Ball Valve Basics
By: Greg Johnson, VALVE Advisory Board Chair – CEO, United Valve
Welcome to the first in a series of Valve Basics articles, each focused on a major product type and written especially for newcomers to the industries that use and make valves and related products.
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The Biggest Valves: Sizes Growing in Step with Greater Demand
Valve manufacturers that have the expertise, skills, equipment and facilities to produce large valves are rare.
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Creating a Standard for Severe Service Valves
Severe service valves are offered in several standard designs, including non-return, isolation and control types.
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Triple Offset Butterfly Valves
From time to time VALVEmagazine.com will open up the archives and re-publish some of our most popular articles from years past.
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The Basics of Eccentric Plug Valves
Wastewater systems present many challenges to pumps and valves because the flow can contain grit, solids and debris, depending where in the process the equipment is located.
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Conval: Camseal Metal-Seated Ball Valves Feature New Stem Position Indicator Disc
Conval recently announced that its popular Camseal© metal-seated, forged ball valves feature a new Stem Position Indicator Disc for easy, precise on-site identification and inspection of the open-close status of the valve.
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Evolution of Butterfly Valves on Aircraft Carriers
Butterfly valves are an integral part of keeping an aircraft carrier’s firemain system operating smoothly.
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Unique Operating Dynamics of Trunnion-Mounted Ball Valves
For a very long time, the idea has existed that a trunnion-mounted ball valve can be opened under full differential pressure if the piping system can withstand the rapid increase in pressure and the forces induced by it.
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Ball Valve Repair 101
From time to time, we are re-posting well-received or particularly valuable articles that have previously run on VALVEMagazine.com so that those who might have missed them will be able to catch up on the best of the best.
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Triple Offset Butterfly Valves
Since their introduction to the market more than 50 years ago, triple offset valves (TOVs), which are also known as triple eccentric valves, have continued to evolve, while uses for this type of valve have expanded across multiple industries.
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Tightening Bolts Can Help Tighten Budgets
In highly-corrosive chemical and refining applications where in-line and atmospheric sealing is critical, sleeved plug valves provide essential defense against leaks and fugitive emissions.
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AUMA: New Solutions for Oil and Gas Applications
AUMA has developed new actuation solutions for a range of specialized oil and gas applications, including an innovative approach for lift plug valves.
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New API Standard for Globe Valves
While the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other organizations published a variety of valve standards covering gate, ball, check, butterfly and plug valves for decades, the first for globe valves came out in 2013.
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Forensic Engineering Tracks Valve Failures
Due in part to the condominium boom, there have been a large number of suite HVAC unit isolation brass ball valve failures reported in fan coil or heat pump based heating/cooling systems high rise buildings.
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Cameron Announces Joint Venture with CNPC
Cameron has announced an agreement with CNPC to establish a joint venture for the manufacture of pipeline ball valves mainly for use by CNPC to support its plans to build pipeline across China in the coming decade.
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New AUMA Actuators Offer Significant Torque Advancement
AUMA is extending its portfolio of modular electric actuators to include an SQ.2 part-turn range for butterfly and ball valve automation.
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Curtiss-Wright Flow Control's EST Group Launches New GripTight Isolation Plug
EST Group, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company, is introducing its new GripTight® Isolation Plug, the latest addition to its pipe plugs and pressure testing tools.
#ball-butterfly-plug #pressure-relief
The Vic-Ball Super Duplex Valve Series 726D from Victaulic
The Vic-Ball Super Duplex Valve Series 726D from Victaulic is a high pressure, full port ball valve with grooved ends.
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Ball Valves in Power Plants
Can metal-seated ball valves provide effective long term, economical solutions for critical applications in steam-generating power plants?
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A-T Controls M-Series Metal Seat Ball Valves for High Temperatures and Abrasive Surfaces
New M-series metal seat ball valves from A-T Controls are engineered with specially coated matched balls and seats to stand up to high temperatures, pressures and abrasive materials encountered in the oil/gas, chemical, power generation, pulp and paper, food processing and mining industries.
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