TECHNICAL CORRECTION

May 2001

Process Industry Practices

Piping

PIP PNSM0001
Piping Line Class Designator System
 PURPOSE AND USE OF PROCESS INDUSTRY PRACTICES

In an effort to minimize the cost of process industry facilities, this Practice has
been prepared from the technical requirements in the existing standards of major
industrial users, contractors, or standards organizations. By harmonizing these
technical requirements into a single set of Practices, administrative, application, and
engineering costs to both the purchaser and the manufacturer should be reduced. While
this Practice is expected to incorporate the majority of requirements of most users,
individual applications may involve requirements that will be appended to and take
precedence over this Practice. Determinations concerning fitness for purpose and
particular matters or application of the Practice to particular project or engineering
situations should not be made solely on information contained in these materials. The
use of trade names from time to time should not be viewed as an expression of
preference but rather recognized as normal usage in the trade. Other brands having the
same specifications are equally correct and may be substituted for those named. All
Practices or guidelines are intended to be consistent with applicable laws and
regulations including OSHA requirements. To the extent these Practices or guidelines
should conflict with OSHA or other applicable laws or regulations, such laws or
regulations must be followed. Consult an appropriate professional before applying or
acting on any material contained in or suggested by the Practice.

This Practice is subject to revision at any time by the responsible Function Team
and will be reviewed every 5 years. This Practice will be revised, reaffirmed, or
withdrawn. Information on whether this Practice has been revised may be found at
http://www.pip.org.

© 2001 Process Industry Practices (PIP), Construction Industry Institute,

The University of Texas at Austin, 3208 Red River Street, Suite 300, Austin,
Texas 78705. PIP member companies and subscribers may copy this Practice
for their internal use. Changes, overlays, addenda, or modifications of any
kind are not permitted within any PIP Practice without the express written
authorization of PIP.

PRINTING HISTORY

February 1997 Issued November 1999 Revision

February 1999 Complete Revision May 2001 Technical Correction

Not printed with State funds

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Process Industry Practices

Piping

PIP PNSM0001
Piping Line Class Designator System
Table of Contents

1. Introduction................................. 2 4. Notes ........................................... 3

1.1 Purpose ............................................. 2
1.2 Scope................................................. 2 5. Cover Sheet................................. 3
2. General ........................................ 2 6. Revisions, Alterations, and
Additions ..................................... 4
3. Field Definitions and Example .. 2
3.1 First Field ........................................... 2 Appendices
3.2 Second Field...................................... 2 Appendix A - Cover Sheet/Addendum Form
3.3 Third Field.......................................... 2 Appendix B - Sample Cover Sheet
3.4 Fourth Field........................................ 3 Appendix C - Sample Addendum
3.5 Fifth Field ........................................... 3
3.6 Example............................................. 3

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1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this Practice is to provide a uniform system for identifying piping line
classes.

1.2 Scope
This Practice establishes the system used for identifying piping line classes.

2. General
The base piping line class designator system consists of five alternating alphanumeric fields
containing one or two characters each (maximum of eight characters). Each field describes
various features of the piping line class.

At the user’s option, revisions, alterations, and/or additions can be made to a base line class
specification by adding an alphabetic character (maximum of two, making for a maximum of ten
characters total to define a line) after the fifth field designator to indicate that changes have been
made to the base PIP document. The addendum alphabetic character(s) should be added directly
to the base line class designator number as a suffix and without a delimiter.

See Section 6 for additional information on revisions, alterations, and/or additions.

3. Field Definitions and Example

3.1 First Field

3.1.1 The first field defines the pressure rating and is numeric in character.
3.1.2 The pressure rating field consists of one or two numeric characters as shown in
Table 1.

3.2 Second Field

3.2.1 The second field defines the nominal pipe material and is alphabetic in character.
3.2.2 The nominal pipe material field consists of two alphabetic characters as shown
in Table 2.

3.3 Third Field

3.3.1 The third field defines the corrosion/erosion allowance and is numeric in
character.
3.3.2 The corrosion/erosion allowance field consists of one numeric character as
shown in Table 3.

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3.4 Fourth Field

3.4.1 The fourth field defines the joint construction/construction type and is alphabetic
in character.
3.4.2 The joint construction/construction type field consists of one alphabetic
character as shown in Table 4.

3.5 Fifth Field

3.5.1 The fifth field defines a sequential number for numbering variations of the line
class specification and is numeric in character.
3.5.2 The sequential number field consists of two numeric characters. The field ranges
from numbers 01 through 99, with numbers 01 through 79 being reserved for use
by PIP and numbers 80 through 99 being reserved for use by owner.

