Api 600 Wedge Gate Valve

Api 600 cast steel wedge gate valve main features closure part is wedge type which can provide an auxiliary seal load that will help valve seals under either high pressure or low pressure.

Api 600 wedge gate valve.

13cr stem wedge in ca 15 or 13cr faced and cocr alloy faced seat api trim 8 suitable for applications up to 850 f 454 c. Flexible wedge with low center stem wedge contact in solid ca15 13cr or hardfaced with 13cr ss 316 monel or cocr alloy. Seat face cocr alloy hardfaced ground and lapped to a mirror finish. Api 600 ansi asme b 16 34 wall thickness.

Normally valves are used for those services which didn t need to operate the valves often. Gate valves have forged bodies for bore sizes below 2 inches api 602 bs 5352 and cast bodies for larger sizes api 600 api 603 api 6d. Ansi asme b16 10 flange end dimensions. Face to face and end to end dimensions conform to ansi b16 5 and b16 25.

Gate valves are on off valves to open and close the flow of the fluid in a. The mechanical characteristics make the scv wedge gate valve are ideal for bi directional total flow system open shut off applications with minimal turbulance and pressure drop. The installation of this type of valve creates a modest pressure drop in the pipeline lower than globe valves. The valve design conforms to api 600 and b16 34.

Asme b 16 34 face to face dimensions.