Knife gate valve
ISO 10628-2 (group 21, valves) / PIP PIC001
Drawn as
Bow-tie with a thin upright rectangle (the knife blade) through the centre that rises above the body, then a stem and handwheel bar.
Meaning
Gate valve with a sharpened blade that cuts through solids. Used for slurry, sand, drains and low-pressure bulk lines.
Variants
- Some legends draw only a vertical line through the tips
- Look-alike: needle valve has a solid triangle on the stem, not a blade
Tags
HV