3.6 Example
An example of a complete piping line class designator is 3CS1S01. This designator
means:
First Field: 3 = ASME Pressure Class 300
Second Field: CS = Carbon Steel Base Material Piping System
Third Field: 1 = Nominal Corrosion Allowance in multiples of 1/16"
Fourth Field: S = Socketweld Small Bore Construction and Buttweld and
Flanged Large Bore Construction
Fifth Field: 01 = Sequence Number (first in this piping material/ pressure
class series)

4. Notes
PIP Piping utilizes a set of standard notes and note numbers on line class specifications to
provide the user with additional information (i.e., guidance, caution, clarification, etc.).
Occasionally, a user may find the need to add company- or project-specific notes to a line class
specification. This can be accomplished through the use of an Addendum form.

Note: Numbers 01 through 699 are reserved for PIP use. Numbers 700 through 999 are
reserved for users.

5. Cover Sheet
5.1 While many users plan to use PIP line class specifications “as is,” some users will find it
helpful and/or necessary to attach a “cover sheet” to the document and communicate the
extent to which the line class specification applies within the user’s company and/or on
the user’s specific project. In cases where no revisions, alterations, or additions are made
to the line class specification, the dual-purpose cover sheet/addendum form should be
used to convey the user’s application intentions. The cover sheet/addendum form is
located in Appendix A.

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5.2 When the form is used as a cover sheet, the user must complete the fields for PIP Piping
Practice number, piping line class material specification number, and scope. The user
should enter the words “No Change” in Sections 2 through 10. The addendum number
should not be filled in when the form is used solely as a cover sheet. An example of how
the form might be used as a cover sheet is shown in Appendix B.

6. Revisions, Alterations, and Additions

6.1 Users of PIP line class specifications may have company, location, or project
requirements that require revisions, alterations, and/or additions to the base PIP line class
specification(s). To accommodate such cases, the dual-purpose cover sheet/addendum
form is to be used.
6.1 To use the cover sheet/addendum form for revisions, alterations, and/or additions to the
base line class specification, fill in the PIP Piping Practice number, piping line class
material specification number, and addendum number alphabetic character(s). Within the
applicable section (i.e., Scope, Design, Materials, etc.), fill in the necessary information
to detail the deviation(s) being made to the base line class specification. Users may
create more than one addendum for a base line class specification. An example of how
the cover sheet/addendum form might be utilized as an addendum is shown in
Appendix C.

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Table 1

Pressure Rating

Symbol Nominal Pressure Rating or Class

ASME B16.5 or B16.47 Flange Class
1 150
3 300
4 400
6 600
9 900
15 1500
25 2500

ASME 16.1 Cast Iron Flange Class

12 125
13 250

80 – 99 Reserved for Owner-Specific Rating Designations

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Table 2

Line Material

Symbol Material

Aluminum Alloys

AA Aluminum Alloy 1100, H112 temper

AB Aluminum Alloy 3003, H112 temper
AC Aluminum Alloy 5052, H32 temper
AD Aluminum Alloy 5454, H112 temper
AE Aluminum Alloy 6061, T6 temper
AF Aluminum Alloy 6063, T1 temper
AG Aluminum Alloy 6063, T6 temper

Brass, Bronze, Copper, and Copper Alloys

BA Aluminum-Bronze
BB Red Brass
BC Copper, deoxidized pure
BD 90-10 Cu-Ni
BE 80-20 Cu-Ni
BF 70-30 Cu-Ni
BG Silicon-Bronze
BT Cast Leaded Tin Bronze

Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels

CA Impact Tested Carbon Steel

CB Killed Carbon Steel
CC Low Carbon Steel
CG Galvanized Carbon Steel
CH Killed Carbon Steel, PWHT for Process
CJ 1-1/4 Cr - 1/2 Mo Alloy Steel
CK 2-1/4 Cr - 1 Mo Alloy Steel
CL 5 Cr - 1/2 Mo Alloy Steel
CM 9 Cr - 1 Mo Alloy Steel
CN 12 Cr Alloy Steel
CS Carbon Steel

Iron, Ductile, Malleable, or Cast

DA Ductile Iron, Austenitic

DC Cast Iron, Grey
DF Ductile Iron, Ferritic
DM Malleable Iron

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Table 2 continued

Symbol Material

Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics (FRPs) and Resins

FC Carbon Fiber Reinforced Furan

FE Glass Fiber Reinforced Epoxy
FF Glass Fiber Reinforced Furan
FP Glass Fiber Reinforced Polyester
FV Glass Fiber Reinforced Vinyl Ester
Non-Metals/Non-Plastics

KA Clay
KB Concrete
KC Glass
KD Ceramic

Lined or Internally Coated Steel/Iron/etc.

