What is BS EN 12760 - Socket welding ends for steel valves about?

BS EN 12760 is a European standard on industrial valves that focuses on socket welding ends to regulate the flow of fluid or gas through pipelines with safety.

BS EN 12760 specifies the dimensions of socket welding ends of steel valves designed to be socket welded to standardised pipes in the size range DN 6 to DN 65.

Who is BS EN 12760 - Socket welding ends for steel valves for?

BS EN 12760 on industrial valves is useful for:

Manufacturers of pipes and pipeline components
Manufacturers of steel valve components
Manufacturers of couplings and welded joints
Personnel of quality control systems
Workers of thermal and nuclear power plants

Why should you use BS EN 12760 - Socket welding ends for steel valves?

A Socket Weld is a pipe attachment detail in which a pipe is inserted into a recessed area of a valve, fitting or flange to regulate the flow of liquid or gas within a system.

BS EN 12760 provides the designation and dimensions of socket welding ends of steel valve bodies.

BS EN 12760 recommends welding detail of socket welding ends of steel valve bodies.

Furthermore, BS EN 12760 guides you through the design and manufacture of a wide range of high-quality industrial valve socket weld fittings that offer to test high leakage integrity and structural strength of pipes to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the process.

As a result, you will be able to comprehend the industrial valve designs and how they serve certain processing or fluid handling applications regulating the flow and pressure within a piping system.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS EN 12760:2016 supersedes BS EN 12760:1999. BS EN 12760:2016 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 12760:1999. These include:

The update of the standard to be in compliance with the present rules for the structure and drafting of CEN-CENELEC publications.

BS EN 12760:2016

Industrial valves. Socket welding ends for steel valves

Current

Published:

30 Apr 2016