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Valve Standards

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ANSI Valve Standards

An overview of American National Standards Institute ANSI valve standards .
API Valve Standards
An overview of the American Petroleum Institute API valves standards.
ASME Valve Standards
An overview of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME valve
standards.
BS British Standard Valves
An overview of British BS valve standards.
Chinese and International Valve Standards
Chinese valve standards compared with the international ISO, ASTM , ASME, ANSI,
MSS, API and JIS standards.
Chinese Valve Standards
Chinese standards for steel, cast iron and metal valves.

ANSI Valve Standards

An overview of American National Standards Institute
ANSI valve standards
ANSI Standard
ANSI Standard Name
Code Name
ANSI A126

Grey iron castings for valves flanges and pipe

fittings
Standard specifications for forged or rolled steel

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ANSI A181

pipe flanged forged fittings and valves and parts

for general service

ANSI B16.10

Face to face and end to end dimension of

ferrous valves

ANSI B16.34

Steel valves

ANSI B127.1

Constant level oil valvess

API Valve Standards

An overview of the American Petroleum Institute API
valves standards
API
Standard
API Standard Name
Code
Name
API
Supplement 1 to api spec 6D (sixteenth edition )
SPEC6D specification for pipeline valves
API
STD6D

Steel gate plug ball and check valves for pipeline

service

API
STD6D

API Specification for flanged steel gate and plug valves

for drilling and production service

API
SPE14D

API Specification for wellhead surface safety valves for

offshore service

API 526

Flanged steel safety relief valves

API 527

Commercial seat tightness of safety relief valves with

metal to metal seats

API 528

API standard for safety relief valve nameplate

nomenclature

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API 529
API 594

Cast forged Steel plug valves flanged ends

Wafer type check valves

API 595

Cast iron gate valves flanged ends

API 597

Steel venturi gate valves flanged or butt welding ends

API 598

Valve inspection and test

API 599

Steel plug valves flanged or butt welding ends

API 600

Flanged and butt welding end steel gate and plug

valves for refinery use

API 602

Compact design carbon steel gate valves for refinery

use

API 603

150 pound light wall corrosion resistant gate valves

for refinery use

API 604

Ductile iron gate valves flanged ends

API 607

Fire resistant testing of ball valves with soft contact

faces

API 609

Butterfly valves to 150 psig and 150 F

API SPEC
Specification for fire test for valves
6FA
API SPEC Specification for fire test for valves with automatic
6FC
backseats
API BULL Bulletin on referenced standards for committee 6,
6RS
standardization of valves and wellhead equipment
API RP
11V6

Recommended practice for design of continuous flow

gas lift installations using injection pressure operated
valves first edition

API RP
11V7

Recommended practice for repair , testing, and setting

gas lift valves

API RP Sizing, selection and installation of pressure relieving

520 PT 1 devices in refineries part 1 sizing and selection
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API RP
574
API RP
576

Inspection of piping, tubing, valves and fittings first

edition, replaces guide for inspection of refinery
equipment Chapter XI
Inspection of pressurerelieving devices first edition

API STD
Metal ball valvesflanged, threaded and welding end
608

ASME Valve Standards

An overview of The American Society of Mechanical
Engineers ASME valve standards
ASME Valve
ASME Standard Name
Standard
ASME
Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Forgings for
A105/105M piping applications
ASME
Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Forgings for
A181/181M General purpose piping
Standard Specification for forged or rolled alloysteel
ASME
pipe flanges, forged fittings and valves and parts for
A182/182M
hightemperature service
ASME
Standard specification for carbon steel forgings for
A727/727M piping components with inherent notch toughness.
Standard Specification for Common Requirements for
ASME A961 Steel Flanges, Forged Fittings, valves, and Parts for
Piping Applications
Standard Specification for Forged or Rolled UNS
N08020, UNS N08024, UNS N08026, UNS N08367,
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ASME B462 and UNS R20033 Alloy Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings,
and Valves and Parts for Corrosive High
Temperature Service
Standard Specification for Pressure Consolidated
Powder Metallurgy IronNickel Chromium
ASME B834 Molybdenum (UNS N08367) and Nickel Chromium
Molybdenum Columbium (Nb) (UNS N06625) Alloy
Pipe Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts
ASME
D5500

Standard Test Method for Vehicle Evaluation of

Unleaded Automotive Sparkignition Engine Fuel for
Intake Valve Deposit Formation

ASME F885

Standard Specification for Envelope Dimensions for

Bronze Globe Valves NPS 1/4 to 2 El1996 R(1996)

