What is a grove valve?
Grove Ball Valves provides large diameter valves for use in natural gas, LNG, crude oil and refined products transmission lines as well as in many other general industrial applications.
Are ball valves better?
Ball valves are more effective at forming a tight seal and have more reliability and longevity than gate valves, but tend to be more expensive. They are often used for shutoff and control applications. Because ball valves can open and close immediately, they are more likely than gate valves to cause water hammer.
What are the four types of ball valves?
There are four general body styles of ball valves: single body, split body, top entry, and welded. There are four general types of ball valves: full port, standard port, reduced port, and v port.
What ball valves are made in USA?
Ball Valves Suppliers
- Catalog. SVF Flow Controls.
- Swagelok Company.
- Parker Hannifin Instrumentation Products Div.
- Thermoplastic Valves, Inc.
- Guenther Supply, Inc.
- Hayward Flow Control.
Can ball valve be used for throttling?
Ball Valves are also designed to be operated fully open or fully closed with any liquid containing particles that could scratch the ball. Many people use them successfully for throttling clear water. Ball valves have low pressure drops, open and close quickly, are simple, and are trouble free.
Are 1/4 turn valves better than gate valves?
Yes, ball valves or quarter turn valves tend to be more reliable than globe valves. Globe valves require a washer and a tight friction fit between the seat and washer, and if either of these wear out (which they do over time), leaks start. Ball valves are much simpler in construction.
What is a Portsmouth valve?
A Part 1 ball valve or Portsmouth ball valve is a ball valve made to British Standard specification 1212, Part 1. It consists of a piston inside a brass housing, with a float arm secured to the valve via a split pin.
Are there different size ball valves?
Sizes typically range from 0.2 to 48 inches (5.1 to 1,219.2 mm). Valve bodies are made of metal, plastic, or metal with a ceramic; floating balls are often chrome plated for durability.
Where are Apollo valves made?
“Apollo” Valves – 90 years of “Made in the USA” “Apollo’s” commercial and industrial valves are designed, engineered, cast, machined, assembled, and tested in our state-of-the-art facilities in the Carolinas, right down to our yellow handles. In fact, we’ve been American-made from the very beginning.
Why choose a TK ball valve?
Since 1963, the TK trunnion-mounted ball valve has provided reliable block-and-bleed service for the oil and gas industry. Known for its robust design, sealing areas, and stainless steel overlays, the TK ball valve is widely recognized as the leader in providing valve solutions for the oil and gas industries’ most severe service applications.
Where can I get more information on Grove ball valves?
3250 Briarpark Drive, Suite 300 Houston, TX 77042 USA Tel 1 281 499 8511 For more information on GROVE ball valves: www.c-a-m.com/GROVE [email protected] ©2015 Cameron. | GROVE is a registered trademark of Cameron. SWP 1.5M 6/15 AD01523V Title GROVE B4, B5, and B7 Side-Entry Ball Valves Author Cameron, a Schlumberger company Subject
What are the different types of Cameron Grove side-entry ball valves?
GROVE B4, B5, and B7 Side-Entry Ball Valves Author Cameron, a Schlumberger company Subject Cameron GROVE side-entry ball valves are manufactured in a wide range of diameters and pressure classes
Where are TK valves made?
A little more than a decade later, Cameron recognized the reliability of the TK brand and added the Dresser Flow Control segment (including TK Valve) to its valve family, located in Houston.