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Parts manufactured by machining from raw material to generate the bolt, screw head, or the configuration of the nut.
Source: API Specification 20E, Alloy and Carbon Steel Bolting for Use in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Second Edition, February 2017. Global StandardsParts formed through the mechanical hot (at a temperature above the recrystallization temperature) up-setting of wire, rod, or bar in order to generate the bolt or screw head (hot heading) or the configuration of the nut.
Source: API Specification 20E, Alloy and Carbon Steel Bolting for Use in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Second Edition, February 2017. Global StandardsParts formed through the mechanical cold (at a temperature below the recrystallization temperature) up-setting of wire, rod, or bar in order to generate the bolt or screw head (cold heading) or the configuration of the nut.
Source: API Specification 20E, Alloy and Carbon Steel Bolting for Use in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Second Edition, February 2017. Global StandardsAn organization that, through the use of manufacturing equipment and processes appropriate for the bolting product form, transforms raw material into finished bolting.
Source: API Specification 20E, Alloy and Carbon Steel Bolting for Use in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries, Second Edition, February 2017. Global StandardsThe distance over which the final breakdown of the initial lightning stroke occurs.
Source: API RP 545 Recommended Practice for Lightning Protection of Aboveground Storage Tanks for Flammable or Combustible Liquids, First Edition, October 2009. Global StandardsA short conductor that is electrically connected to the tank floating roof and contacts the tank shell.
Source: API RP 545 Recommended Practice for Lightning Protection of Aboveground Storage Tanks for Flammable or Combustible Liquids, First Edition, October 2009. Global StandardsAn aboveground tank with a floating roof, which has no fixed roof and has an open top
Source: API RP 545 Recommended Practice for Lightning Protection of Aboveground Storage Tanks for Flammable or Combustible Liquids, First Edition, October 2009. Global StandardsA conductive cable that provides a direct electrical connection between the tank shell and the tank floating roof.
Source: API RP 545 Recommended Practice for Lightning Protection of Aboveground Storage Tanks for Flammable or Combustible Liquids, First Edition, October 2009. Global StandardsAn area on the side of the CCU for the attachment of end-user certification or information and is defined as a black box. This should be 305 mm × 305 mm (12 in. × 12 in.) or of sufficient size if space constricted
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsMeans random examination to the discretion of the surveyor/inspector.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsCCU wall internal load.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsPad eye total vertical load.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsDesign load on the primary structure.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsInternal load.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsThe maximum uplift force during spud can extraction.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsRemanufacture specification level.
Source: API STANDARD 16AR, Standard for Repair and Remanufacture of Drill-through Equipment, First Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsLevel of traceability and/or conformance of parts or assemblies to API 16A.
Source: API STANDARD 16AR, Standard for Repair and Remanufacture of Drill-through Equipment, First Edition, April 2017. Global StandardsResulting sling load.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global StandardsIndependent wire rope steel core.
Source: API Standard 2CCU, Offshore Cargo Carrying Units, First Edition, August 2017. Global Standards