Tag: ball valves

Ball valves act as on-off systems intended to control liquid flow.

As many companies and producers of energy are looking toward a cleaner future, solar energy has become a viable alternative to meet industry’s energy needs. To ensure the safe operation of the applications that harness solar energy, the valves used have to meet specific requirements. Valve World Americas had the opportunity to speak with valve expert Scott Moreland to gain more insight on this topic, including what valves are best suited for these applications, and what to expect for the future of the valve market.

As a manufacturer of high performance and engineered ball valves, we are often asked about what industry standards affect these products and what should be referenced when specifying and ordering. The answer to that question is not nearly as straightforward as with the gate, globe, and check valves that have historically been the primary go-to valves in refining.

The 3-Way Sanitary Ball Valves from BI-TORQ® Valve Automation come with a wide range of features and available options. It is a full port stainless steel 3-way sanitary ball valve with 1/4" through 2" clamp end connections, and 240 grit polish.

Plast-O-Matic’s Red Kynar Ball Valves are available in all 2-way formats, 3/8" - 2" sizes with virtually any connection type including socket, NPT, BSP, and metric sockets.

Matco-Norca, a supplier of lead-free pipe fittings, pipe nipples, valves, weld fittings & flanges, faucets, and plumbing specialties, has added to its extensive line of lead-free brass ball valves with larger size versions of both PEX and Cold Expansion ball valves.

Val-Matic is pleased to announce Tim O’Shea as its new Engineering Project Manager. Tim is well-respected in the valve industry with over 18 years’ experience and seven valve-related U.

HANTEMP Controls has just released its bulletin MCBV1117a, which details capacity tables for  for stainless steel MCBV Motor Controlled Ball Valves and manual COBRA-NECK® ball valves.

Industrial valve manufacturing company Velan Inc., headquartered in Montreal, Quebec has recently launched the Securaseal R-series cast metal-seated ball valve at Valve World Expo in Houston, Texas.

Rising stem ball valves (RSBV) were created to address the needs for tight sealing and the resistance to abrasive particles over a wide temperature range.