{"id":17562,"date":"2026-01-07T18:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/?post_type=arcapedia&#038;p=17562"},"modified":"2026-11-01T21:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T20:48:48","slug":"straight-through-valve","status":"publish","type":"arcapedia","link":"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/en\/arcapedia\/straight-through-valve\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight-through valve"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n\n    \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n  <section\n    id=\"\"\n    class=\"   c-widget c-widget-- \"\n    data-\n    style=\"--bg-color: inherit;--font-color: inherit;--main-color: #fff;\"  >\n\n          <div class=\"o-wrapper\">\n    \n            \n  <div class=\"columns is-centered\">\n    <div class=\"column is-8-desktop\">\n        <p>Valve in which the valve inlet and outlet are located on the same axis opposite the <a href=\"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/en\/arcapedia\/valve-body\/\">valve body<\/a>. Almost all types of <a href=\"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/en\/arcapedia\/control-valve\/\">control valves<\/a> are designed as straight-through valves, including globe valves, gate valves, butterfly valves, <a href=\"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/en\/arcapedia\/ball-valve\/\">ball valves<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/en\/arcapedia\/rotary-cone-valve\/\">rotary cone valves<\/a>. Standardized flange connections and installation lengths ensure that valves of the same type but from different manufacturers are easily interchangeable, which greatly simplifies system planning and maintenance.<br \/>In contrast to straight-through valves, <a href=\"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/en\/produkte\/control-valves\/trivent-three-way-valve\/\">3-way valves<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/en\/produkte\/control-valves\/anglevent-angle-valve\/\">angle valves<\/a> (where the axes of the valve inlet and outlet are perpendicular to each other), and Z-type valves (where the axes of the valve inlet and outlet are parallel but offset from each other) are also available for special applications.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n          <\/div>\n    \n              <style type=\"text\/css\">\n        [data-] {\n        }\n      <\/style>\n      <\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n  \n\n    \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n  <section\n    id=\"\"\n    class=\"   c-widget c-widget-- \"\n    data-\n    style=\"--bg-color: inherit;--font-color: inherit;--main-color: #fff;\"  >\n\n          <div class=\"o-wrapper\">\n    \n            \n  <div class=\"columns is-centered\">\n    <div class=\"column is-8-desktop\">\n        \n      <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n          <\/div>\n    \n              <style type=\"text\/css\">\n        [data-] {\n        }\n      <\/style>\n      <\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARCA product: <a href=\"https:\/\/arca-valve.com\/en\/produkte\/control-valves\/ecotrol-control-valve\/\">ECOTROL\u00ae control valve<\/a> (modular straight-way control valve).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17562","arcapedia","type-arcapedia","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Straight-Through Valve: Definition &amp; Types | ARCA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a straight-through valve, inlet and outlet sit on one axis. 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