API SPEC 16RCD : 2015
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SPECIFICATION FOR ROTATING CONTROL DEVICES
English
09-01-2015
10-17-2022
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
4 Design Requirements
5 Material Requirements
6 Welding Requirements
7 Quality Control Requirements
8 Marking Requirements
9 Storing and Shipping
Annex A (informative) - Use of API Monogram by
Licensees
Annex B (informative) - Operational Characteristics
Test Procedures Used to Define the Operating
Characteristics of RCDs
Annex C (informative) - Design Temperature Verification
Test Procedures Used to Verify the Temperature
Range of Non-Metallic Seals and Molded Assemblies
Annex D (informative) - Purchasing Guidelines for Rotating
Control Devices
Annex E (informative) - Failure Reporting
Annex F (informative) - Metric Conversions and Fraction-to-Decimal
Equivalents
Bibliography
Gives safe and functionally interchangeable rotating control devices (RCDs) utilized in air drilling, drilling operations for oil and gas, and in geothermal drilling operations.
| DevelopmentNote |
RUSSIAN & Kazakh version of 1ED 2005 edition is still available, see API 16RCD RUSSIAN & API 16RCD KAZAKH. (09/2014)
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Standard
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| Pages |
60
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| ProductNote |
This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Superseded
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