National Stock Number
4820-01-205-0168
National Stock Number (NSN) 4820-01-205-0168, or NIIN 012050168, (valve,safety relief) was assigned April 4, 1985 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There are 3 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. One of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 2 suppliers. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Dec 10, 2014, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. The data needed to produce this item from additional sources is not physically available. Valid AMCs: 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 05488. [A VALVE DESIGNED TO AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE EXCESSIVE PRESSURES. IT IS ACTUATED BY STATIC PRESSURE UPSTREAM OF THE VALVE AND IS USED AS A SAFETY VALVE OR RELIEF VALVE, AND MAY BE SET TO CLOSE AT A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE. IT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR REGULATION OF CONTINUOUSLY FLUCTUATING LOADS. IT MAY BE INLINE OR CARTRIDGE (MANIFOLD) DESIGN. EXCLUDES:VALVE (1), RELIEF, PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE.]. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 4820012050168 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 8481400000: safety or relief valves. The Schedule B End Use is listed as industrial machines, other. NAICS classification category 332911: industrial valve manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Jun 01, 2025.