LA PFA (Perfluoro Alkoxyalkane copolymer)-lined Carbon Steel

LB Cement-lined Ductile Iron
LC Cement-lined Carbon Steel
LD PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene)-lined Ductile Iron
LE Epoxy-lined Carbon Steel
LF FEP (Perfluoro Ethylene-Propylene copolymer)-lined Carbon Steel
LG Glass-lined Carbon Steel
LH ECTFE (Ethylene-Chlortrifluoroethylene)-lined Carbon Steel
LJ PFA (Perfluoro Alkoxyalkane copolymer)-lined Ductile Iron
LK PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride)-lined Carbon Steel
LP PP (Polypropylene)-lined Carbon Steel
LR Rubber-lined Carbon Steel
LS PVDC (Polyvinylidene Chloride)-lined Carbon Steel
LT PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene)-lined Carbon Steel
LV PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride)-lined Carbon Steel

Misc. Metals, not covered elsewhere

MG Gold
ML Lead
MS Silver
MT Tantalum
MY Zirconium + Cb
MZ Zirconium

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Table 2 continued

Symbol Material

Nickel and Nickel Alloys

NA Alloy C-2000 UNS N06200

NB Alloy B2 UNS N10665
NC Alloy C276 UNS N10276
ND Alloy B UNS N10001
NE Alloy C4 UNS N06455
NF Alloy C22 UNS N06022
NG Alloy G UNS N06007
NH Alloy B3 UNS N10675
NJ Alloy G3 UNS N06985
NK Nickel 200 UNS N02200
NL Nickel 201 UNS N02201
NM Alloy 400 UNS N04400
NN Alloy C30 UNS N06030
NP Alloy 600 UNS N06600
NQ Alloy 625 UNS N06625
NR Alloy 800 UNS N08800
NS Alloy 825 UNS N08825
NT Alloy 20 UNS N08020
NU Alloy 20Cb-3 UNS N08020
NV Alloy 20-Mod UNS N08320
NW Alloy 25-6 Moly UNS N08926
NX Alloy AL-6XN UNS N08367

Plastics (other than FRPs)

PA ABS (Acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene)

PB PB (Polybutylene)
PC CAB (Cellulous acetate-butyrate)
PD HDPE (High Density Polyethylene)
PE LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene)
PF PFA (Perfluoro Alkoxyalkane copolymer)
PG FEP (Perfluoro Ethylene-Propylene copolymer)
PK PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride)
PP PP (Polypropylene)
PS PVDC (Polyvinylidene Chloride)
PT PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene)
PU CPVC (Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride)
PV PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride)

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Table 2 continued

Symbol Material

Stainless (High-Alloy) Steels

SA Type 304/304L SS
SC Type 304H SS
SD Type 316/316L SS
SF Type 316H SS
SG Type 317 SS
SH Type 317L SS
SJ Type 321 SS
SK Type 321H SS
SL Type 347 SS
SM Type 347H SS
SN Type 904L SS UNS N08904
SP 2205 Duplex SS UNS S31803
SR Type 304 SS
SS Type 304L SS
ST Type 316 SS
SU Type 316L SS
SV 254 SMO UNS S31254

Titanium and Titanium Alloys

TB Titanium Grade 2
TC Titanium Grade 3
TD Titanium Grade 7
TE Titanium Grade 12

Reserved for Future Use

E_, G_, H_
J_, Q_, R_
U_, V_

Not Used

I_, O_

Reserved for Owner-Specific Designators

W_
X_
Y_
Z_

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Table 3

Corrosion/Erosion Allowance

Symbol Allowance (Nominal)

0 zero corrosion allowance
1 0.063 inch (1/16 inch)
2 0.125 inch (1/8 inch)
3 0.188 inch (3/16 inch)
4 0.250 inch (1/4 inch)
9 Reserved for Owner-Specific Designator

Note: The corrosion/erosion allowance numbers are in multiples of 1/16th of an inch. The values
given in the table are nominal values. Unless otherwise specified, minimum values that are 80% of
the nominal specified values are acceptable.

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Table 4

Joint Construction/Construction Type

Symbol Description

A Adhesive or Wrapped RTR (Plastic Pipe Joints) and Flanged

B Buttweld Small Bore Construction and Buttweld and Flanged Large Bore Construction
C Cement, Solvent (Plastic Pipe Joints) and Flanged
D
E
F Flanged Only
G Grooved Large Bore Construction and Threaded Small Bore Construction
H Heat Fusion (Plastic Pipe Joints) and Flanged
I (Not Used)
J Jacketed Construction
K
L Compression Fitting Small Bore Construction and Buttweld and Flanged Large Bore
Construction
M Mechanical Joints
N
O (Not Used)
P Push On (Bell and Spigot)
Q
R
S Socketweld Small Bore Construction and Buttweld and Flanged Large Bore Construction
T Threaded Small Bore Construction and Buttweld and Flanged Large Bore Construction
U
V Reserved for Owner-Specific Designator
W Reserved for Owner-Specific Designator
X Reserved for Owner-Specific Designator
Y Reserved for Owner-Specific Designator
Z Reserved for Owner-Specific Designator

