Too much of anything is not good at all, and enough well-measured amounts for anything will proceed to success. Especially within the manufacturing industry when every metric counts, as they could pose direct and indirect effects on the whole system. An excess amount of any component while manufacturing could cause that system to be overworked and spoil the batch that forces the business to lose money on solving the issue. This is why modern industrial mechanical valves are introduced into the market with the typical example of the Belven mechanical valve.
Ball Valves
As the name suggests, this valve is an industrial valve that uses a ball to control and navigate the flow within the pipeline system. Ball valves are used to control the flow and pressure in gas distribution systems and for reducing the pressure with gas storage connections. Ball valves serve as a helping mechanism within the food and oil processing industries. Additionally, they are commonly found in flowing systems on ships, fire-safe protection services and chlorine manufacturing industries. These valves can be used in a variety of applications and markets such as gas processing, transmission and storage, industrial…
Advantages
- Easy to operate and regulates the flow within seconds.
- Compact and low-maintenance design that can work without lubrication.
- Leak-proof services & Multi-way design flexibility.
Butterfly Valves
Butterfly Valves are tailored for regulating the flow and limiting the control capability. It is a valve in which the obturator rotates about an axis at right angles to the flowing direction, and the flow surpasses the obturator in the open position. The butterfly valve’s thin feature in between the flanges makes them lighter in weight and creates a small install footprint. Butterfly valves are also used for a broad range of applications like water supply, wastewater treatment, fire protection and gas supply, also in chemical and oil industries, fuel handling systems, power generation…
Advantages
- Could operate electronically, manually or pneumatically.
- High accuracy, especially for industrial applications.
- Easy installation and removal without pipe system dislocation.
Gate Valves
Gate valves are typically used in the wider sections of pipes to control the flow of liquids. They can be designed with rising stems or non-rising stems, solid wedges, flexible wedges, or with split wedges.
Gate valves are divided into two main types: Parallel and wedge-shaped valves.
Moreover, gate valves are the common types of valves used in industries such as textiles, power generation, refineries, petrochemical plants, shipbuilding, food plants, the chemical industry and paper factories…
Advantages
- Gate valves produce a much lower friction loss when compared to other types of valves.
- Gate valves’ distinctive features allow them to provide laminar flow when pressure loss is at a minimum.
- Suitable to use in high temperature and pressure conditions.
These mentioned above might not be all of the valves that are used within the manufacturing industry but they are the most common ones that any factory should have. Hope that with this information, you have learned something new about the industrial manufacturing sector and have a better understanding of how it works.
