Minimum Bore Dimensions for Full Bore Ball Valves

The table below gives the minimum bore dimensions of full bore ball valves according to API SPEC 6D


API - Ball Valve

NPS DN Minimum Bore Dims for Full Bore Ball Valves
Class
150, 300, 600
Class
900
Class
1500
Class
2500
inch mm inch mm inch mm inch mm
1/2 15 0.50 12.7 0.50 12.7 0.50 12.7 0.50 12.7
3/4 20 0.75 19 0.75 19 0.75 19 0.75 19
1 25 0.98 25 0.98 25 0.98 25 0.98 25
1.1/4 32 1.25 31.8 1.25 31.8 1.25 31.8 1.25 31.8
1.1/2 40 1.50 38 1.50 38 1.50 38 1.50 38
2 50 1.93 49 1.93 49 1.93 49 1.65 42
2.1/2 65 2.44 62 2.44 62 2.44 62 2.05 52
3 80 2.91 74 2.91 74 2.91 74 2.44 62
4 100 3.94 100 3.94 100 3.94 100 3.42 87
6 150 5.91 150 5.91 150 5.67 144 5.16 131
8 200 7.91 201 7.91 201 7.55 192 7.04 179
10 250 9.92 252 9.92 252 9.41 239 8.78 223
12 300 11.93 303 11.93 303 11.30 287 10.43 265
14 350 13.15 334 12.67 322 12.40 315 11.50 292
16 400 15.16 385 14.69 373 14.17 360 13.11 333
18 450 17.16 436 16.65 423 15.98 406 14.72 374
20 500 19.17 487 18.54 471 17.87 454 16.50 419
22 550 21.18 538 20.55 522 19.69 500 - -
24 600 23.19 589 22.44 570 21.50 546 - -
26 650 24.92 633 24.29 617 23.38 594 - -
28 700 26.93 684 26.18 665 25.23 641 - -
30 750 28.94 735 28.03 712 27.00 686 - -
32 800 30.66 779 29.92 760 28.74 730 - -
34 850 32.68 830 31.81 808 30.50 775 - -
36 900 34.41 874 33.66 855 32.24 819 - -
38 950 36.42 925 35.59 904 - - - -
40 1000 38.43 976 37.63 955.8 - - - -
42 1050 40.16 1020 39.61 1006 - - - -
48 1200 45.90 1166 45.24 1149 - - - -
54 1350 51.65 1312 - - - - - -
56 1400 53.54 1360 - - - - - -
60 1500 57.40 1458 - - - - - -


API - Ball Valve photo 2
API Ball Valve With Actuator


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