ASME F992

Standard Specification for Valve Label Plates El1997

R(1997)

ASME F993

Standard Specification for Valve Locking Devices El

1997 R(1997)

ASME F1020

Standard Specification for LineBlind Valves for

marine Applications El1996 RI'1996)

ASME F1098

Standard Specification for Envelope Dimensions for

Butterfly Valves NPS 2 to 24 EI1993 R(1993)

Standard Specification for Spill Valves for Use in

ASME F1271 Marine Tank Liquid Overpressure Protections
Applications EI1995 R (1995)
ASME F1370

Standard Specification for Pressure Reducing valves

for Water Systems, Shipboard

ASME F1508

Standard Specification for Angle Style, Pressure Relief

Valves for Steam, Gas, and Liquid Services

ASME F1565 Standard Specification for PressureReducing Valves

for Steam Service
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ASME F1792 Standard Specification for Special Requirements for

Valves Used in Gaseous Oxygen Service
Standard Specification for Automatic ShutOff Valves
ASME F1793 (Also Known as Excess Flow Valves, EFV) for Air or
Nitrogen Service
Standard Specification for Hand operated, Globe
ASME F1794 Style Valves for Gas (Except Oxygen Gas), and
Hydraulic Systems
ASME F1795

standard Specification for PressureReducing Valves

for Air or Nitrogen Systems

ASME A230

Standard specification for steel wire oil tempered

carbon valve spring quality

ASME A232

Standard specification for chromium vanadium

alloy steel valve spring quality

Standard specification for forged or rolled carbon and

ASME A350 alloy steel flanges forged fittings and valves and parts
for low temperature service
ASME A338

Standard specification for ultrasonic examination of

heavy steel forgings

Standard specification for forgings carbon and alloy

ASME A694 steel for pipe flanges fittings valves and parts for high
pressure transmission service
Standards specification for forged or rolled alloy
ASME A404 steel pipe flanges forged fittings and valves and parts
specially heat treated for high temperature service
ASME A522

Forged or rolled 8% and 9% nickel alloy steel flanges

fittings valves and parts for low temperature service

BS British Standard Valves

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An overview of British BS valve standards

British
Standard
Code British Standard Name
Name
BS
BS 1212 Ball valves (Portsmouth type ) excluding floats
BS 1123

Specification for safety valves, gauges and other safety

fittings for air receivers and compressed air installations

Specification for steel edge gate valves ( flanged and butt

BS 1414 welding ends ) for the petroleum, petrochemical and
allied industries
BS 1552 Control plug cocks for low pressure gases
Specification for Flanged and Butt welding ends steel
BS 1570 plug valves for the petroleum industry (excluding well
Head and flow line valves)
Specification for Flanged cast iron outside screw and
BS 1735 yoke edge gate valves class 125, size 1.5 in to 24 in for the
petroleum industry
Specification for steel check valves (flanged and butt
BS 1868 welding ends ) for the petroleum, petrochemical and
allied industries
Specification for Steel globe and globe stop and check
BS 1873 valves (flanged and buttwelding ends ) for the
petroleum, petrochemical and allied industries
BS 1952

Specification for copper alloy gate valves for general

purposes

BS 1953 Copper alloy check valves for general purposes

BS 1968 Floats for Ball valves ( copper )
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BS 2060 Copper alloy screw down stop valves for general

purposes
Specification for Face to face, centre to face end to
end and centre to end dimensions of flanged and butt
BS 2080
welding ends steel valves for the petroleum,
petrochemical and allied industries
BS 2591 British standard glossary for valves and valve parts (for
PT.1 fluids ) part 1.screw down stop ,check and gate valves
BS 2591 British standard glossary for valves and valves parts ( for
PT.2 fluids) part,2 safety valves and relief valves
BS
British standard glossary for valves and valve parts (for
2591PT.3 fluids ) part 3, Plug valves and cocks
BS
British standard glossary for valves and valves (for fluids
2591PT.4 ) part4, butterfly valves
BS
British standard glossary for valves and valve parts ( for
2591PT.5 fluids ) part5, Ball valves
Specification for cast and forged steel wedge gate, glove,
BS 2995 check and plug valves screwed and socket Welding
sizes 2 in and smaller for the petroleum industry
BS 3464

Specification for cast iron gate valves for general

purposes

Specification for cast and forged steel flanged, screwed

BS 3808 and socket welding Wedge gate valves (compact design
) sizes 2 in and smaller for the petroleum industry
BS 3948

