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Characteristics of the centerline wafer butterfly valve

The centerline wafer butterfly valve is one of the commonly used butterfly valves. It is named because of the structure of the stem axis, the center of the butterfly plate and the center of the body at the same position. The structure of the centerline butterfly valve is very simple, and the installation and maintenance are also very

Wafer type butterfly valve with worm gear

Wafer type butterfly valve with worm gear

convenient. As a component that controls the on-off and flow rate of the pipeline system, the centerline clamp valve is widely used in pipeline systems in the fields of petroleum, chemical industry, hydropower station, municipal construction, water supply and drainage.
The sealing form of the centerline wafer butterfly valve is generally a soft seal, and the sealing material is rubber or polytetrafluoroethylene, so the centerline wafer butterfly valve is usually a soft sealing butterfly valve. Therefore, the advantages of this type of valve are that the seal can be replaced, the sealing performance is excellent and reliable, zero leakage can be achieved, and two-way sealing can be achieved. . However, due to the limitation of its own structural characteristics, the centerline wafer butterfly valve also has some shortcomings. Because the butterfly plate and valve seat of the valve are always in a state of squeezing and scratching, the resistance distance is large, and the wear on the butterfly plate and valve seat is very large, so In order to overcome the phenomenon of squeezing and scratching and ensure the sealing performance of the valve, the valve seat of the centerline butterfly valve adopts elastic materials such as rubber or polytetrafluoroethylene to ensure the sealing performance of the valve. However, materials such as banana and polytetrafluoroethylene are subject to temperature restrictions in use. Therefore, the disadvantage of the centerline butterfly valve is that it is not resistant to high temperatures.
The centerline wafer butterfly valve is not suitable for high temperature and high pressure working environment, has poor wear resistance and short service life. These shortcomings make the scope of application of the valve have certain limitations. In order to overcome this problem, there is now a triple eccentric metal hard seal butterfly valve, which is different from the centerline wafer butterfly valve. The stem axis of the triple eccentric butterfly valve deviates from the center of the butterfly plate and the center of the body at the same time, and the rotation axis of the valve seat and the axis of the valve body channel There is a certain angle. Compared with the centerline butterfly valve, the triple eccentric butterfly valve is more resistant to high temperature, and also has good sealing performance and longer service life.
The valve body and the valve seat are connected components, and the sealing surface layer of the valve seat is welded with temperature-resistant and corrosion-resistant alloy materials. The multi-layer soft laminated sealing ring is fixed on the valve plate. Compared with the traditional butterfly valve, this butterfly valve has high temperature resistance, light operation, no friction when opening and closing, and when closing, the torque of the transmission mechanism increases to compensate for the sealing, which improves the butterfly valve. The advantages of sealing performance and extended service life.

TH Valve is a professional manufacturer of butterfly valvegate valvecheck valveglobe valveknife gate valve, ball valve with API, JIS, DIN standard, used in Oil, Gas, Marine industry, Water supply and drainage, fire fighting, shipbuilding, water treatment and other systems, with Nominal Diameter of DN50 to DN1200, NBR/EPDM/VITON, Certificates & Approvals: DNV-GL, Lloyds, DNV, BV, API, ABS, CCS. Standards: EN 593, API609, API6D

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Structural characteristics & features of flanged butterfly valves

The basic knowledge and structural characteristics of flange butterfly valves:
The flanged butterfly valve has introduced a self-sealing design concept, in which the connection between the disc and the valve shaft adopts a patented pull-out pin structure. The main features of the valve are reliable sealing, bi-directional sealing, and tight connection without loosening, so that the valve can be used for a long time. Its characteristics are as follows:

Double flange butterfly valve (16)

Double flange butterfly valve (16)

