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Wafer Flange Butterfly Valve

Wafer Flange Butterfly Valve

Corrosion-resistant Design With Versatile Flange Compatibility For Industrial Pipelines

The wafer flange butterfly valve is a high-efficiency flow control solution engineered for industrial applications requiring reliable sealing and robust performance in demanding pipeline systems.

Wafer Flange Butterfly Valve

Corrosion-resistant Design With Versatile Flange Compatibility For Industrial Pipelines

The wafer flange butterfly valve is a high-efficiency flow control solution engineered for industrial applications requiring reliable sealing and robust performance in demanding pipeline systems.

Wafer Flange Butterfly Valve
Industrial Flow Control

Wafer Flange Butterfly Valve

Wafer-type butterfly valves are designed to fit between flanges, ensuring accurate alignment with four locating holes. Compatible with multiple international flange standards for reliable sealing and easy installation.

Size & Rating

Size: 30"
Pressure Rating: 150LB

Body

ASTM A216 WCB
Durable carbon steel body

Disc

ASTM A351 CF8M
Stainless steel for corrosion resistance

Stem

Material: SS316
High strength & corrosion resistant

Seat

Material: EPDM
Flexible sealing & chemical resistance

Actuation

Standard: Electric actuator
Other options available on request

The Wafer Flange Butterfly Valve is a high-efficiency flow control solution engineered for industrial applications requiring reliable sealing and robust performance in demanding pipeline systems. Its hybrid wafer-flange design combines the compactness of a wafer valve with flanged end connections, ensuring secure integration with ANSI, DIN, and JIS flanges while minimizing installation space by up to 30% compared to traditional flanged valves. Constructed from ASTM A536 ductile iron or ASTM A351 CF8M stainless steel, with protective coatings like epoxy or PTFE, this valve delivers superior corrosion resistance, making it ideal for industrial flow control in water distribution, oil and gas, and chemical processing systems.

Featuring a quarter-turn mechanism, the wafer flange butterfly valve employs a centrally mounted disc to regulate or isolate the flow of liquids, gases, or slurries. Available in sizes from 2" to 72" (DN50 to DN1800), it supports pressure ratings up to PN25 (ANSI Class 150-300) and temperatures from -20°C to 150°C, with seat options like EPDM for general service or Viton for enhanced chemical compatibility. Compliant with API 609 for design, ASME B16.34 for manufacturing, and ISO 5752 for face-to-face dimensions, it ensures zero-leakage bi-directional sealing per API 598. Certifications including NSF 61 for potable water and ABS for marine applications underscore its reliability in pipeline isolation valve duties across HVAC, wastewater treatment, and petrochemical industries.

The valve’s robust construction, with a one-piece stainless steel stem (SS304 or SS316 options) and pinless disc connection, eliminates leak paths and enhances durability under cyclic loading. Its corrosion resistant valve properties are enhanced by internal and external coatings, resisting rust, chlorides, and abrasive media like slurries, with a service life up to three times longer than uncoated carbon steel valves. The low torque design—typically under 180 Nm for 12" sizes—supports manual levers, gear operators, or pneumatic/electric actuators per ISO 5211, enabling seamless automation in industrial flow control systems. Hydrostatic and air testing per API 598, along with nondestructive evaluations (DPT, MT, UT), confirm tensile strengths above 415 MPa, ensuring performance in high-pressure environments.

Compared to lug or double-flanged butterfly valves, the wafer flange butterfly valve offers a balance of compact design and secure flange connectivity, reducing installation costs and weight by up to 40% while maintaining equivalent shutoff performance. Its streamlined disc profile minimizes pressure drop (Cv values up to 15,000), optimizing flow efficiency in pipeline isolation valve applications. Optional features, such as fire-safe seals per API 607 or extended stems for high-temperature insulation, enhance adaptability for power generation, food processing, and marine systems. The valve’s ability to handle mild corrosives and abrasive fluids, with optional PTFE linings, makes it a sustainable choice for eco-friendly operations requiring minimal maintenance.

