Butterfly Handle for Ball Valves — T-Handle, 304 Stainless

A butterfly handle — also called a T-handle or wing handle — replaces the long lever with two short wings either side of the stem. You turn it with thumb and finger, and it sweeps almost nothing: no arc to clear, no lever end sticking out into the walkway.

The grip is 304 stainless steel with moulded vinyl caps on the wings, and it is made for our 1/4″ to 1″ valves — the sizes that turn comfortably by hand. It ships fitted at the factory, or on its own if you are changing the handle on units already in service.

Where a lever has no room to swing Panels, junction boxes, manifolds with valves side by side, equipment frames — anywhere the lever would foul a wall, a door or the next valve along. The wings stay inside the footprint of the body, so two valves can sit closer together than a lever pair allows. The same shape is harder to knock open by accident than a long lever catching a sleeve or a hose.

Sizes, torque and ordering The butterfly grip suits 1/4″ to 1″, where hand torque is enough to break the seat free. Above that, the lever stays — the extra arm length is doing real work, and a wing grip would be fighting it. When you order, tell us the model and size of the valve so the grip matches the stem; the handle is made to our own stems and is not supplied for other brands.