Valve Categories
Automatic & Automated Valves
Many valve varieties come in automated and automatic configurations to control the flow of liquids and slurries at a predetermined flow rate.
Acid Resistant Valves
Corrosion resisant valves used in applications where acid is present.
Ball Valves
There are an array of different type of ball valves available from the manufacturers below.
Subcategories
- Ball Check Valves
- Brass Ball Valves
- Flanged Ball Valves
- Floating Ball Valves
- Forged Ball Valves
- Gas Ball Valves
- High Pressure Ball Valves
- Metal Seated Ball Valves
- Motorized Ball Valves
- One Piece Ball Valves
- PVC Ball Valves
- Plastic Ball Valves
- Pneumatic Ball Valves
- Sanitary Ball Valves
- Spring Loaded Ball Valves
- Stainless Steel Ball Valves
- Steel Ball Valves
- Threaded Ball Valves
- Three Piece Ball Valves
- Three Way Ball Valves
- Top Entry Ball Valves
- Trunnion Ball Valves
- V Port Ball Valves
Butterfly Valves
Similar to ball valves, butterfly valves are quarter-turn valves that allow for quick fluid flow.
Check Valves
Check valves are used for automatically limiting fluid flow in a piping system to a single direction
Subcategories
- Ball Check Valves
- Brass Check Valves
- Double Check Valves
- Duckbill Check Valves
- High Pressure Check Valves
- Inline Check Valves
- Low Pressure Check Valves
- PVC Check Valves
- Plastic Check Valves
- Pump Check Valves
- Silent Check Valves
- Spring Check Valves
- Stainless Steel Check Valves
- Stop Check Valves
- Teflon Check Valves
- Tilting Disc Check Valves
Cryogenic Valves
Used to process, store and transport cryogenic fluids and gasses including nitrogen, argon and liquid natural gas.
Double Bleed & Block Valves
Double block and bleed valves are used for isolation and depressurization of section of line or pipe.
Float Valves
Float valves, also known as balltaps or ballcocks, are used for filling water tanks while avoiding overflow and backflow.
Freeze Protection Valves
Freeze protection valves are precision thermally self-actuated valves for use in application such as solar systems and automobiles.
Gas Valves
Gas valves are utilized for regulating, stopping, or starting gas flows in a variety of heating applications.
Subcategories
Gate Valves
Also referred to as a sluice valve, a gate valve lifts a round or rectangular gate out of the path.
Globe Valves
Globe valves consist of a movable disk-type element and a stationary ring seat in a generally spherical body.
Hand Operated Valves
Hand operated valves are engaged through a manual mechanism such as a lever, wheel or handle as opposed to actuation or motor control.
Hydraulic Valves
Hydraulic valves including proportional control valves, direction valves, cartridge valves and more.
Miniature Valves
Miniature valves are any style or type of valve manufactured for small scale application.
Needle Valves
A needle valves have a relatively small orifice and a long, tapered seat, and a needle-shaped plunger on the end of a screw and are exact fits on the seat.
Subcategories
Nuclear Valves
Valves manufactured for nuclear power plant environments, prototype reactors, shipboard propulsion systems, and electric generating plants.
Petrochemical Valves
Petroleum and fuel-handling valves as well as valves used at chemical and petrochemical plants in reactor emergency shut off, compressor kick-back and suction check functions.
Pilot Valves
Pilot valves are high pressure control valves commonly used in critical applications and can be set as push to activate or as a dead man's style switch.
Pinch Valves
Pinch valves are comprised of a fully ported or full bored design using a pinching effect to obstruct media flow in cement, chemical and waste water applications.
Plug Valves
Plug valves are comprised of conically-tapered or cylindrical plugs rotated inside the valve body control media flow though the valve.
Subcategories
Pneumatic Valves
Pneumatic valves are used in a variety of applications including high speed combustion engines including high performance race engines.
Subcategories
Poppet Valves
Poppet valves (mushroom valves) generally operate on differential pressure for applications including tire valves as well as internal combustion and steam engines.
Pressure Valves
Variations of a valve, pressure regulators or pressure reducing valves decrease pressure.
Push Button Valves
Push button valves are valves that have a usually hand operated button apparatus used to either relieve pressure or change flow.
Rotary Valves
Also known as an airlock valve, rotary valves are used in material handling applications.
Selector Valves
Selector valves are designed to allow a single input to be designated to one of multiple outputs.
Solenoid Valves
Often valves are classified according to how they are actuated, which is the case for solenoid valve
Shut-off Valves
Shut-off valves are used to close a line and stop flow of materials. Shut-off valves can be manual or automated to operated at a preset condition.
Subcategories
Thermostatic Valves
Thermostatic valves are used for automatic temperature control in liquid cooling systems.
Vacuum Valves
Vacuum valves are used for a variety of applications and come in ball valve, slide valve, vented ball valve, and many other valve type configurations.
Wafer Valves
Two way valve that can be opened or close to block fluid passage. Types of wafer valves include disc, check and butterfly valves.
International Valve Mfrs.
This category contains a list of valve manufacturers from all over the globe.
Valve Distributors
A collection of valve distributors in the USA, searchable by state.