Addressing challenges like pipeline corrosion, seat degradation, and complex installation, this high performance butterfly incorporates blowout-proof stems and resilient seats for reliable sealing under differential pressures up to 25 bar. Its compatibility with multiple flange standards ensures global applicability, while coatings like 3LPE or FBE further enhance durability in corrosion resistant valve applications. Whether used for throttling in desalination plants or isolating flow in refinery pipelines, the Wafer Flange Butterfly Valve delivers cost-effective, high-reliability industrial flow control for diverse global operations.

FAQs

Engineered for robust flow control with versatile flange compatibility and minimal maintenance.

It combines wafer compactness with flange security, saving space and ensuring reliable industrial flow control.

Yes, it supports up to PN25 and ANSI Class 300, ideal for pipeline isolation valve duties.

It meets API 609, ASME B16.34, ISO 5752, and NSF 61 for safety in corrosion resistant valve applications.

It offers a lighter, more compact design with equivalent sealing, reducing costs in high performance butterfly systems.
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General Standards of Valves

Comprehensive list of key international valve standards from major organizations, updated as of 2025.

Organization Standard Description
ANSI American National Standards Institute General industrial standards
API American Petroleum Institute Standards for oil and gas industry
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and pressure vessel codes
BS British Standards UK national standards
GB, JB, HG China Valve Standards Chinese national and industry standards
FCI Fluid Control Institute Standards for fluid control and conditioning equipment
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ANSI Valve Standards

American National Standards Institute

Code ANSI Standard Name
ANSI A126 Grey Iron Castings for Valves, Flanges, and Pipe Fittings
ANSI A181 Forged or Rolled Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for General Service
ANSI B16.10 Face-to-Face and End-to-End Dimensions of Valves
ANSI B16.34 Valves - Flanged, Threaded, and Welding End
ANSI B16.5 Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings
ANSI/FCI 70-2 Control Valve Seat Leakage
ANSI B127.1 Constant-Level Oilers

API Valve Standards

American Petroleum Institute

Code API Standard Name
API 526 Flanged Steel Pressure-Relief Valves
API 527 Seat Tightness of Pressure Relief Valves
API 594 Check Valves: Flanged, Lug, Bolted Bonnet
API 595 Cast Iron Gate Valves - Flanged Bonnet
API 597 Steel Venturi Gate Valves - Flanged and Welding Ends
API 598 Valve Inspection and Testing
API 599 Steel and Ductile Iron Plug Valves
API 600 Bolted Bonnet Steel Gate Valves for Refinery Service
API 602 Compact Steel Gate Valves - Flanged, Threaded, and Welding Ends
API 603 Corrosion-Resistant Gate Valves - Flanged Ends
API 604 Ductile Iron Gate Valves - Flanged Ends
API 607 Fire Test for Quarter-Turn Valves
API 608 Metal Ball Valves - Flanged, Threaded, and Welding Ends
API 609 Butterfly Valves: Double Flanged, Lug- and Wafer-Type
API 6D Pipeline and Piping Valves
API 6FA Fire Test for Valves
API RP 574 Inspection Practices for Piping System Components
API RP 576 Inspection of Pressure-Relieving Devices

ASME Valve Standards

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Code ASME Standard Name
ASME A105/A105M Carbon Steel Forgings for Piping Applications
ASME A181/A181M Carbon Steel Forgings, for General-Purpose Pipes
ASME A182/A182M Forged or Rolled Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service
ASME A350/A350M Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel Forgings for Low-Temperature Service
ASME A694/A694M Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Pipe Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts for High-Pressure Transmission Service
ASME B16.5 Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings: NPS 1/2 Through NPS 24 Metric/Inch Standard
ASME B16.10 Face-to-Face and End-to-End Dimensions of Valves
ASME B16.11 Forged Fittings, Socket-Welding and Threaded
ASME B16.34 Valves - Flanged, Threaded, and Welding End
ASME B31.1 Power Piping
ASME B31.3 Process Piping
ASME F1508 Standard Specification for Angle Style, Pressure Relief Valves for Steam, Gas, and Liquid Services
ASME F1565 Pressure-Reducing Valves for Steam Service