Specification for cast iron parallel slide valves for general

purposes

BS 3952

Specification for cast iron butterfly valves for general

purposes

BS 3961 Specification for cast iron screw down stop valves and
stop and check valves for general purposes
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BS 4090 Cast Iron check valves for general purposes

BS 4133 Flanged steel parallel slide valves for general purposes
BS 4312

Flanged steel screw down stop valves and stop and

check valves for general purposes

BS 4460 Steel Ball valves for the petroleum industry

BS 5146

Specification for inspection and test of steel valves for the

petroleum petrochemical and allied industries

BS 5150

Cast iron wedge and double disk gate valves for general
purposes

BS 5151 Cast iron gate (parallel slide ) valves for general purposes
BS 5152

Cast iron globe and globe stop and check valves for
general purposes

BS 5153 Cast Iron check valves for general purposes

BS 5154

Copper alloy globe stop and check, check and gate valves
for general purposes

BS 5155

Cast iron and carbon steel butterfly valves for general

purposes

BS 5156 Screw down diaphragm valves for general purposes

BS 5157 Steel gate (parallel slide ) valves for general purposes
BS 5159

Specification for cast iron and carbon steel ball valves for
general purposes

Specification for Flanged steel globe valves, globe stop

BS 5160 and check valves and lift type check valves for general
purposes
BS 5351

Steel ball valves for the petroleum petrochemicals and

allied industries

BS 5417 Test of genera purpose industrial valves

BS 5418 Marking of general purpose industrial valves
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Chinese and International Valve

Standards
Chinese valve standards compared with the
international ISO, ASTM , ASME, ANSI, MSS, API and
JIS standards
Chinese
Standard Code
Num.

Chinese Standard Name

Adopting
Standard

GB12220

General valve marking

ISO 5209

GB12221

Flanged ends metal valve faceto

face dimensions

ISO 5752

GB12222

Multiturn valve connection of

driving device

ISO 5210/1 3

GB12223

Partturn valve connection of

driving device

ISO 5211/1 3

GB12224

Steel valve general requirements

ANSI B16.34

GB12225

General valve copper alloy

casting ware technology
requirements

ASTM B584

GB12226

General valve gray casting iron

technology requirements

ISO 185,BS
1452

GB12228

General valve carbon forging

steel technology requirements

ASTM A
105,A181

GB12229

General valve carbon casting

steel technology requirements

ASTM A703

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GB12230

General valve Ao casting steel

technology requirements

GB12232

General valve flanged ends iron ISO59961982,

gate valve
API 595

ASTM A351

GB12233

General valve iron gate valve

and lift check valve

BS5152,5153

GB12234

General valve flanged and butt

welding ends copper gate valve

API 600

GB12237

General valve flanged and butt

welding ends steel ball valve

ISO7121, API
607

GB12238

General valve flanged and wafer

ends butterfly valve

BS5155

GB12239

General valve diaphragm valve BS5156,NFE29

GB12240

General valve iron plug valve

API 593

GB12241

Safety valve general

requirements

ISO 4126

GB12242

Safety valve characteristic testing ANSI/ASME

solution
PTC25.3

GB12243

Direct spring loaded safety valve

JIS B 8210

GB12244

Pressure reducing valve general

requirements

JIS B
8372,B8410

GB12245

Pressure reducing valve

characteristic testing solution

JIS B
8372,B8410

GB12246

Pilot operated pressure reducing

valve

JIS B 8372,
DSS405

GB12247

Steam trap valve classification

ISO 6704

GB12248

Steam trap valve technology

terms

ISO 6552

GB12249

Steam trap valve marking

ISO 6553

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GB12250

Steam trap valve facetoface

dimensions

ISO 6554

GB12251

Steam trap valve testing solution

ISO
6948,7841,7842

GB/T13927

General valve pressure testing

ISO 5208

JB/T689993

Valve fireproof test

ISO10497

JB/T792795

Valve casting steel ware outform

quality requirements

MSS SP55

ZBJ1600690

Inspection and testing of valve

API 598

Chinese Valve Standards

Chinese standards for steel, cast iron and metal valves
Chinese Standard Code Num. Chinese Standard Name
GB12220

