LCM Italia SPA - Cheroflow Ball Valves

LCM ITALIA SPA - standards and quality

LCM Ball Valves are in accordance with latest edition of API, ASTM, ASME and B.S. MSS, NACE rules. The following list contains the most important applicable standards for ball valves. The valves may be designed, manufactured and tested in accordance with other international standards on request.
API - AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

Spec. 6A Specification for wellhead and christmas tree equipment.
Spec. 6D Specification for pipeline valves.
Spec. 6FA Specification for firetesting of valves.
Spec. 598 Valve inspection and test.
Spec. 607 Fire test for soft seated quarter-turn valves
Spec. 608 Metal ball valves-flanged, threaded and welding end
Spec. API Q1 Specification for quality programs for the petroleum and natural gas industry
ASME - AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

B 16.5 Steel pipe flanges and flanged fittings.
B 16.10 Face to Face and end to end dimensions of ferrous valves.
B 16.11 Forged steel fitting socket-welding and threaded
B 16.24 Bronze pipe Flanges and Flanged fittings.
B 16.25 Butt welding ends.
B 16.34 Steel valves - Flanged and butt welding ends.
ASTM - AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIAL

BS - BRITISH STANDARD

BS EN 558 part 1-part 2 Face-to-face and centre-to-face dimensions of metal valves for use in flanged pipe systems.
BS EN 12627 Industrial valves - Butt welding ends for steel valves.
BS 4504 Flanges and boltings for pipes valves and fittings.
BS 5351 Steel ball valves for the petroleum, petrochemical and allied industries.
BS 6755 Testing of valves.
ISO - INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDIZATION

EN - ISO 9001 Quality systems- Model for quality assurance in design.
EN - ISO 10204 Types of inspection documents development, production, installation and servicing.
MSS - MANUFACTURES STANDARDIZATION SOCIETY

SP 6 Standard finishes for contact faces of pipe flanges and connecting end flanges of valves and fittings.
SP 9 Spot facing for bronze, iron and steel flanges.
SP 25 Standard marking system for valves, fittings, flanges and unions.
SP 45 By-pass and drain connection standard.
SP 55 Quality standard for steel castings-visual method.
SP 61 Hydrostatic testing of steel-valves.
SP 72 Ball valves with flanged or butt-welding ends for general service.
NACE - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORROSION ENGINEERS

MR-01-75 Sulfide stress cracking resistant metallic materials for oil field equipment.

LCM ITALIA quality system complies with UNI EN ISO 9001 specification certified by D.N.V. LCM ITALIA is authorized to apply the CE marking on the valves in according to the Pressure Equipment Directive PED 97/23 CE
LCM ITALIA is authorized licensee to use official Monograms API 6D 0317 and API 6A 0517
LCM ITALIA's ball valves are designed to comply with API 6FA, BS 6755 part. 2 and API 607 specifications. Certifications cover all production range and are witnessed and certified by independent authorities.