Econosto Basic Product training

Gate, Knife-Gate &

Sight glasses

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 Subjects

What is a Gate valve?

The different versions
The applications
Where to find?

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 The Gate Valve

The Gate Valve is a general service valve

and used primarily for on-off, non-
throttling service
The valve is closed by flat-faced, vertical
disc, or gate that slides down through
the valve to block the flow
The gate valve is a linear motion valve
used to start or stop the fluid flow.
The name gate is derived from the
appearance of the disk in the flow
stream.
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 General

What are the differences ?

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 Gate valves

General features of gate valves:

Shape of
the bonnet

Overall height
Shape of
the body

Shape of
the wedge)
Long overall
length is also
possible
Face-to-face
dimension

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 Main parts

spindle

stuffings box packing

bonnet

body

wedge

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 Face-to-Face dimensions:

Face-to-Face dim. acc. to EN558 , most common:

Short overall length ( DIN F4 = EN558-1,14 )

Long overall length ( DIN F5 = EN558-1,15 )

Further standards:

Long overall length ( DIN F7 = EN558-1,26 )

Long overall length ( DIN F1 = EN558-1,1 )
not acc. to any standard

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 Stem types

Inside screw stem

(non rising stem/ non rising
handwheel)

Outside screw and yoke

(rising stem/non rising
handwheel)

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Position of the wedge

Rising stem Not rising stem Position indicator

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 Applications
Best Suited Control: Quick
Opening
Recommended Uses:
1. Fully open/closed, non-throttling
2. Infrequent operation
3. Minimal fluid trapping in line

Applications: Oil, gas, air, slurries, heavy

liquids, steam, non-condensing gases
and corrosive liquids.

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 Gate Valves

Advantages Disadvantages
1. High Capacity 1. Poor control
2. Tight shutoff 2. Cavitate at low
3. Low cost pressure drops
4. Little resistance 3. Cannot be used
to flow for throttling

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LETS TAKE BREAK!!

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KNIFE GATE VALVES

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 Knife gate valves

When do we apply
knife gate
valves ?

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 Knife gate valves are applied
where most other valves fail.
Think of viscous media, powder,
slurry etc.

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 Main parts

operation

stuffing box packing

knife
sealing

A-ring body

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Fig.nr. 5410 Fig.nr. 5407 Fig. nrs. 5403 / 5413
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 Square plate=> available in almost
any dimension

Rubber lining => for abrasive

media

Higher pressures ( up to PN.63

possible )

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Usually a customer can tell you what he needs,
concerning:

Pipe material
Connection
Working pressure

These quetions can often be answered !

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If details are missing what can we ask ?

Pressure
Temperature
Medium
Connection

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 General

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 Wedge design

Solid wedge
Flexible wedge
Soft seated
Plate / knife
Parallel slide

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 Bonnet design

round oval

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 Types of bonnet

union bonnet threaded bonnet

bolted bonnet

secured bonnet
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 Working pressure

The maximum working pressure

depends on :
material
bonnet design
face-to-face dimension
bore

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 Working pressure
Cast iron Nodular
cast iron

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 The result of 1,5 x
PN on the wedge ..

Valves have a test

pressure of 1,5 x PN
on the body
(with open wedge !!!
)

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 Operation

Before operating the valve:

Bear in mind: pressure and bore. At
large forces or loads the valve cannot be
operated.

Solution :
gearbox
by pass

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 Materials

How do we recognize them ?

On the body we usually find the following details:

Cast iron EN and / or DIN

Nodular Cast iron EN and / or DIN

Cast steel EN and / or DIN

Is
usually
stated
Forged steel EN and / or DIN

EN and / or DIN
Stainless steel
EN and / or DIN
Bronze Attention !
On the bodies you will
Brass EN and / or DIN
often still find the
DIN designation

Plastic Countless
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 Materials

Bronze (o.a Fig. 290 , 291 ,1317)

Brass ( o.a. Fig. 290AA)
Cast iron ( o.a. Fig. 292 , 306)
Nodular cast iron ( o.a. Fig. 317NOD , 5416)
Steel ( o.a. Fig. 315 ,3816)
Stainless steel ( o.a. Fig. 3290 , 3260)

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 Other materials :

Among others :
zinc free- and low zinc bronze
(Seawater applications)

other types of stainless steel

like e.g.: Hastelloy (large chemical resistance)
13 CrMo44 (higher temperatures)

Plastics ( Asahi )

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 Connections

Flanges (DIN/ANSI)
Thread ( BSP/NPT )

sw BW
Butt weld ends (BW)
Socket weld ends (SW) ANSI

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 Special connections

PVC socket connection PE welding connection

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 position indicator
grease nipple

backseat

drain plug

double pitch

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 ANSI Products

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 The products

1212

Short description with

page reference
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 The product description

1212

Page reference

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The product description
Description

1212

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The product description

1212

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Japanese Industrial Standard

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 For gate valves with
metal-to-metal seats
we cannot supply
spare wedges,
because every single
valve has a made-to-
measure wedge

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 Types of operations

lever operated

Pneumatically
operated

Electrically operated
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 Electrical operation

What do you have to know ??

Brand preference ?
Voltage ?
Protection class ?
at higher pressures Pressure difference

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 To supply with
many brands of
actuators.
For example:
Auma , Rotork,
EMG , Bernard .

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Other types of operations

with chain wheel

and chain guide.
( always to be built up
in the workshop !)

with surface box (operation with T-wrench )

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 I am looking for a gate valve, suitable for water.

With PN 10 flanges, pipes are made of cast iron.

I need an ordinary cheap valve with short
overall length.

What are the possibilities ?

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 Fig. nr. 292 is the most logical
selection.
Page 107

Alternatives could be
fig.nr.317, 306 and fig.nr. 5416.
Page 107 / 109 / 120

Possibly a butterfly valve (but

now we are talking about gate valves)

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 General

Which ROPPER questions do we have to ask,

to sell the right valve to the customer ?

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 General

Which ROPPER questions do we have

to ask, to sell the right valve to the
customer ?

which material
which type of medium
in which position mounted
which pressure / temperature
which operation
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 From the past

For cast iron : RMI ( Holland )

Almhults Bruk ( Fomava )
For steel : Schilling
For bronze : BGV ( Glimakra )

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 Sight glasses

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 Sight glasses

To check if the system is still working it

is possible to fit sight glasses
Do you know if your steam
traps are still working properly
and your valves are still tight
shut-off ??

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 Connection

Threaded
Flanged
socket weld
butt weld
screwed
For specials refer to page 309 E5
And or ask Econosto.

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 Types

driptube
vane
rotor
flapper
ball

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single window glasss

dual window glass

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 General

Which ROPPER questions do we have

to ask, to sell the right sight glass to
the customer ?

material
connection
pressure
temperature
medium
application
type ( drip ,vane, etc)

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 Specials

What is a special ??
A non-standard product for
Econosto, can be a standard
product for our supplier and need
not to be more expensive
Therefore always ask Econosto !!

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 The Brands

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 Have a nice
evening

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