The job of this valve is to make the circuit independent from the air supply. It is basically a three-way valve. In the closed position, it cuts off the air supply and discharges the downstream circuit at the same time, which is means it is particularly useful during servicing operations. The hand-operated version can be padlocked to lock the knob in a closed position so that it can only be opened by someone with the right key. An interlocked version is available for low pressure operation.N.B.: With size 400, when the V3V is mounted upstream of the regulator, the pilot regulator must be piloted at a pressure taken upstream of the V3V, otherwise when the system is relieved, most of the air downstream will be relieved by the regulator and not the V3V relief port.