Valve Standard
List of USA and British standards for valves, including ball valve, gate valve, globe valve, check valve; covering the their design, manufacture, inspection, testing and dimensions.
Standard Organizations
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute 1819 L Street, N.W. New York, New York 10018 Telephone: +1-202-293-8020, Fax: +1-202-293-9287 email: info@asme.org, website: www.asme.org |
| API | American Petroleum Institute 1220 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005-4070 Telephone: +1-202-682-8000, Fax: +1-202-682-8408 email: info@api.org, website: www.api.org |
| ASME | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Three Park Avenue New York, New York 10016-5990 Telephone: +1-973-882-1167 email: infocentral@asme.org, website: www.asme.org |
| ASTM | ASTM International 100 Barr Harbour Drive West Conhohcken, PA 19428-2959 Telephone: +1-610-832-9585, Fax: +1-610-832-9555 email: info@astm.org, website: www.astm.org |
| AWWA | American Water Works Association 6666 West Quincy Avenue Denver, CO 80235 Telephone: +1-303-794-7711, Fax: +1-303-347-0804 email: info@awwa.org, website: www.awwa.org |
| MSS | Manufacturers Standardization Society 127 Park Street N.E. Vienna, VA 22180-4602 Telephone: +1-703-281-6613, Fax: +1+703-281-6671 email: info@mss-hq.com, website: www.mss.hq.com |
| AFNOR | Association Francaise de Normalisation 11, avenue Francis de Pressense FR-93571 Saint Denis la Plaine Cedex France Telephone: +33-1-41-62-80-00, Fax: +33-1-49-17-90-00 email: uari@afnor.fr, website: www.afnor.fr |
| BSI | British Standards Institute 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL United Kingdom Telephone: +44-(0)208-996-9000, Fax: +44-(0)208-996-7001 email: info@bsi-global.com, website: www.bsi-co.uk |
| DIN | Deutsches Institut fur Normung eV Burggrafenstrasse 6 10787 Berlin Germany Telephone: +49-30-2601-0, Fax: +49-30-2601-1260 email: postmaster@din.de, website: www.din.de |
Standards Pertaining To Valve Ends And General Valve Standards
| MSS SP-6 | Standard finishes for contact faces of pipe flanges and connecting-end flanges of valves and fittings. |
| MSS SP-9 | Spot facing for bronze, iron, and steel flanges. |
| MSS SP-44 | Steel pipeline flanges. |
| MSS SP-51 | Class 150 LW corrosion-resistant cast flanges and flanged fittings. |
| MSS SP-65 | High-pressure chemical industry flanges and threaded stubs for use with lens gaskets. |
| MSS SP-91 | Guidelines for manual operation of valves. |
| MSS SP-92 | MSS valve user guide. |
| MSS SP-96 | Guidelines on terminology for valves and fittings. |
| MSS SP-98 | Protective coatings for the interior of valves, hydrants, and fittings. |
| MSS SP-99 | Instrument valves. |
| MSS SP 120 | Flexible graphite packing systems for rising stem steel valves. |
| API Spec 6A | Wellhead and Christmas tree equipment. |
| API Std 605 | Large diameter carbon steel flanges. |
| ASME B1.20.1 | Pipe threads, general purpose (inch). |
| ASME B1.20.3 | Dryseal pipe threads (inch). |
| ASME B16.1 | Cast iron pipe flanges and flanged fittings. |
| ASME B16.5 | Pipe flanges and flanged fittings. |
| ASME B16.20 | Metallic gaskets for pipe flanges. |
| ASME B16.21 | Non-metallic flat gaskets for pipe flanges. |
| ASME B16.24 | Cast copper pipe flanges and flanged fittings. |
| ASME B16.25 | Butt-welding ends. |
| ASME/AWWA | Flanges for water-works service, 4 in. through 144 in. |
| C207-78 | steel. |
| ASME/AWWA C606-78 | Joints, grooved and shouldered type. |
| BS 21 | Pipe threads for tubes and fittings where pressure-tight joints are made on the threads (metric dimensions). |
| BS 1560 | Steel pipe flanges and flanged fittings (nominal sizes Part 2 (1970), metric dimensions. |
| BS 3293 | Carbon steel flanges (over 24 in. nominal size) for the petroleum industry. |
| BS 4504 | Flanges and bolting for pipes, valves, and fittings, metric series. Part 1 (1969), ferrous. Part 2 (1974), copper alloy and composite flanges. |
Standards Pertaining To Globe Valves
| MSS SP-42 | Class 150 corrosion-resistant gate, globe, angle, and check valves with flanged and butt-weld ends. |
| MSS SP-61 | Pressure testing of steel valves. |
| MSS SP-80 | Bronze gate, globe, angle, and check valves. |
| MSS SP-85 | Gray iron globe and angle valves, flanged and threaded ends. |
| MSS SP-117 | Bellows seals for globe and gate valves. |
| MSS SP-118 | Compact steel globe and check valves—flanged, flangeless, threaded and welding ends. |
| API RP 6FA | Fire test for valves. |
