Piping Standards and Codes

Type BOLT

ID Standard Description

23 ANSI B 18.2 Square and hexagonal head bolts and nuts

43 BS 916 Black bolts, nuts and screws (Obsolent)

99 IS - 1363 Hexagonal bolts and nuts-Grade C

100 IS - 1364 Hexagonal bolts and nuts - Grade A and B

101 IS - 1367 Technical supply conditions for threaded steel fasteners

110 IS - 2016 Plain washers

Type FITTING

ID Standard Description

12 ANSI B 16.3 Malleable Iron Threaded Fittings

13 ANSI B 16.4 Cast Iron Threaded Fittings

15 ANSI B 16.9 Steel butt welding fittings

17 ANSI B 16.11 Forged steel socketwelding and threaded fittings

20 ANSI B 16.25 Butt welding Ends

21 ANSI B 16.28 Short radius elbows and returns

29 MSS-SP-43 Stainless steel buttweld fittings

37 MSS-SP-83 Pipe Unions

50 BS 1640 Butt welding fittings

51 BS 1740 Wrought steel screwed pipe fittings

54 BS 1965 Butt welding pipe fittings

68 BS 3799 SW/Screwed fittings

87 BS 5392 Specification for ABS Fittings.

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 93 IS - 210 Grey iron castings

104 IS - 1538 Cast iron fittings.

106 IS - 1879 Malleable iron pipe fitings

140 IS - 8008 Specification for moulded HDPE fittings

141 IS - 8360 Specification for fabricated HDPE fittings

Type FLANGE

ID Standard Description

8 API 605 Large Diameter Carbon Steel Flanges

11 ANSI B 16.1 Cast Iron Pipe flanges and Flanged fittings

14 ANSI B 16.5 Steel pipe flanges and flanged fittings

26 MSS-SP-6 Standard finishes for contact surface for flanges

41 BS 10 Flanges (Obsolent)

48 BS 1560 Steel pipe flanges

71 BS 4504 Flanges

118 IS - 3516 CI flanges and flanged fittings for petroleun Industry

123 IS - 4864-70 Shell flanges for vessels and equipment

131 IS - 6392 Steel pipe flanges

Type GASKET

ID Standard Description

6 API 601 Metallic Gasket for Refinery Piping

18 ANSI B 16.20 Ring joint gaskets and grooves for pipe flanges

19 ANSI B 16.21 Non metallic gaskets for pipe flanges

59 BS 3063 Dimensions of gaskets for pipe flanges

61 BS 3381 Metallic spiral wound gaskets

137 IS - 7719 Metallic spiral wound gaskets

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 157 IS - 13257 Piping type joint gasket and grooves for flanges

Type INSULATION

ID Standard Description

135 IS - 7240 Code of practice for cold insulation

136 IS - 7413 Code of practice for hot insulation

Type MATERIAL

ID Standard Description

44 BS 970 Steel for forgings etc.

63 BS 3601 C.S pipes for pressure purposes at room temperature

64 BS 3602 C.S. Pipes for pressure purposes at high temperature

65 BS 3603 C.S, and alloysteel pipes for pressure purposes at low te

66 BS 3604 Alloy steel pipes for high temperature

67 BS 3605 SS pipes for pressure purposes

94 IS - 226 Structural steel

102 IS - 1536 Centrifugally cast iron pipes.

103 IS - 1537 Vertically cast iron pipes

109 IS - 2002 Steel plates.

130 IS - 6286 Seamless and welded pipe for subzero temperature

138 IS - 7806 SS Castings

139 IS - 7899 Alloy steel castings for pressure services

Type PIPE

ID Standard Description

1 API 5L Specification for Line Pipe

24 ANSI B 36.10 Welded and seamless wrought steel pipes

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 25 ANSI B 36.19 Welded and seamless austenitic stainless steel pipe

