Table of Japanse Standards for Steel Pipes

Japan Water Steel Pipe Association (WSP)

Standard Anti-corrosion specification Standard size
Class Pipe type (standard) established Symbol Inner
(revised) year Outer surface ₄m ₅.₅m
surface
Carbon Steel Pipes 1962 White pipe Galvanized Galvanized 15 ∼ 100A 125 ∼ 500A
SGP
Water supply and   for Ordinary Piping (JIS G 3452) (1988) Black pipe ― ― ― 15 ∼ 500A
drainage   Carbon Steel Pipes 1962 White pipe Galvanized Galvanized ― 15 ∼ 500A
STPG
Air conditioning   for Pressure Service (JIS G 3454) (1988) Black pipe ― ― ― 15 ∼ 500A
Others Galvanized Steel Pipes 1957
SGPW Galvanized Galvanized 15 ∼ 100A 125 ∼ 300A
  for Ordinary Piping (JIS G 3442) (1988)
VA Primary anti-rust coating
Rigid PVC-Lined Steel Pipe 1972
VB Rigid PVC Galvanized 15 ∼ 150A ―
  for Ordinary Piping (JWWA K 116) (1987)
Water supply VD Rigid PVC
Cooling water PA Primary anti-rust coating
Polyethylene Powder-Lined Steel Pipe 1982
PB polyethylene Galvanized 15 ∼ 100A ―
  for Ordinary Piping (JWWA K 132) (1986)
PD Single-layer polyethylene
Heat-Resistant Rigid PVC-Lined Steel Pipe
Hot water supply   for Ordinary Piping (JWWA K 140) 1995 HVA Heat-resistant
Primary anti-rust coating 15 ∼ 100A ―
Hot and cold water   PVC-Lined Steel Pipe (1988) 〔C-VA〕 rigid PVC
  for Hot Water (WSP 043)
Rigid PVC-Coated Steel Pipe
1988 VS Galvanized Rigid PVC 15 ∼ 150A ―
  for Firefighting (WSP 041)
Firefighting
Polyethylene-Coated Steel Pipe
1988 PS Galvanized Single-layer polyethylene 15 ∼ 150A ―
  for Firefighting (WSP 044)
 Tar Epoxy-Coated Steel Pipe for Drainage
1984 TA Tar epoxy Primary anti-rust coating ― 32 ∼ 350A
  (WSP 032)
Drain water
  Rigid PVC-Lined Steel Pipe for Drainage
1988 D-VA Rigid PVC Primary anti-rust coating ― 40 ∼ 200A
  (WSP 042)
FVA Primary anti-rust coating
Flanged Rigid PVC-Coated Steel Pipe 1975
FVB Rigid PVC Galvanized 20 ∼ 150A 200 ∼ 450A
Flanged   for Drainage (WSP 011) (1993)
FVD Rigid PVC
(water supply,
cooling water) FPA Primary anti-rust coating
Flanged Polyethylene Powder-Lined 1987
FPB Polyethylene Galvanized 15 ∼ 150A 200 ∼ 500A
  Steel Pipe (WSP 039) (1991)
FPD Single-layer polyethylene
mark: Pipe (white pipe only changed for SGP) with changed standard size (5.5 m to 4 m)

Japan Water Steel Pipe Association (WSP)

Kawasaki Nippon Sumitomo
Sekisui Mitsubishi
Class Pipe type (standard) Symbol Steel Steel Metal NKK Kyosei Kubota Others
Chemical Plastics
Corporation Corporation Industries
Carbon Steel Pipes
SGP ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
for Ordinary Piping (JIS G 3452)
Water supply and Carbon Steel Pipes STPG ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
drainage for Pressure Service (JIS G 3454)
Air conditioning Galvanized Steel Pipes
Others SGPW ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
for Ordinary Piping (JIS G 3442)
Grooving Corrosion-Resistant Electric Resistance River Super Tough
MN Mizonon
Welded Steel Pipes (JIS G 3452, 3454, 3442) GR Seam Seam
SumiCoat ESLON HishiPipe Keelon Kubota
VA,VB KLP VLP MK-LP
Rigid PVC-Lined Steel Pipe PV LP LP LP LP
for Ordinary Piping (JWWA K 116) SumiCoat NK-LP ESLON HishiPipe Keelon Kubota
VD KLP-VD VLP-D
Water supply KV-VD VD WVLP SP VD LP-VD
Cooling water SumiCoat ESLON
PA,PB KFP FLP PFP
Polyethylene Powder-Lined Steel Pipe PE PE Coat
for Ordinary Piping (JWWA K 132) SumiCoat
PD KFP-S PFP-PD
PE-S
Heat-Resistant Rigid PVC-Lined Steel Pipe
Hot water supply Kubota
for Ordinary Piping (JWWA K 140) HVA ESLON HishiPipe
Hot and cold NKHLP HT-L
PVC-Lined Steel Pipe 〔C-VA〕 HTLP LP-HT
water Pipe
for Hot Water (WSP 043)
Rigid PVC-Coated Steel Pipe Firefighting ESLON HishiPipe Keelon
VS
for Firefighting (WSP 041) pipe VS Protection VS FP VF
Firefighting
Polyethylene-Coated Steel Pipe Firefighting
PS
for Firefighting (WSP 044) pipe PS
Tar Epoxy-Coated Steel Pipe SumiCoat CLP
TA ELP
for Drainage (WSP 042) TEX Drain pipe
Drain water
Rigid PVC-Lined Steel Pipe ESLON Drain Keelon Kubota D-L
D-VA KDLP NKDLP
for Drainage (WSP 042) DVLP HishiPipe-LP DL Pipe
FVA Japan Engineering Corporation
⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ ⃝
Flanged Rigid PVC-Lined FVB Sinwa Industry
Steel Pipe (WSP 011) TAK Manufacturing
FVD ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ BENKAN
Flanged
(water supply, FPA AG Ajikawa Corporation
cooling water) ⃝ ⃝ ⃝ Japan Engineering Corporation
FPB
Flanged Polyethylene Powder-Lined Sinwa Industry
Steel Pipe (WSP 039) Dai-Ichi High Frequency Co., Ltd.
FPD TAK Manufacturing
BENKAN