Straight Through Ball Valve. Ball valves ranges in sizes up to 2 inch. Normally come in single piece,
two or three piece designs. One piece ball valves are almost always reduced bore, are relatively
inexpensive and generally are throw-away. Two piece ball valves are generally slightly reduced
(or standard) bore, they can be either throw-away or repairable. The 3 piece design allows for the
center part of the valve containing the ball, stem & seats to be easily removed from the pipeline.
This facilitates efficient cleaning of deposited sediments, replacement of seats and gland packings,
polishing out of small scratches on the ball, all this without removing the pipes from the valve body.
The design concept of a three piece valve is for it to be repairable. |
