Gate Valve API 600
API 600 Gate Valve Standard
Bolted Bonnet Steel Gate Valve API 600
API Standard 600, from the American Petroleum Institute, describes the criteria for valve design/construction and the material/trim designations for steel gate valve.
Valve that meet API Spec 600 is for Bolted Bonnet Steel Gate Valve for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries. API 600 addresses the design, materials, testing, inspection and examination of valve. The standard also covers designations related to materials and trim.
Gate Valve Pressure Rating :
- Gate Valve API 600 ASME Class 150
- Gate Valve API 600 ASME Class 300
- Gate Valve API 600 ASME Class 600
- Gate Valve API 600 ASME Class 900
- Gate Valve API 600 ASME Class 1500
Gate Valve API 600 Features :
- Gate valve designed in accordance with API-600, solid or parallel slide wedge/disc.
- Gate valve option in accordance with API-603 only for stainless steel & nickel alloys.
- Standard manufacturing wedge from 2” to 4” solid wedge design; 5” and up flexible wedge.
- Gate and Globe valve for Cryogenic service with gas column in accordance with BS-6364 upon request.
- Flange dimensions in accordance with ASME B16.5 for valve up to 24” nominal diameter.
- Hand-wheel, impact Hand-wheel, Chain-wheel, Gear operation, Electric, Pneumatic or Hydraulic Actuation as per Customer requirements.
- By-Pass, Lantern rings, grease injectors, special connections, etc. Low fugitive emissions control.
APPLICABLE STANDARDS | |
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Steel Gate Valve | API 600/API 6D |
Steel Gate Valve | ISO 10434/ISO 14313 |
Steel Valve | ASME B16.34 |
Face to Face | ASME B16.10 |
End Flanges | ASME B16.5 |
Butt Welding Ends | ASME B16.25 |
Inspection and Test | API 598 |
DESIGN FEATURES | |
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Full Port Design | |
OS&Y (Outside Screw & Yoke) | |
BB (Bolted Bonnet) | |
Flexible Wedge/Solid Wedge | |
Renewable Seat | |
Forged T-Head Stem | |
Handwheel, & Gear Box Operator |
DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS | |
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Body Wall Thickness | |
Bonnet Wall Thickness | Flanged Ends |
Butt-welding Ends | |
Body Seats | |
Body Dimensions | Openings |
Bonnet-to-body Joints | |
Gate | |
Yoke | |
Stem and Stem Nut | |
Packing and Packing Box | |
Bolting | |
Auxillary Connections |
Detail Specification
Nominal Diameter | 1/2" - 60" (DN15 - DN1500) |
Nominal Pressure | Class 150 - Class 2500 (PN10 - PN420) |
Medium | Water Steam Oil |
Operation | Manual, Wormgear, Pneumatic, Electric |
End Connection | RF, RTJ, BW |
NACE | NACE 0175 |
Body Material | ASTM A216 WCB WCC; ASTM A217 WC1 WC6 WC9; ASTM A351 CF8,A351 CF8M, A351 CF3,A351 CF3M, A351 CN7M; ASTM A352 LC1 LCB LCC LC3 (Cast Steel, Alloy Steel, Stainless Steel, Special Steel) |
Working Temperature | -110°C to +560°C |