BS - British Standard Valves

British Standards Institution

Code British Standard Name
BS 1212 Float Operated Valves - Automatic Valves (Including Float Valves) for Tanks, Cisterns, Hot-Water Cylinders and Feed Cisterns
BS 1414 Specification for Steel Wedge Gate Valves (Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends) for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Allied Industries
BS 1552 Specification for Control Plug Cocks for Low Pressure Gases
BS 1868 Specification for Steel Check Valves (Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends) for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Allied Industries
BS 1873 Specification for Steel Globe and Globe Stop and Check Valves (Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends) for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Allied Industries
BS 1952 Specification for Copper Alloy Gate Valves for General Purposes
BS 2080 Specification for Face-to-Face, Centre-to-Face, End-to-End and Centre-to-End Dimensions for Flanged and Butt-Welding End Steel Valves for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Allied Industries
BS 2995 Specification for Cast and Forged Steel Wedge Gate, Globe, Check and Plug Valves Screwed and Socket-Welding Sizes 1/2 in and Smaller for the Petroleum Industry
BS 3464 Specification for Cast Iron Gate Valves for General Purposes
BS 5150 Specification for Cast Iron Wedge and Double Disk Gate Valves for General Purposes
BS 5151 Specification for Cast Iron Gate (Parallel Slide) Valves for General Purposes
BS 5152 Specification for Cast Iron Globe and Globe Stop and Check Valves for General Purposes
BS 5153 Specification for Cast Iron Check Valves for General Purposes
BS 5154 Specification for Copper Alloy Globe, Globe Stop and Check, Check and Gate Valves for General Purposes
BS 5155 Specification for Butterfly Valves for General Purposes
BS 5156 Specification for Screw-Down Diaphragm Valves for General Purposes
BS 5157 Specification for Steel Gate (Parallel Slide) Valves for General Purposes
BS 5159 Specification for Cast Iron and Carbon Steel Ball Valves for General Purposes
BS 5160 Specification for Steel Globe Valves, Globe Stop Valves, Stop and Check Valves and Lift Type Check Valves
BS 5351 Specification for Steel Ball Valves for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Allied Industries
BS EN 12266-1 Industrial Valves - Testing of Metallic Valves Part 1: Pressure Tests - Test Procedures

China and International Valve Standards (GB)

