Appendix A - Acronyms
- ABS
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- AC / DC
- alternating current / direct current
- CAD
- computer aided drawing/design
- CMMS
- Computerized Maintenance Management System
- EOAT
- end of arm tooling
- FCAW
- flux-cored arc welding
- GMAW
- gas metal arc welding (also known as metal inert gas [MIG] welding)
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GTAW
- gas tungsten arc welding (also known as tungsten inert gas [TIG] welding)
- HDPE
- high-density polyethylene
- ITP
- Inspection and Test Plan
- MCAW
- metal-cored arc welding
- MIG
- See GMAW
- NDT
- non-destructive testing
- P&ID
- piping and instrumentation diagram
- PLC
- programmable logic controller
- PME
- powered mobile equipment
- PPE
- personal protective equipment
- PVC
- polyvinyl chloride
- RCM
- reliability-centred maintenance
- SCARA
- Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm
- SDS
- Safety Data Sheets
- SMAW
- shielded metal arc welding
- SOP
- standard operating procedures
- TDG
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods
- TIG
- See GTAW
- WHMIS
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
- WLL
- working load limit