BS 5160:1989

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Valve patterns and types
1.4 Size ranges
1.5 Nominal pressure (PN) and Class designations
1.6 Pressure/temperature ratings
Section two. Body ends
2.1 Flanged body ends
2.2 Butt-weld body ends
Section three. Design
3.1 Bodies
3.2 Stems
3.3 Operation
3.4 Bolting
3.5 Seats
3.6 Disks
3.7 Stem glands
3.8 Yokes
3.9 Direction of flow for globe valves
3.10 End connections
Section four. Materials
4.1 Pressure containing shell
4.2 Disks and body seats
4.3 Facings for disk, body seat and body
4.4 Stems
4.5 Stem glands, body seals and gaskets
4.6 Bolting
4.7 Handwheel
Section five. Testing
5.1 Production pressure testing
5.2 Test certificate
5.3 Manufacturer's certificate
Section six. Marking
6.1 General
6.2 Body markings
6.3 Identification plate markings
6.4 Materials symbols
6.5 Omission of markings
Section seven. Preparation for storage and transportation
7.1 General
7.2 Body ends
7.3 Disk position (other than check valve)
Appendices
A. Information to be supplied by purchaser
B. Weld-end preparations
C. Approximate diameters of body end ports
D. Typical steel globe, globe stop and check and lift
     type check valves
Tables
1. Pressure/temperature ratings for Special Class butt-
    weld end vlaves
2. Face-to-face dimensions and tolerances for straight
    and oblique pattern flanged end valves
3. Centre-to-face dimensions and tolerances for angle
    pattern flanged end valves
4. Face-to-face dimensions and tolerances for straight
    and oblique pattern valves having flanges with ring
    joint faces
5. Centre-to-face dimensions and tolerances for
    angle pattern valves having flanges with ring joint
    faces
6. End-to-end dimensions and tolerances for straight
    pattern butt-weld end valves
7. Centre-to-end dimensions and tolerances for angle
    pattern butt-weld end valves
8. Drain tapping sizes
9. Materials for body, bonnet and stuffing box (carbon
    steel)
10. Test durations
11. Trim identification symbols
12. Weld end preparation
13. Approximate diameters of body end ports
Figures
1. Valve patterns (schematic)
2. Weld-end preparation
3. Globe valve
4. Globe stop and check valve
5. Lift type check valve

Carbon steel globe, globe stop and check valves and lift type check valves with hard metal, nickel alloy or stainless steel facings. Covers PN 16, PN 25 and PN 40 valves having flanged ends and Classes 150, 300 and 600 with butt-weld ends and flanged ends in the ranges of nominal sizes DN 15 to DN 450 and 1 ½ to 18 inclusive.