This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1995-02-
01. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Scope:
This standard gives the denominations of valves. It has the purpose to provide a uniform and systematic terminology for all types of valves. By reasons of classification of terms, clause 4 defines terms related to basic design characteristics and clause 5 defines terms related to functional characteristics of valves.