scope:

This Guide sets out the recommended production tests to be applied to the following types of valves: ball, plug, gate, butterfly and globe. It does not apply to valves used exclusively for control purposes.

Tests of an optional nature are included. Tests outside the scope of this Guide include material sampling and non-destructive testing of valve materials to verify their physical properties, chemical composition and quality. Type approval tests, fire type tests and tests at high and low temperature, are also excluded.