Features: Available in cast iron or stainless steel body. 304 or 316 stainless steel blade options available. A1: to suit PN10 flanges. A3: to suit PN16 flanges. Bidirectional wafer design knife gate valve. Handwheel operated with a rising stem. A non-rising stem option is also available on request. One-piece cast body with guides to support gate and seat wedges. Provides high flow rates with low pressure drop. This knife gate valve is suitable for liquids that contain a maximum of 4% suspended solids. If used for dry solids in gravity feed applications, it should be installed with the arrow on the body pointing in the opposite direction to the flow. Designed for applications including paper industry, mining, silo emptying, chemical plants, pumping, food industry and sewage treatment. Other sizes or flange dimensions are available on request. Cast iron body, 316SS blade option is also available on request. Directives: Pressure Equipment Directive: DIR 97/23/EC (PED) Art. 4.3, Category 1. Potential Explosive Atmospheres Directive: DIR 94/9/EC (ATEX) Category 3, Zone 2 and 22 GD.