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butterfly valve

Industrial valves; Control valves

A valve with a circular body and a rotary motion disk closure member which is pivotally supported by its stem. Butterfly valves come in various styles including eccentric and high-performance valves. ...

port-guided

Industrial valves; Control valves

A valve plug that fits inside the seat ring, which acts as a guide bushing. Examples: Splined Plug, Hollow Skirt, and the Feather-Guide Plug.

flangeless

Industrial valves; Control valves

A valve that does not have integral line flanges. This type of valve is sometimes referred to as a Wafer Style valve. The valve is installed by bolting it between the companion flanges with a set of ...

dual seating

Industrial valves; Control valves

A valve is said to have dual seating when it uses a resilient or composition material such as TFE, Kel-F, or Buna-N, etc. For its primary seal and a metal-to-metal seat as a secondary seal. The idea ...

balanced trim

Industrial valves; Control valves

A trim arrangement that tends to equalize the pressure above and below the valve plug to minimize the net static and dynamic fluid flow forces acting along the axis of the stem of a globe valve. Some ...

high recovery valve

Industrial valves; Control valves

A valve design that dissipates relatively little flow stream energy due to streamlined internal contours and minimal flow turbulence. Therefore, pressure down stream of the valve vena contracta ...

low recovery valve

Industrial valves; Control valves

A valve design that dissipates a considerable amount of flow stream energy due to turbulence created by the contours of the flow path. Consequently, pressure downstream of the valve vena contracta ...