| ASME B16.10 | Face-to face and end-to-end dimension of ferrous valves. |
| ASME B16.34 | Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end. |
| BS 1873 | Steel globe valves and stop and check valves (flanged and butt-welding ends), for the petroleum, petrochemical, and allied industries. |
| BS 5352 | Cast and forged steel wedge gate, globe, check, and plug valves, screwed and socket welding, sizes 50 mm and smaller, for the petroleum, petrochemical, and allied industries. |
| BS 5152 | Cast iron globe and globe stop and check valves, for general purposes. |
| BS 5154 | Copper alloy globe, globe stop and check, check, and gate valves (including parallel slide type), for general purposes. |
| BS 5160 | Specification for flanged steel globe valves, globe stop and check valves, and lift-type check valves for general purposes. |
Standards Pertaining To Parallel And Wedge Gate Valves
| MSS SP-42 | Class 150 corrosion-resistant gate, globe, angle, and check valves with flanged and butt-weld ends. |
| MSS SP-45 | Bypass and drain connection standard. |
| MSS SP-61 | Pressure testing of valves. |
| MSS SP-70 | Cast iron gate valves, flanged and threaded ends. |
| MSS SP-80 | Bronze gate, globe, angle, and check valves. |
| MSS SP-81 | Stainless steel, bonnetless, flanged, wafer, knife gate valves. |
| MSS SP-117 | Bellows seals for globe and gate valves. |
| API Spec 6D | Specification for pipeline valves, end closures, connectors and swivels. |
| API RP 6FA | Fire test for valves. |
| API Std 595 | Cast iron gate valves, flanged ends. |
| API Std 597 | Steel venturi gate valves, flanged or butt-welding ends. |
| API Std 598 | Valve inspection and test. |
| API Std 600 | Bolted bonnet steel gate valves for petroleum and natural gas industries. |
| API Std 602 | Compact carbon steel gate valves. |
| API Std 603 | Corrosion-resistant, bolted bonnet gate valves— flanged and butt-welding ends. |
| ASME B16.10 | Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of ferrous valves. |
| ASME B16.34 | Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end. |
| BS 1414 | Steel wedge gate valves (flanged and butt-welding ends) for the petroleum, petrochemical and allied industries. |
| BS 5150 | Cast iron wedge and double-disc gate valves, for general purposes. |
| BS 5154 | Copper alloy globe, globe stop and check, check, and gate valves (including parallel slide type), for general purposes. |
| BS 5163 | Double-flanged cast iron wedge gate valves for water works purposes. |
| BS 5352 | Cast and forged steel wedge gate, globe, check, and plug valves, screwed and socket welding, sizes 50 mm and smaller, for the petroleum, petrochemical, and allied industries. |
Standards Pertaining To Plug Valves
| MSS SP-61 | Pressure testing of steel valves. |
| MSS SP-78 | Cast iron plug valves, flanged and threaded ends. |
| MSS SP-108 | Resilient-seated cast iron-eccentric plug valves. |
| API Spec 6A | Wellhead and Christmas tree equipment. |
| API Spec 6D | Pipeline valves (gate, plug, ball, and check valves). |
| API RP 6FA | Fire test for valves. |
| API Std 599 | Metal plug valve—flanged and welding ends. |
| ASME B16.10 | Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of ferrous valves. |
| ASME B16.34 | Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end. |
| BS 5158 | Cast iron and cast steel plug valves for general purposes. |
| BS 5353 | Specification for plug valves. |
Standards Pertaining To Ball Valves
| MSS SP-61 | Pressure testing of steel valves. |
| MSS SP-68 | High pressure butterfly valves with offset design. |
| MSS SP-72 | Ball valves with flanged or butt-welding ends for general service. |
| MSS SP-110 | Ball valves threaded, socket-welding, solder joint, grooved and flared ends. |
| MSS SP-122 | Plastic industrial ball valves. |
| API Spec 6D | Pipeline valves (gate, plug, ball, and check valves). |
| API Std 598 | Valve inspection and test. |
| API Std 607 | Fire test for soft-seated quarter-turn valves. |
| ASME B16.10 | Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of ferrous valves. |
| ASME B16.34 | Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end |
| BS 5159 | Cast iron carbon steel ball valves for general purposes. |
| BS 5351 | Steel ball valves for the petroleum, petrochemical, and allied industries. |
Standards Pertaining To Butterfly Valves
| MSS SP-67 | Butterfly valves. |
| API Std 598 | Valve inspection and test. |
| API Std 609 | Butterfly valves, “double flanged” lug-type and wafer-type. |
| ANSI/AWWA | Rubber-seated butterflyvalves. |
