United Valve, a valve modifications and repair services company located in Houston, Texas has just finished the first four weeks of operation of its new vertical boring Lathe (VTL). The 38’ tall machine, which weighs nearly 350,000 pounds, has the capacity to swing components up to 24 feet tall and 20 feet wide. Situated under a 40-ton capacity crane, the machine could be one of the largest of its kind in the United States.
The company just finished a repair order consisting of 42” and 48” class 300 gate valves and the machine was utilized to remove seat rings, lap seating surfaces and machine RTJ-groove ends.