Swinging into Action : A Brief Guide to Butterfly Valve
As we had discussed earlier in our bog on different types of
ball valves, its applications, purposes and its materials now it’s time for
another information regarding Butterfly Valves and its application, and purposes.
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Butterfly Valves:
The main uses of butterfly valves are in individual process industries and in Pipeline with large diameters for better efficiency. Many Industries like Oil & Gas, Water, Chemical, HAVC, etc. uses Butterfly valves for their particular applications and function. If we talk regarding specification of butterfly valves its comes with pressure class of #150 to #1500 with temperature rating of -55C to 600C. the construction of materials for butterfly valves are Ductile Iron, Cast Iron, Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel etc. for fluid or gas transfer. Butterfly valves having particular disc which are comes with materials like Stainless Steel, Duplex Steel or SG. In all Butterfly Valves it having particular seat fitment for disc which comes in materials like EPDM, Nitrile, Viton, PTFE etc... The main uses of butterfly are to prevent reverse or forward flow in applications and it can be easily shut on and shut off the fluid or gas.