42 BS 806 Pipes and fittings for boilers

49 BS 1600 Dimensions of steel pipes

56 BS 2598 Glass pipe lines and fitings

62 BS 3600 Dimensions of welded and seamless pipes

70 BS 4346 PVC Pressure pipes

86 BS 5391 Specification for ABS pressure pipes

89 BS 5480 Specification for GRP pipes and fittings

107 IS - 1978 Line pipe

108 IS - 1979 High test line pipe.

116 IS - 3076 Specification for LDPE pipes.

119 IS - 3589 Seamless or ERW Pipes (150 NB to 2000 NB)

124 IS - 4984 Specification for HDPE pipes

125 IS - 4985 Specification for PVC Pipes

132 IS - 6630 Stainless alloy steel pipes for high temperature services

134 IS - 7181 Horizontally cast Cast iron pipes

154 IS - 12709 Specification for GRP pipes

Type STANDARD

ID Standard Description

105 IS - 1870 Comparision of Indian and Overseas standards

Type STRUCTURE

ID Standard Description

111 IS - 2062 Weldable structural steel

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Type SUPPORT

ID Standard Description

40 MSS-SP-89 Pipe hanger supports

69 BS 3974 Pipe supports

Type SYSTEM

ID Standard Description

46 BS 1306 Coper and Copper alloy pressure piping system

60 BS 3351 Piping system for petroleum refineries

85 BS 5222 Aluminimum piping system

112 IS - 2379 Color code for identification of pipe lines

113 IS - 2712 Compressed asbestos fibre jointing.

114 IS - 2825 Code for unfired pressure vessels.

117 IS - 3114 Code of practice for laying CI pipes.

121 IS - 4179 Sizes of pressure vessels and leading dimensions

122 IS - 4853 Radiographic examination of butt weld joints in steel pip

127 IS - 5572 Classification of hazardous area for electric installation

128 IS - 5822 Code of practice for laying welded steel pipes

143 IS - 10221 Code of practice for coating and wrapping of undergroun

144 IS - 10592 Eye wash and safety showers.

147 IS - 10711 Size of drawing sheets

150 IS - 10990 Technical Drawings - Simplified representation of pipelin

151 IS - 11790 Code for prep. Of Butt wld ends for vlvs, flanges and fitti

Type THREAD

ID Standard Description

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 95 IS - 554 Pipe threads

Type TUBE

ID Standard Description

58 BS 3059 Boiler and super heater tubes.

98 IS - 1239 Specification for mild steel tubes and fittings

133 IS - 6913 Stainless steel tubes for food and beverage industry

Type VALVE

ID Standard Description

2 API 6D Pipe line valves, end closures, connectors and swivels

3 API 6F Recommended Practice for Fire Tests for Valves

4 API 598 Valve Inspection and Test

5 API 600 Steel Gate Valves

7 API 602 Compact design carbon steel gate for use

9 API 607 Fire Test for Soft Seated Ball Valves

10 API 609 Butterfly Valves

16 ANSI B 16.10 Face to face and end to end dimensions of valves

22 ANSI B 16.34 Steel valves, flanged and buttwelding ends

27 MSS-SP-25 Standard marking systems for valves, fittings flanges

28 MSS-SP-42 Corrosion resistant gate, globe and check valves

30 MSS-SP-61 Pressure testing of valves

31 MSS-SP-67 Butterfly valves

32 MSS-SP-70 Cast iron gate valves

33 MSS-SP-71 Cast iron check valves

34 MSS-SP-72 Ball Valves

35 MSS-SP-78 Cast iron plug valves

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 36 MSS-SP-80 Bronze gate, globe and check vlves

38 MSS-SP-85 Cast iron globe valves

39 MSS-SP-88 Diaphragm valves

45 BS 1212 Specification for float operated valves

47 BS 1414 Gate valves for petroleum industry

52 BS 1868 Steel check vlves for petrouleum industry

53 BS 1873 Steel globe valves for petroleum industry

55 BS 2080 Face to face / End to end dimenions of valves

57 BS 2995 Sw and Screwed valves - 2" and smaller (Withdrawn, su

72 BS 5146 Inspection and testing of valves (Superceded by BS 675

73 BS 5150 CI wedge and double disc gate valves for general purpos

74 BS 5151 CI gate (parallel slide) valves for general purposes

75 BS 5152 CI globe valves for general purposes.

76 BS 5153 CI check valves for general purposes.

77 BS 5154 Copper gate, globe and check valves.

78 BS 5155 CI and CS butterfly valves for general purposes.

79 BS 5156 Diaphragm valves for general purposes.

80 BS 5157 Steel gate (Parallel slide) valves for general purposes.

81 BS 5158 CI and CS plug valves for general purposes.

82 BS 5159 CI and Cs ball valves for general purposes.

83 BS 5160 Flanged steel globe and check valves for general purpos

84 BS 5163 Double flanged cast iron wedge gate valves for water wo

88 BS 5433 Specification for underground stop vlves for water servic

90 BS 6364 Specification for valves for cryogenic services.

91 BS 6755 Testing of valves

92 BS 6759 Safety valves

96 IS - 778 Specificaiton for copper alloy gate, globe and check valv

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 97 IS - 780 Specification for sluice valves - upto 300 NB

115 IS - 2906 Specification for sluice valves (350 - 1200NB)

120 IS - 4038 Specification for FOOT valves

126 IS - 5312 Specification for Swing Check Valves

129 IS - 6157 Valve inspection and test

142 IS - 9890 Ball valves for general purposes

145 IS - 10605 Steel globe valves for petroleum industry

146 IS - 10611 Steel gate valves for petroleum industry

148 IS - 10805 Foot valves

149 IS - 10989 Cast/Forged steel check valves for petroleum industries

152 IS - 11791 Diaphragm valves for general purposes

153 IS - 11792 Steel ball valves for petroleum industries

155 IS - 13049 Specification for diaphragm type float operated valves

156 IS - 13095 Butterfly vavles

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