BALL VALVE

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Posted On

15-Mar-15

Product Details

applied to gearbox or actuators when required. Ball valves are
durable and usually work to achieve perfect shutoff even after years
of disuse. There are two type of ball valve based on the ball type,
floating ball valve and trunnion mounted ball valve. Depends on the
bore size, ball valve is separated into full port ball valve and
reduced port ball valve. There are three types of body styles of Ball
Valve: One-piece, Two piece split, Three piece split, top entry and
welded, ball valves are available in two piece split, three piece split
and welded.
Advantages of using Ball Valves:
• Quick quarter turn on-off operation
• Tight sealing with low torque
• Smaller in size than most other Valves
Ball Valves are manufactured in different body configurations
and the most common are:
• Top entry Ball Valves allow access to Valve internals for
maintenance by removal of the Valve Bonnet-cover. It is not
required to be removed Valve from the pipe system.
• Split body Ball Valves consists of a two parts, where one part
is smaller as the other. The ball is inserted in the larger body
part, and the smaller body part is assembled by a bolted
connection.
• The Valve ends are available as butt welding, socket welding,
flanged, threaded and others.

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