With a straight-way valve, the medium (e.g. heating water) flows in the same direction at the inlet of the valve as at the outlet of the valve (see Figure 1). The situation is different with an angle valve. A globe valve can be a radiator valve, for example, which is part of the thermostatic valve.
Figure 1: Straight-Way valve with flow direction
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