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    SPECIFICATION FOR CAST IRON PLUG VALVES

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1989

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Specification
    Section one. General
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Valve patterns
    4. Nominal sizes
    5. Pressure designation
    6. Pressure/temperature ratings
    7. Dimensions
    Section two. Design and materials
    8. Design
    9. Operation
    10. Materials
    Section three. Testing
    11. Pressure testing
    12. Anti-static testing
    13. Manufacturer's certificate
    Section four. Marking
    14. General
    Section five. Preparation for storage and transportation
    15. General
    16. Body ends
    Appendices
    A. Information to be specified by purchaser
    B. Typical plug valve constructions
    Tables
    1. Nominal size of valves and pressure designation
    2. Minimum pressure/temperature soft seat ratings
    3. Minimum outside diameters of sealing faces for
        parallel threaded valves
    4. Body tappings
    5. Typical material symbols
    Figures
    1. Location of tappings
    2. Lubricated plug valve. Parallel plug
    3. Lubricated plug valve. Taper plug (simple gland)
    4. Lubricated plug valve. Taper plug (compound gland)
    5. Soft seated plug valve

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    Describes requirements for valve seat and body pressure temperature ratings and for design, including materials, dimensions, operation, performance, testing and marking of lubricated, and soft seated and lined cast iron plug valves having anti static requirements. Applies to short, regular and venturi pattern valves.

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    Committee PSE/7
    Development Note Supersedes BS 5158(1974) & 88/71221 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2012. (09/2012)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    BS 4190(2001) : 2001 ISO METRIC BLACK HEXAGON BOLTS, SCREWS AND NUTS - SPECIFICATION
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    BS 5840-1(1980) : 1980 VALVE MATING DETAILS FOR ACTUATOR OPERATION - SPECIFICATION FOR FLANGE DIMENSIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
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    BS 2080(1989) : 1989 SPECIFICATION FOR FACE TO FACE, CENTRE TO FACE, END TO END AND CENTRE TO END DIMENSIONS OF VALVES
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    BS 1768(1963) : 1963 SPECIFICATION FOR UNIFIED PRECISION HEXAGON BOLTS, SCREWS, & NUTS (UNC & UNF THREADS) - NORMAL SERIES
    BS 3468(1986) : 1986 SPECIFICATION FOR AUSTENITIC CAST IRON
    ASME B1.20.1 : 2013(R2018) PIPE THREADS, GENERAL PURPOSE (INCH)
    BS 6755-1(1986) : 1986 TESTING OF VALVES - SPECIFICATION FOR PRODUCTION PRESSURE TESTING REQUIREMENTS
    BS 3692(2001) : 2001 ISO METRIC PRECISION HEXAGON BOLTS, SCREWS AND NUTS - SPECIFICATION
    BS 6681(1986) : 1986 SPECIFICATION FOR MALLEABLE CAST IRON
    BS 5418(1979) : 1979 SPECIFICATION FOR MARKING OF GENERAL PURPOSE INDUSTRIAL VALVES
    BS 4882(1990) : 1990 SPECIFICATION FOR BOLTING FOR FLANGES AND PRESSURE CONTAINING PURPOSES
    BS 5353(1989) : 1989 SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL PLUG VALVES
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