Floating Ball Valve -> Floating Ball Valve
A floating ball valve is a valve with its ball floating (not fixed by a trunnion) inside the valve body, it drifts toward to the downstream side and tightly pushes against the seat under the medium pressure to ensure sealing reliability. The floating ball valve has simple structure, good sealing performance but the seat material is required to withstand the workload since the sealing pressure is bared by the seat ring. Due to unavailability of high performance seat material, floating ball valve is mainly used in middle or low pressure application.
Features of Floating Ball Valves :
Floating Ball Type
Split Body, End Entry
2-Piece or 3-piece Body
Full Port for Pigging Operation
Fire Safe to API 607
Antistatic Design
Anti-blowout Stem
Gear Operation or Actuator Available
Applicable Standards of floating ball valves:
a) Design & Manufacture: API 6D, BS 5351, API 607
b) Face to Face: API B16.10, API…