China National Standards

Code GB Standard Name Adopting Standard
GB 12220 General Valve - Marking ISO 5209
GB 12221 Flanged Ends Metal Valve - Face-to-Face Dimensions ISO 5752
GB 12222 Multi-Turn Valve - The Connection of the Driving Device ISO 5210/1-3
GB 12223 Part-Turn Valve - The Connection of the Driving Device ISO 5211/1-3
GB 12224 Steel Valve - General Requirements ANSI B16.34
GB 12225 General Valve - Copper Alloy Casting Ware Technology Requirements ASTM B584
GB 12226 General Valve - Gray Cast Iron Technology Requirements ISO 185, BS 1452
GB 12228 General Valve - Carbon Forging Steel Technology Requirements ASTM A105, A181
GB 12229 General Valve - Carbon Casting Steel Technology Requirements ASTM A703
GB 12230 General Valve - Austenitic Casting Steel Technology Requirements ASTM A351
GB 12232 General Valve - Flanged Ends Iron Gate Valve ISO 5996-1982, API 595
GB 12233 General Valve - Iron Gate Valve and Lift Check Valve BS 5152, 5153
GB 12234 General Valve - Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends Copper Gate Valve API 600
GB 12237 General Valve - Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends Steel Ball Valve ISO 7121, API 607
GB 12238 General Valve - Flanged and Wafer Ends Butterfly Valve BS 5155
GB 12239 General Valve - Diaphragm Valve BS 5156, NFE 29
GB 12240 General Valve - Iron Plug Valve API 593
GB 12241 Safety Valve - General Requirements ISO 4126
GB 12242 Safety Valve - Characteristic Testing Solution ANSI/ASME PTC 25.3
GB 12243 Direct Spring-Loaded Safety Valve JIS B 8210
GB 12244 Pressure Reducing Valve - General Requirements JIS B 8372, B8410
GB 12245 Pressure Reducing Valve - Characteristic Testing Solution JIS B 8372, B8410
GB 12246 Pilot Operated Pressure Reducing Valve JIS B 8372, DSS 405
GB 12247 Steam Trap Valve - Classification ISO 6704
GB 12248 Steam Trap Valve - Technology Terms ISO 6552
GB 12249 Steam Trap Valve - Marking ISO 6553
GB 12250 Steam Trap Valve - Face-to-Face Dimensions ISO 6554
GB 12251 Steam Trap Valve - Testing Solution ISO 6948, 7841, 7842
GB/T 13927 General Valve - Pressure Testing ISO 5208
JB/T 6899-93 Valve Fire-Proof Test ISO 10497
JB/T 7927-95 Valve Casting Steelware Out-Form Quality Requirements MSS SP-55
ZBJ 16006-90 Inspection and Testing of Valve API 598
Code GB Standard Name
GB 12227 General Valve - Ductile Cast Iron Technology Requirements
GB 12235 General Valve - Flanged Steel Stop and Lift Check Valve
GB 12236 General Valve - Steel Swing Check Valve
GB/T 13932 General Valve - Iron Swing Check Valve
GB/T 15185 Iron and Copper Ball Valve
GB/T 15188.1 Valve Face-to-Face Dimensions - Butt-Welding Ends Valve
GB/T 15188.2 Valve Face-to-Face Dimensions - Wafer Ends Valve
GB/T 15188.3 Valve Face-to-Face Dimensions - Female Screw-Down Valve
GB/T 15188.4 Valve Face-to-Face Dimensions - Male Screw-Down Valve
JB 93 Handle
JB/T 450 PN16-32.0 MPa Forging Angle Type High-Pressure Valve, Fastener, and Technology Requirements
JB/T 7745-95 Pipeline Ball Valve
JB/T 8527-97 Metal Sealing Butterfly Valve
JB/T 8473-96 Instrument Valve Series
ZBJ 16004-88 Reducing Valve Type and Basing Coefficient
ZBJ 16007-90 Steam Trap Valve Technology Terms
ZBJ 16009-90 Valve Pneumatic Actuator Technology Terms

Fluid Control Institute (FCI) Standards

Standards for fluid control and conditioning equipment

The Fluid Control Institute (FCI) provides standards to assist in understanding and using control valves, solenoid valves, and regulators.

Code FCI Standard Name
ANSI/FCI 70-2 Control Valve Seat Leakage
ANSI/FCI 70-3 Control Valve Aerodynamic Noise Prediction
ANSI/FCI 91-1 Qualification of Control Valve Stem Seals
ANSI/FCI 85-1 Method of Determining the Thermal Expansion of a Filled Thermal System
FCI 68-2 Procedure in Rating Flow and Pressure Characteristics of Solenoid Valves for Liquid Service
FCI 75-1 Test Conditions and Procedures for Measuring Electrical Characteristics of Solenoid Valves
FCI 82-1 Recommended Methods for Testing and Classifying the Water Hammer Characteristics of Electrically Operated Valves
ANSI/FCI 69-1 Pressure Ratings of Traps

Industrial Applications

Oil & Gas

Upstream, midstream, and downstream operations, including drilling, refining, and transportation.

Chemical Processing

Handling corrosive and hazardous chemicals in various chemical plants.

Power Generation

Steam, water, and fuel systems in thermal, nuclear, and hydroelectric plants.

Water Treatment

Municipal water supply, wastewater treatment, and industrial water management.

HVAC

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in commercial and industrial buildings.

Pharmaceutical & Food

Sterile and hygienic applications, precise flow control in sensitive industries.

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