National Stock Number
4820-01-578-6208
National Stock Number (NSN) 4820-01-578-6208, or NIIN 015786208, (valve,safety relief,oxygen syste) was assigned October 14, 2009 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN does not replace any other NSNs.
There is only one manufacturer part number associated with this NSN. None of the associated part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by one supplier. 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 Oct 15, 2009, 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 design of this part is unstable. Engineering, manufacturing, or performance characteristics indicate that the required design objectives have not been achieved. Major changes are contemplated because the part has a low process yield or has demonstrated marginal performance during tests or service use. These changes will render the present part obsolete and unusable in its present configuration. Limited acquisition from the present source is anticipated pending configuration changes. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 37941. [A VALVE DESIGNED TO AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE EXCESSIVE PRESSURES. IT IS ACTUATED BY STATIC PRESSURE UPSTREAM OF THE VALVE AND IS USED AS A SAFETY OR RELIEF VALVE, AND MAY BE SET TO CLOSE AT A PREDETERMINED PRESSURE. IT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR REGULATION OF CONTINUOUSLY FLUCTUATING LOADS. IT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AND/OR CLEANED FOR OXYGEN SYSTEMS. SEE VALVE, SAFETY RELIEF.]. The item is a non-aviation Critical Safety Item (CSI) whose failure will result in serious damage to equipment or serious injury or death to personnel. There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. NSN 4820015786208 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 Aug 01, 2025.