|
PT
|
Liquid
Penetrant Examination |
|
PWHT
|
Post
Weld Heat Treatment |
|
QA |
Quality
Assurance |
|
QAW
|
Quality
Work Procedure |
|
QC |
Quality
Control |
|
QCM
|
Quality
Control Manager |
|
QCI
|
Quality
Control Inspector |
|
QCR
|
Quality
Control Inspector Receiving |
|
OFW |
Oxyfuel
Welding |
|
PAW |
Plasma
Arc Welding |
|
RPE
|
Registered
Professional Engineer |
|
RT
|
|
|
RW |
Resistance
Welding |
|
SA
|
Ferrous
Materials |
|
SAW |
Submerged
Arc Welding |
|
SB
|
Non-ferrous
Materials |
|
SFA
|
Welding
Filler Materials |
|
SMAW |
Shielded
Metal Arc Welding |
|
SNT-TC-1A
|
Recommended
Practice for Nondestructive Testing Personnel Qualification
and Certification issued by the American Society for
Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Edition and Addenda, as
referenced by the Code of Construction
|
|
UDS
|
Users
Design Specification (only Division 2) |
|
UT
|
Ultrasonic
Examination |
|
VT |
Visual
Examination |
|
WL
|
Qualified
Welders List |
|
WE
|
Welding
Engineer |
|
WFM
|
Welding
Filler Material |
|
WPS
|
Welding
Procedure Specification |
|
WPQ
|
Welder's
Performance Qualification |
|
WTS
|
Welding
Procedure and Testing Schedule |
