It provides a tight seal against hard to hold commodities and requires a minimum amount of space for installation. Plug valves are quarter turn valves. They only require 90 degrees of rotation to go fully closed to fully open position, it gets its name from disc shaped like plug. Plug valve is suitable for open and close applications but is not suitable for throttling.
Parts:
● Handle
● Stem
● Plug Retainer
● Plug
● Body
● Grease Grooves
Types of Plug Valves:
● Jacketed Plug valve
● Twin Seal Plug valve
● Lift Plug valve
● Orbit Plug valve
● Double block and bleed
● Eccentric plug valve
● Expanding plug valve
Advantages of Plug Valve:
1. Being a quarter turn valve, it can be actuated quickly.
2. The flow encounters very little resistance.
3. It has a low pressure drop and high shut off.
4. They provide positive leak tight shut off.
Industries:
● Oil& Gas
● Chemical
● Corrosive substance processing
● Power Generation
● Production
● Wastewater treatment
Applications of Plug Valve:
1. They work in low-temperature, low-pressure environments.
2. It can tolerate extreme temperatures and can be used to
regulate the flow of fluids like slurries own a sizable capacity
and directional flow control capabilities.
SVR Global is a prominent Plug valve manufacturer in USA offering the following features:
Body material: Cast Carbon steel plug valve (WCC,WCB, WC6),
Stainless Steel plug valve [SS316, SS304, SS316L, SS904L, CF8, CF8M,
F31L, F91], DUPLEX STEEL and Super duplex Steel plug valve
(F51,F53,F55) , Cast iron, Ductile Iron.
Class: 150-2500; PN 10 – PN 450
Size: 1/2”- 48”.
Operations: Lever actuated plug valve, electric actuated plug valve,
pneumatic actuated plug valve, gear actuated plug valve
Ends: Flanged, butt weld, socket weld, threaded
To know more about valves provided by SVR Global visit -
https://www.svrglobal.net/products/plug-valve/