In the past, people tend to replace the old valve with a new one, and just throw or abandon those valves as garbage or sell them at a very low price. For some valves with high pressure/ high temperature/ large size, the cost of renewal is very high. Thus, we gradually realized the economic benefit of valve repair and maintenance. But before that, we should learn to use right method and excellent repairing equipment. Due to lack of concepts and equipment, most of users still replace old valves with new one, or just have an overhaul when the valve really broke down, which is not good to the valve service life and will bring potential risk of massive loss by emergency shut down or threatening people’s life. If the valve get overhaul only when it broke down without good care, this will bring the difficulty of repairing to a large extent, sometimes it is even too late to repair. Therefore, regular and organized checking and maintenance work mean a lot. It is critical to repair a small problem before it become big issue, since even a tiny damage on sealing surface could possibly leads to serious leakage accidents.

Safety valve is an important part of the pipe. In this article, we will have a brief introduction to the benefits of safety valves.   Firstly, with a wide size and type range, safety valves can be used to a lot of production environments.   Secondly, safety valve owns a high level of workmanship and product quality. In this way, it has a relatively service life as well as good performance during usage.   Thirdly, safety valves play a very important role in ensuring the pipeline safety and protecting human life.   Last but not least, safety valves, especially DIN standard safety valve have a smart design in valve structure, which leads to minimum troubles after sales and people can easily clean the valve due to its simple step of valve disassembly.

Pressure control valves, also called pressure valves in short, can control the pressure to meet the force and torque of actuators. There are several types of pressure control valves, like safe relief valve, pressure reducing valve, sequence valve, safety valve and etc. In this article, we will have a brief introduction of different pressure control valves. 1. Relief Valve The main function of relief valve is to keep hydraulic system stable and safe, preventing the overloading of system. 2. Sequence Valve Sequence valve can control the sequence of actuator by changing the pressure in hydraulic system. It has almost the same structure and working principle as the relief valve. The main difference lies in that the outlet of sequence valve is not connected to tanks. In this way, the internal leaking oil cannot channel directly to the oil chamber with pipeline, but by using a special pipeline instead. 3. Pressure Reducing Valve The pressure reducing valve consists of two parts: pilot valve and main valves. Its major function is to adjust oil pressure. The high-pressure oil enters into oil mouth, goes through the path of spool and orifices, then comes out from outlet of pressure reducing valve in a lower pressure state. In a short conclusion, although there are many varieties of pressure control valves, their fundamental purpose is the control of oil pressure.

Butterfly valve owns simple and compact structure with light weight. It can be easily and quickly operated by a 90° rotation. In addition, it has good performance on fluid control. The thickness of disc is the only resistance when the valve is in fully open condition, thus the flow resistance of butterfly valve is very small and can cause a minimum pressure loss to application. Due to its characteristic structure, butterfly valves are more suitable for large diameter valves. They are widely used in oil & gas, water treatment, petrochemical, as wells as thermal power station’s cooling water system. There are metal to metal sealing and soft sealing for butterfly valves. Although it does not has sealing performance as good as soft seal, metal to metal sealing butterfly valve can work in wider temperature range and application with particulates. Also, in terms of connection type, butterfly valves can be divided into wafer type butterfly valve and flanged butterfly valve. In conclusion, butterfly valves have advantages of good sealing performance, light weight, convenient operation, wide and flexible applicability, relatively lower cost and so on.

Features of underground fully welded ball valve 1. Due to its structure with minimum bolt connection, the valve often has light weight. 2. The valve stem is made of stainless steel with two anti-blowout o rings to ensure the operation. Its upper container can be replaced. Thus, buried fully welded ball valves can have long service life. 3. There are two mainly connection type, welded and flange connection. Strengths of underground fully welded ball valve 1. Emergency grease sealing system In case of leaking caused by application objects or fire accident, the emergency grease sealing system can ensure a temporary sealing by injecting grease into seat through grease gun. 2. Reliable stem sealing: Besides standard sealing ring, there is an additional O-ring in the packing gland to double secure the reliability. 3. Full bore and reduced diameter Full bore or reduced bore are available for users. 4. Extended stem option The valve stem can be extended according to customer’s actual needs, which is especially suitable for underground application. 5. Easy operation With superior self-lubricating property and small friction, the valve torque can be very small for easy operation.

The main differences between electric butterfly valve and electric gate valve lie in structure, operation time, size, price, sealing performance and so on. In this article, we will discuss these differences in detail. 1. Compared to gate valve, electric butterfly valve owns simpler structure, smaller volume, lighter weight, so smaller installation space. 2. Butterfly valve’s operation time is shorter and its flow resistance coefficient smaller. 3. Electric gate valves can handle higher pressure and create a better sealing performance than electric butterfly valves. 4. Electric gate valves are only suitable to cut off the flow, but electric butterfly valves can adjust the flow and cut off flow at the same time. 5. Unlike electric butterfly valves, electric gate valves can work in higher temperature and pressure conditions because of its wear ability. 6. Overall, electric gate valves are more expensive than butterfly valve.