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ABS
Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
AISI
American Iron and Steel Institute
all-thread
Threaded rod from end to end available in various metals, lengths and sizes
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials
AWG
American Wire Gauge
AWS
American Welding Society
b.c.
Bolt Circle
CFM
Cubic Feet per Minute
CNC
Computer Numerical Control
Co
Cobalt - as used in bits (not to be confused with CO)
CO
Carbon Monoxide
DCEN
Direct Current Electrode Negative
DCEP
Direct Current Electrode Positive
DSAW
Double Submerged Arc Welding
DWV
Drain Waste Vetilation
ECM
Electro Chemical Machining
EDM
Electrical Discharge Machining
FDM
Fused Deposition Modeling
FPS
Feet Per Second
FPT
Female (internal) NPT thread
GDT
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
GMAW
Gas Metal Arc Welding also known as MIG welding
GTAW
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding also known as Heliarc and TIG welding
IC
Indexable Carbide Integrated Circuit Internal Combustion
ID
Inside Diameter
IPS
Inches Per Second
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ITI
Industrial Technology Institute
JIS
Japanese Industrial Standards
LBC
Laser Beam Cutting
LBW
Laser Beam Welding
LH
Left Hand (as in thread)
LMC
Least Material Conditon Used in geometric tolerancing
LOM
Laminated Object Modeling
MAP
Manufacturing Automation Protocol
MIG
Metal Inert Gas welding process
MMC
Maximum Material Condition Used in geometric tolerancing
MOSFET
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effects Transistor
MPT
Male (external) NPT thread
MT
Morse Taper, usually followed with a number; 0, 1, 2, etc.
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
MTTF
Mean Time To Failure
MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
MWP
Maximum Working Pressure
NC
Numeric Control
NEMA
National Electrical Manufacturer's Association
NPS
Nominal Pipe Size
NPS
National Pipe Straight
NPT
National Pipe Thread
NPTF
Dryseal American National Standard Taper Pipe thread
OD
Outside Diameter
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
PAC
Plasma Arc Cutting
PAW
Plasma Arc Welding
PSI
Pounds per Square Inch
PSIA
Pounds per Square Inch Absolute
PSIG
Pounds per Square Inch Gauge
PTFE
Polytetrafluroethylene polymer Teflon is DuPont trademark for PTFE
QC
Quick Change - referring to drive gears for a lathe or mill
RA
Rockwell Hardness "A" Scale
RB
Rockwell Hardness "B" Scale
RC
Rockwell Hardness "C" Scale
RFS
Regardless of Feature Size Used in geometric tolerancing
RH
Right Hand (as in thread)
RP
Rapid Prototyping
RPM
revolutions per minute
RPS
Revolutions Per Second
RTL
Resistor-Transistor Logic
SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers
SCFM
Standard Cubic Feet per Minute
SFM
Surface Feet per Minute
SLS
Selective Laser Sintering
SMAW
Shielded Metal Arc Welding
SME
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
STL
Stereo Lithography
SW
Stud Arc Welding`
TIG
Tungsten Inert Gas welding process
TIR
Total Indicator Reading
TPI
Threads Per Inch
TSP
Trisodium Phosphate used in metal cleaning
UL
Underwriter's Laboratory
UNC
Unified Coarse - referring to threads
UNEF
Unified Extra Fine Thread
UNF
Unified Fine - referring to threads
WP
Working Pressure