General valve marking

GB12221

Flanged ends metal valve faceto

face dimensions

GB12222

Multiturn valve connection of

driving device

GB12223

Partturn valve connection of

driving device

GB12224

Steel valve general requirements

GB12225

General valve copper alloy casting

ware technology requirements

GB12226

General valve gray casting iron

technology requirements

GB12227

General valve ductile casting iron

technology requirements

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GB12228

General valve carbon forging steel

technology requirements

GB12229

General valve carbon casting steel

technology requirements

GB12230

General valve a casting steel

technology requirements

GB12232

General valve flanged ends iron

gate valve

GB12233

General valve iron gate valve and

lift check valve

GB12234

General valve flanged and butt

welding ends copper gate valve

GB12235

General valve flanged steel stop

and lift check valve

GB12236

General valve steel swing check

valve

GB12237

General valve flanged and butt

welding ends steel ball valve

GB12238

General valve flanged and wafer

ends butterfly valve

GB12239

General valve diaphragm valve

GB12240

General valve iron plug valve

GB12241

Safety valve general requirements

GB12242

Safety valve characteristic testing

solution

GB12243

Direct spring loaded safety valve

GB12244

Pressure reducing valve general

requirements

GB12245

Pressure reducing valve

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characteristic testing solution

GB12246

Pilot operated pressure reducing

valve

GB12247

Steam trap valve classification

GB12248

Steam trap valve technology

terms

GB12249

Steam trap valve marking

GB12250

Steam trap valve facetoface

dimensions

GB12251

Steam trap valve testing solution

GB/T13927

General valve pressure testing

GB/T13932

General valve iron swing check

valve

GB/T15185

Iron and copper ball valve

GB/T15188.1

Valve facetoface dimensions

buttwelding ends valve

GB/T15188.2

Valve facetoface dimensions

wafer ends valve

GB/T15188.3

Valve facetoface dimensions

female screwdown valve

GB/T15188.4

Valve facetoface dimensions

male screw down valve

JB93

Handle

JB94

Spanner

JB106

Valve marking and identifying

paint

JB308

Valve type establishing way

JB/T450
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PN16.032.0Mpa forging angle type

highpressure valve, fastener and
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technology requirements
JB451
JB1308
JB1309
JB/T1691

Lever type safety valve technology

requirements
Pg(2500kgf/cm2)valve type and base
specification

Pg(2500kgf/cm2)valve pipe and

fastener technology requirements
Valve key construction element
dimension of stem head

JB1692

Umbrella type hand wheel

JB1693

Plane hand wheel

JB1694

Valve stem nut (1)

JB1695

Valve stem nut (2)

JB1696

Valve stem nut (3)

JB1698

Valve stem nut (5)

JB1699

Valve stem nut (4)

JB1700.1

Locking nut (1)

JB1700.2

Locking nut (2)

JB1701

Valve stem nut (6)

JB1702.1

Bearing gland (1)

JB1702.2

Bearing gland (2)

JB1703

Sleeve liner

JB1706

Pressing sleeve nut

JB1708

Gland

JB1709

T type bolt

JB1712

Asbestos packing

JB1713

Packing seat(1)

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JB1716
JB/T1717

Packing seat(2)
Valve construction key element
back seat ring dimensions

JB1718

Spacer (1)

JB1719

Spacer (2)

JB1720

Spacer (3)

JB1721

Spacer (4)

JB1726

Valve disc seat

JB1727

Folio circle

JB1728

Stop collar

JB/T1732

Valve construction key element

taper sealing face dimensions

JB/T1733

Valve construction key element

valve body copper sealing face
dimensions

JB/T1734

Valve construction key element

wedge disc and valve disc copper
sealing face dimensions

JB1735

Foot valve disc sealing ring

JB1736

Swing check valve disc sealing ring

JB1737

Swing check valve disc sealing ring

pressing board

JB/T1738

Valve construction key element

dimensions of wedge gate valve
body slide way and slide way
groove
Valve construction key element
dimensions of wedge gate valve
body sealing plane clearance and