Standards Pertaining To Diaphragm Valves
| MSS SP-88 | Diaphragm-type valves. |
| BS 5156 | Screwdown diaphragm valves for general purposes. |
| BS 5418 | Marking of general purpose industrial valves. |
| ISO 5209 | Marking of general purpose industrial valves. |
| DIN 3359 | Membran-Absperrarmaturen ausmetallischen Werkstoffen. |
Standards Pertaining To Stainless Steel Valves
| MSS SP-42 | Class 150 corrosion-resistant gate, globe, angle, and check valves with flanged and butt-weld ends. |
| API Std 603 | Corrosion-resistant, bolted bonnet gate valves. |
Standards Pertaining To Check Valves
| MSS SP-42 | Class 150 corrosion-resistant gate, globe, angle, and check valves with flanged and butt-weld ends. |
| MSS SP-61 | Pressure testing of steel valves. |
| MSS SP-71 | Gray iron swing check valves, flanged and threaded ends. |
| MSS SP-80 | Bronze gate, globe, angle, and check valves. |
| MSS SP-118 | Compact steel globe and check valves—flanged, flangless, threaded and welding ends. |
| MSS SP-126 | Steel in-line spring assisted center guided check valves. |
| API Spec 6D | Pipeline valves (gate, plug, ball and check valves). |
| API RP 6FA | Fire test for valves. |
| API Std 594 | Check valves: wafer, wafer-lug and double flanged type. |
| ASME B16.10 | Face-to-face and end-to-end dimensions of ferrous valves. |
| ASME B16.34 | Steel valves, flanged and butt-welding end. |
| BS 1868 | Steel check valves (flanged and butt-welding ends) for the petroleum, petrochemical, and allied industries. |
| BS 1873 | Steel globe and glove stop and check valves (flanged and butt-welding ends) for the petroleum, petrochemical, and allied industries. |
| BS 5152 | Cast iron globe and globe stop and check valves for general purposes. |
| BS 5154 | Copper alloy globe, globe stop and check, check, and gate valves. |
| BS 5160 | Specification for flanged steel globe valves, globe stop and check valves, and lift-type check valves for general purposes. |
| BS 5352 | Cast and forged steel wedge gate, globe, check, and plug valves, screwed and socket-welding, sizes 50 mm and smaller, for the petroleum, petrochemical, and allied industries. |
Standards Pertaining To Pressure Valves
| API RP 520 | Recommended practice for the design and installation of pressure relieving systems in refineries. Part I (1976)—Design Part-II (1973)—Installation. |
| API RP 521 | Guide for pressure relief and depressurizing systems |
| ASME/API 526 | Flanged-steel safety relief valves. |
| ASME/API 527 | Commercial seat tightness of safety relief valves with metal-to-metal seats. |
| BS 6759 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 |
Safety valves. Safety valves for steam and hot water. Safety valves for compressed air or inert gases. Safety valves for process fluids. |
| ISO 4126 | Safety valves. |
Standards For The Inspection And Testing Of Valves
| MSS SP-25 | Standard marking system for valves, fittings, flanges, and unions. |
| MSS SP-53 | Quality standard for steel castings and forgings for valves, flanges and fittings, and other piping components —magnetic particle examination method. |
| MSS SP-54 | Quality standard for steel castings for valves, flanges and fittings, and other piping components —radiographic examination method. |
| MSS SP-55 | Quality standard for steel castings for valves, flanges and fittings, and other piping components —visual method for evaluation of surface irregularities. |
| MSS SP-61 | Pressure testing of steel valves. |
| MSS SP-82 | Valve-pressure testing methods. |
| MSS SP-93 | Quality standard for steel castings for valves, flanges and fittings, and other piping components —liquid penetrant examination method. |
| MSS SP-94 | Quality standard for steel castings and forgings for valves, flanges and fittings, and other piping components —ultrasonic examination method. |
| MSS SP-111 | Quality standard for evaluation of cast steel surface finishes—visual and tactile method. |
| MSS SP-121 | Qualification testing methods for stem packing for rising stem valves. |
| API Spec. 6FA | Fire test for valves. |
| API Spec. 6FC | Fire test for valves with automatic backseats. |
| API Std. 607 | Fire test for soft-seated quarter turn valves. |
| ASME/API 527 | Commercial seat tightness of safety relief valves with metal-to-metal seats. |
| API Std 598 | Valve inspection and test. |
| BS 6755-1 | Testing of valves; Part 1: Specification for production pressure testing requirements. |
| BS 6755-2 | Testing of valves; Part 2: Specification for fire type testing requirements. |
