This standard specifies the requirements for a heavy-duty series of bolted bonnet steel gate valves for petroleum refinery and related applications where corrosion@ erosion@ and other service conditions would indicate a need for full port openings@ heavy wall sections@ and large stem diameters. This standard sets forth the requirements for the following gate valve features: ?? bolted bonnet@ ?? outside screw and yoke@ ?? rising stems@ ?? non-rising handwheels@ ?? single or double gate@ ?? wedge or parallel seating@ ?? metallic seating surfaces@ ?? flanged or butt-welding ends. It covers valves of the nominal pipe sizes DN: ?? 25@ 32@ 40@ 50@ 65@ 80@ 100@ 150@ 200@ 250@ 300@ 350@ 400@ 450@ 500@ 600@ 650@ 700@ 750@ 800@ 850@ 900@ 950@ 1000@ 1050; corresponding to nominal pipe sizes NPS: ?? 1@ 1 1/4@ 1 1/2@ 2@ 2 1/2@ 3@ 4@ 6@ 8@ 10@ 12@ 14@ 16@ 18@ 20@ 24@ 26@ 28@ 30@ 32@ 34@ 36@ 38@ 40@ 42; and applies to pressure class designations: ?? 150@ 300@ 600@ 900@ 1500@ 2500. If product is supplied bearing the API Monogram and manufactured at a facility licensed by API@ the requirements of Annex A apply.
API STD 600-2015 history
2021API STD 600-2021 Steel Gate Valves—Flanged and Butt-welding Ends, Bolted Bonnets (FOURTEENTH EDITION; API Monogram Program Effective Date: November 2021)
2015API STD 600-2015 Steel Gate Valves - Flanged and Butt-welding Ends@ Bolted Bonnets (THIRTEENTH EDITION; Effective Date: July 2015)
2009API STD 600-2009 Steel Gate Valves-Flanged and Butt-welding Ends@ Bolted Bonnets (Twelfth Edition; Incorporates Errata 1 November 2009)
2001API STD 600-2001 Bolted Bonnet Steel Gate Valves for Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries (Eleventh Edition; ISO 10434:2001 Adoption)
1997API STD 600-1997 Steel Gate Valves - Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends@ Bolted and Pressure Seal Bonnets (Tenth Edition; Errata -June 5@ 1998)