Two-way sealing
Generally, traditional butterfly valves cannot be sealed well under the working pressure in the opposite direction (not conducive to the sealing direction) due to their structural reasons. At present, the relevant national standards do not have mandatory regulations for two-way sealing. This is because:
1. Adopting the self-sealing design concept. The disc sealing ring is directly embedded in the disc in a zigzag shape with rubber, and there is no need to use pressure rings or bolts to fix, thus avoiding the uneven force of the sealing ring caused by the traditional bolt pressure plate type seal, which makes the bolts The problem of falling off and premature damage to the sealing ring. Under the action of the working pressure in the opposite direction, the sealing ring generates self-sealing force, which increases the specific pressure of the seal. The sealing ring compresses the valve seat. The greater the working pressure in the opposite direction, the greater the self-sealing force, so that the sealing ring and the valve seat The combination is tight to achieve the effect of two-way sealing.

triple offset butterfly valve-double flange- (4)

triple offset butterfly valve-double flange- (4)

2. The disc has good rigidity and is not easy to deform. The disc of butterfly valve above DN300 is a double-plate truss flow-through structure, with small flow resistance and good rigidity. Under the working pressure in the opposite direction, it is not easy to deform, so that the sealing ring will not follow the disc Deformed and separated from the best sealing point of the valve seat, thus ensuring the sealing effect of the sealing ring.
3. Long life of rubber sealing ring
(1) Due to the self-sealing design concept, the small interference between the rubber ring and the stainless steel valve seat only maintains the initial seal, so the specific pressure required for the seal increases with the increase of the system pressure.
(2) In addition, there is a so-called “breathing” groove for rubber elastic retreat in the zigzag groove, so that the rubber has a certain expansion space when it is under pressure, so that it will not produce elastic fatigue during long-term work, so it is sealed The life of the ring is greatly increased compared with the traditional type.
Patent design withdrawal pin structure
Usually in the process of using the butterfly valve, due to the traditional pin connection, the pin passes through the center of the valve shaft, which not only reduces the strength of the valve shaft, but also creates a gap between the valve shaft and the valve shaft during long-term use, which will cause an impact when the valve is opened and closed. Load, this load is much greater than the load generated by the extrusion stress and shear stress under normal conditions. Often the pin is severely deformed or broken during use, which makes the valve closed or fails, and greatly reduces the valve Service life. If the newly produced valve adopts the US patent design withdrawing pin structure to replace the pin connection structure between the shaft and the valve disc, the withdrawal pin does not pass through the center of the valve shaft, not only does not weaken the strength of the shaft, but also connects with the valve shaft. The fitting surface is greatly increased. By tightening the withdrawal pin nut, a pre-tightening force is generated between the withdrawal pin and the valve shaft joint surface, so that the disc valve shaft is tightly combined without gaps, and it will not be used when opening and closing the valve. The impact load is generated, so that the valve flap rotates smoothly, thereby realizing reliable sealing.
Unique design of the bottom axial adjustment and locking device
In butterfly valves above DN300, considering the reliability of the self-weight seal of the butterfly plate, the position of the disc on the valve seat is in the best sealing state through precise adjustment and fixation of the axial position during manufacturing. For the sagging of the valve clack that may be caused during long-term use, it is also convenient to further adjust the lock to achieve zero leakage in long-term use.
Easy to replace the sealing ring
When the sealing ring needs to be replaced, there is no need to remove the disc, just open the valve fully, and then take out the key from the operating device, after the operating device is adjusted to the closed state, it still maintains the key connection with the main valve, and then continues in the opening direction Turn the hand wheel until the sealing ring is on the side of the valve body sealing surface to replace the sealing ring.
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TH Valve is a professional manufacturer of butterfly valvegate valvecheck valveglobe valveknife gate valve, ball valve with API, JIS, DIN standard, used in Oil, Gas, Marine industry, Water supply and drainage, fire fighting, shipbuilding, water treatment and other systems, with Nominal Diameter of DN50 to DN1200, NBR/EPDM/VITON, Certificates & Approvals: DNV-GL, Lloyds, DNV, BV, API, ABS, CCS. Standards: EN 593, API609, API6D

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