Explore: Valve Body

used for valve bodies.[citation needed] A bonnet acts as a cover on the valve body. It is commonly semi-permanently screwed into the valve body or bolted

seat in a generally spherical body. Globe valves are named for their spherical body shape with the two halves of the body being separated by an internal

quarter-turn valves include the butterfly valve and plug valve and freeze proof ball valve. There are five general body styles of ball valves: single body, three-piece

outer valve stem and an inner valve body. A lock nut to secure the stem at the wheel rim and a valve cap may also be present. The Sclaverand valve was invented

A solenoid valve is an electromechanically operated valve. Solenoid valves differ in the characteristics of the electric current they use, the strength

A gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a barrier (gate) out of the path of the fluid. Gate valves require very little

The Schrader valve (also called American valve (AV)) is a type of pneumatic tire valve used on virtually every motor vehicle in the world today. The original

butterfly valve. In a fuel-injected engine, the throttle valve is placed on the entrance of the intake manifold, or housed in the throttle body. In a carbureted

Diaphragm valves (or membrane valves) consists of a valve body with two or more ports, a flexible diaphragm, and a "weir or saddle" or seat upon which

A check valve, non-return valve, reflux valve, retention valve, foot valve, or one-way valve is a valve that normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to