Lead-free design is suitable for all no-lead potable water installations, in full compliance of all lead-free plumbing laws. Full-pattern body, stem and handwheel construction is more durable than competitors’ reduced-material examples. An electric-induction furnace casting process optimizes molten brass temperatures, resulting in superior cast body and bonnet components. Equipped with a stem packing and packing nut design, which are superior to packless-bonnet stem seal designs.