SpecLatch for valves & flow control
Cv, pressure class, and seat materials — one valve record that prints the datasheet
Valve catalogs are matrices: sizes × trims × end connections × actuation, each with its own coefficients and ratings. SpecLatch models the matrix once — and generates the datasheets, the catalog pages, and the public product data from the same record your engineers maintain.
The fields you actually spec
SpecLatch has no fixed schema — you model your own catalog. These are the kinds of fields valves & flow control teams typically define, each unit-aware and tiered from day one:
Flow & rating
- Cv / Kv
- Pressure class (ANSI / PN)
- Shutoff ΔP
- Temperature range
- Leakage class
Construction
- Body material
- Trim material
- Seat & seal materials
- End connections
- Face-to-face standard
Actuation
- Actuator torque
- Fail mode
- Air supply range
- Positioner signal
Compliance
- API 607 fire-safe
- NACE MR0175
- CE / PED category
- CRN
Series & models
One series, every model's data
Shared construction lives on the series record; each model records only what differs. No more forty near-identical rows where one forgotten cell becomes a customer-visible error.
Rollups go the other way: the series knows its own range, computed from the models beneath it.
What SpecLatch does with valves data
Unit-aware by design
Cv and Kv from one field
Store the flow coefficient once — the metric twin is a dimension-checked formula, not a second column someone forgets to update. Pressure ratings display in psi and bar from the same value.
Per-field confidentiality
The distributor sees the price. Not the supplier.
Cost, supplier, and margin fields live on the same record as the public specs — tiered internal or confidential, enforced by the database on every surface: grid, PDFs, portal, API.
Series & variants
The size run is a series, not ten copies
Shared construction lives on the series; each size overrides its own Cv, weight, and dimensions. Change the seat material once and every size's datasheet flags itself for regeneration.
Three questions that tell you if SpecLatch fits
If two of the three sound familiar, it does:
Your buyers ask for the valve datasheet — Cv, materials, ratings — before any PO is cut.
Re-rate one seat material and the datasheet, the catalog page, and the distributor price list all lag behind, each updated by hand.
You sell size runs: one series, many valve sizes underneath, each differing in a handful of values.
See it on your own catalog
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