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Most of ball valves own the sealant injection system. In this article, we will explain why ball valve is installed with sealant injection fittings. Generally speaking, each ball valve has two sealant injection fittings. One is located at the stem area and the other seat area, like the picture shown below. The sealant injection system of ball valve plays a part as the emergency sealing or backup se...
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The blow-out proof stem is one of basic design features of ball valve. Ball valve stem is inserted from the valve body inside with integral T-type shoulder to provide blow-out proof effectively. It is internally inserted as a function of backseat to assure stem sealing safety. To describe it in details, the stem is sealed by o-rings & packing rings, and held in position by the stem housing whi...
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Anti-static device is another basic and mandatory design for ball valve. During the operation of valve, the constant friction between ball and soft seat will generate static electricity. The spark caused by static electricity may ignite the inflammable fluid inside the valve and cause a potential fire hazard. To get rid of the hidden danger, an anti-static device is invented for ball valve. Like t...
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These three materials of stainless steel 304, 304H and 304L are often used in valve industry. Among three, 304 is the most common one, like SS304 ball valve, SS304 gate valve, SS304 globe valve, SS304 check valve we often see. In fact, according to the content of chromium and nickel, they all belong to stainless steel 304, since they all contains 18% chromium (Cr) and 8% nickel (Ni). The ma...
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For trunnion-mounted ball valve, there is a metal seat ring and a soft seat insert to ensure the sealing performance of seat. The seat inserts are element mounted inside a metal seat ring and perform the same sealing functions as seat ring. There are mainly two types of seat insert materials, elastomeric and thermoplastic. Elastomeric seat insert is softer to achieve zero leakage of ball valve. Wh...
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To understand the difference between globe valve and stop check valve, we should first figure out what is a stop check valve. Stop check valve combines the functions of a general globe valve and check valve, which means besides isolating and regulating the flow rate, it can also prevent reverse flow. From the appearance, globe valve and stop check valve almost look the same. The main difference li...
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