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JB/T1739

wedge angle

JB/T1740

Valve construction key element

dimensions of wedge disc sealing
plane

JB1741

Thimble

JB1742

Adjusting ring

JB1747

Packing ring

JB1749

Ammonia valve disc

JB/T1750

Valve construction key element

ammonia valve body sealing plane
dimensions

JB/T175192

Valve construction key element

socket welding and fitting pipe
head dimension

JB/T175292

Valve construction key element

male screw ends head dimensions

JB175391

Joint ring

JB175491

Joint

JB175591

Joint nut

JB/T175692

Valve construction key element

dimensions of bayonet joint ends

JB175791

Bayonet

JB175891

Bayonet nut

JB175991

Bearing ring

JB1760 91

Sixangle bolt

JB176191

Bolt ring
Valve construction key element

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JB/T176292

spanner dimensions

JB220277

Direct spring loaded safety valve

specification

JB220377

Direct spring loaded safety valve

facetoface dimensions

JB220577

Reducing valve facetoface

dimensions

JB220677

Reducing valve technology

requirements

JB231178

Ball valve technology requirements

JB276581

Valve technology terms

JB276692

PN16.0 32.0Mpa dimensions of

forging highpressure valve

JB/T276892

PN16.0 32.0Mpa Pipe, piping

fitting, valve head dimensions

JB/T276992

PN16.0 32.0Mpa screw flange

JB/T277092

PN16.0 32.0Mpa joint nut

JB/T277192

PN16.0 32.0Mpa joint

JB/T277292

PN16.0 32.0Mpa Blind plate

JB/T277392

PN16.0 32.0Mpa double head bolt

JB/T277492

PN16.0 32.0Mpa double bolt ends

and thread hole dimensions

JB/T277592

PN16.0 32.0Mpa nut

JB/T277692

PN16.0 32.0Mpa lens ring

JB/T277792

PN16.0 32.0Mpa Nonhole lens ring

JB/T277892

PN16.0 32.0Mpa temperature

marking of pipe and fastener

JB332883
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Air jar valve and pipeline valve

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JB333983

Little type medical air jar frame

type valve connection dimensions

JB5206.191

Packing gland (1)

JB5206.291

Packing gland (2)

JB5206.391

Packing gland (3)

JB520791

Packing pressing plate

JB520891

Separating circle

JB520991

Plastics packing

JB521091

Back sealing ring

JB521191

Gate valve seat ring

JB/T529691

General valve testing way of flow

rate coefficient and flow resistant
coefficient

JB/T529891

Steel plate gate valve for pipe line

using

JB/T529991

General valve Hydraulic actuator

butterfly type check valve

JB/T530091

General valve material

JB/T643892

Valve sealing face plasma arc

welding technology requirements

JB/T643992

Valve pressing casting steel ware

magnetism powder flaw detector
inspection

JB/T644092

Valve pressing casting steel ware

rax irradiating inspection

JB/T644192

Safety valve for compressor

purpose
Valve construction key element
Gate valve (or disc) T type groove

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JB/T649592

dimensions

JB/T649692

Valve construction key element

packing dimensions

JB/T649792

Valve construction key element

stem head dimensions

JB/T649892

Valve construction key element disc

and stem connection groove
dimensions

JB/T689993

Valve fireproof test

JB/T690093

Draught valve

JB/T690193

Seal type glasses valve

JB/T690293

Valve casting steel ware hydraulic

penetrating inspection way

JB/T690393

Valve forging steel ware super

wave inspection way

JB/T690493

Inspection and testing of air jar

valve

JB/T724894

Technology terms of low

temperature casting steel for valve
purpose

JB/T774495

Valve sealing face alloy powder for

plasma arc welding

JB/T774595

Pipe line ball valve

JB/T774695

Diametershrinking forging steel

valve

JB/T774795

Needle type stop valve

JB/T774895

Valve clearance degree and

inspection way

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JB/T774995

Technology terms of subzero valve

JB/T792795

Valve casting steel ware outform

quality requirements

JB/T792895

General valve offer requirements

JB/Z24385

Gate valve static pressure length of

life test rules

JB/Z24485

Stop valve static pressure length of

life test rules

JB/Z24585

Plug valve static pressure length of

life test rules

JB/Z24685

Ball valve static pressure length of

life test rules

JB/Z24785

Valve electrically device length of

life test rules

JB/Z24885

Butterfly valve static pressure

length of life test rules

ZBJ1600287

Valve electrically driving apparatus

technology terms

ZBJ1600488

Reducing valve type and basing

coefficient

ZBJ1600690

Inspection and testing of valve

ZBJ1600790

Steam trap valve technology terms

ZBJ1600890

Hydraulic petroleum gas device

urgent shut down valve
technology terms

ZBJ1600990

Valve pneumatic actuator

technology terms

JB/T847396

Instrument valve series

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JB/T852897

General valve electric actuator

technology terms

JB/T852797

Metal sealing butterfly valve

JB/T852997

Explosionproof type valve electric

actuator technology terms

JB/T853097

Valve electric actuator type

establishing way

JB/T853197

Valve manual actuator technology

terms

JB/T867097

YBDF2 series explosionproof three

phase asynchronous generator for
valve electric actuator purpose
technology terms

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