Valve Standard

American standard:

ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ANSI-American National Standards Institute

API-American Petroleum Institute

MSS SP - American Valve and Fitting Manufacturers Standardization Society


British Standard : BS

German national standard: DIN

Japanese Industrial Standard: JIS/JPI

French national standard: NF

End user valve standards: SHELL MESC,DOW,AK

General Valve Standards: ASME B16.34 Flanged End, Butt Weld End, and Threaded End Valves


Gate valve standard:

AP I600/ISO 10434 Petroleum and natural gas bolted steel gate valves

BS 1414 Steel gate valves for petroleum, petrochemical and refining industries

APl 603 150LB Corrosion Resistant Flange End Cast Gate Valve

GB/T12234 Flanged and butt welded steel gate valves

DIN 3352 gate valve

SHELL SPE 77/103 steel gate valve according to ISO10434


Globe valve standard

BS 1873 Steel stop valves and stop check valves

GB/T 12235 Flanged and surfacing connected steel stop valves and stop check valves

DIN 3356 globe valve

SHELL SPE 77/103 steel stop valve according to BS1873


Check valve standard:

BS 1868 Steel Check Valves

API 594 Wafer and Double Flange Check Valves

GB/T 12236 Steel swing check valve

SHELL SPE 77/104 BS 1868 steel check valve


Ball valve standard

API 6D/ISO 14313 pipeline valves

API 608 Flanged, Threaded and Butt Weld End Steel Ball Valves

ISO 17292 Steel ball valves for petroleum, petrochemical and refining industries

BS 5351 Steel Ball Valve

GB/T 12237 Flanged and butt welded steel ball valves

DIN 3357 ball valve

SHELL SPE 77/100 ball valve according to BS5351

SHELL SPE 77/130 flange end and butt weld end ball valve according to ISO14313



Butterfly valve standard

API 609 Wafer, Lug and Double Flange Butterfly Valves

MSS SP-67 butterfly valve

MSS SP-68 High Pressure Eccentric Butterfly Valve

ISO 17292 Steel butterfly valves for petroleum, petrochemical and refining industries

GB/T 12238 Flange and wafer connection butterfly valve

JB/T8527 metal seal butterfly valve

SHELL SPE 77/106 according to API 608/EN 593/MSS SP-67 soft seal butterfly valve

SHELL SPE 77/134 according to API 608/EN 593/MSS SP-67/68 eccentric butterfly valve



Forged steel valve standards:

API 602 Flanged, Threaded, Welded, and Extended Body Connection Compact Gate Valves

BS 5352/SO 15761 Steel gate, globe and check valves 50mm and below

SHELL SPE 77/101 Steel gate, globe and check valves to ISO 15761



Cryogenic valve standards:


BS 6364 cryogenic valves

SHELL SPE 77/200 valve below -50℃

SHELL SPE 77/209 0 ~-50℃ valve

API, DIN, BS, GB structure comparison:

API 600 and BS1414, BS 1873, BS 1868, and BS 5351 have the most detailed regulations on the structure of valves.

DIN gate valve standard EN1984 does not specify the structure.

The new version of GB/T12234 is based on the equivalent adoption of the API600 standard


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Post time:2024-04-18

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