Standard of electric gate valve
Design and manufacture: API 600, API 6D
Inspection and test: API 598, API 600, API 6D
End flange dimensions: ANSI B16.5, ANSI B16.47
BW end dimensions: ANSI B16.25
Socket-weld dimensions: ANSI B16.11
Face to face and end to end: ANSI B16.10
Gate valves are characterized as having either a rising or a nonrising stem.