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 Appendix A
Cover Sheet/Addendum Form
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USER COMPANY LOGO/HEADER – Optional

User Specification Number – Optional
Date: mm/yy
Cover Sheet / Addendum for Process Industry Practice PNXXXXXXXX
Piping Line Class Material Specification XXXXXXX
Addendum No.: X
Job No.: X – Optional

Additions, Deletions, or Modifications listed below form part of this specification:

1. Scope
(e.g., fluid service, hazard class, guidance on application, document classification)

2. Design
(e.g., pressure/temperature limits, branch table)

3. Materials
(e.g., components: pipe, nipples, fittings, flanges, gaskets, bolting)

4. Valves

5. Fabrication, Assembly, and Erection

6. Inspection, Examination, and Testing

7. Cleaning

8. Other Modifications
(e.g., other additions, deletions, and/or modifications)

9. Notes
(e.g., owner-specific notes numbered 700-999)

10. Related Documents and References

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 Appendix B
Sample Cover Sheet
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XYZ Petrochemical Company, Inc.

Engineering Standards Program
Cover Sheet for Process Industry Practice PN01CS1S01
Piping Line Class Material Specification 1CS1S01

Additions, Deletions, or Modifications listed below form part of this specification:

1. Scope
1.1 Process Industry Practice (PIP) PN01CS1S01 is accepted as company piping line class
specification 1CS1S01 without additions, deletions, or modifications.
1.2 1CS1S01 replaces existing Company specification 15480.C101.
1.3 This document is classified an Engineering Standard. Deviations must comply with
Company Administration Policy 6000-260, “Engineering Standards.”

2. Design
2.1 No change

3. Materials
3.1 No change

4. Valves
4.1 No change

5. Fabrication, Assembly, and Erection

5.1 No change

6. Inspection, Examination, and Testing

6.1 No change

7. Cleaning
7.1 No change

8. Other Modifications
8.1 No change

9. Notes
9.1 No change

10. Related Documents and References

10.1 No change

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Sample Addendum
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ABC Chemical Co. Engineering Standards

Piping
October 1998

ES PN01CS1S01A
Addendum for Process Industry Practice PN01CS1S01
Piping Line Class Material Specification 1CS1S01
Addendum No.: A

Additions, Deletions, or Modifications listed below form part of this specification:

1. Scope
1.1 Process Industry Practice (PIP) PN01CS1S01 is accepted as Company piping line class
specification ES PN01CS1S01A with modifications as indicated below.
1.2 This specification covers carbon steel piping for general non-corrosive gas and liquid
process service.
1.3 This specification shall not be used in sulfide environments or in other services subject to
environmental cracking.
1.4 ES PN01CS1S01A replaces existing Company specification 15480.C101.
1.5 This document is classified an Engineering Standard. Deviations must comply with
Company Administrative Policy 6000-260, “Engineering Standards.”

2. Design
2.1 No change

3. Materials
3.1 Threaded connections, NPS 1/2 – 2, for instrument connections are to be SCH 80 with
PTFE emulsion sealant. PTFE tape is not permitted.
3.2 Use NPS 3/4 Class 3000 combination socketweld and threaded bossets for hydrostatic
test connections.
3.3 ASTM A53 Gr-B ERW is an acceptable alternate for sizes NPS 16 – 24.

4. Valves
4.1 Add Company Index 211 Butterfly Valve - NPS 3 – 14, Wafer CS body 150 RF, NPS 8
and > GEAR (see Note 700, 701).
4.2 Delete PIP Valve Code BF1CS70.
4.3 Add Company Index 22A Ball - NPS 1/4 – 2, Brass body 600 WOG/125 WSP, F-NPT.
4.4 Delete PIP Valve Code BA1CS06.

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5. Fabrication, Assembly, and Erection

5.1 No change

6. Inspection, Examination, and Testing

6.1 See PIP PNSC0001 for the fabrication of metallic pipe.
6.2 See PIP PNE00012 for the piping examination and leak testing guide.
6.3 See PIP PNSC0021 for specification for leak test of piping.

7. Cleaning
7.1 See Company Specification 15480.0500 Piping, General Cleaning.

8. Other Modifications
8.1 No change

9. Notes
9.1 Note 700: These valves have no flanges but are installed between line flanges with extra
length bolts.
9.2 Note 701: Butterfly valves NPS 6 and smaller w/handle; NPS 8 and larger with gear
operator.

10. Related Documents and References

10.1 See ES PNSM0001A, Line Class Designator System, for information on the system used
for identifying piping line classes and revisions/alterations/additions.
10.2 Attachment: PIP Piping Line Class Material Specification 1CS1S01.

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