Valves Used in the Oil and Gas Industry 2021: A Complete Guide
An in-depth analysis of various industrial valves, their features, and their suitability for application in the oil and gas industry.
Valve Working Guides
How Does a Butterfly Valve Work
Butterfly valves are one of the most useful valves you can install in your service. It covers all three major functions so you get the best of all three kinds of valves. It can start, stop and control the flow of media. This article guides you to understand the butterfly valve more by knowing how …
How Does a Gate Valve Work?
With so many industrial valves in the market, how can you know that a particular valve is right for your application? One way to do so is to understand the nitty-gritty about the specific industrial valve. This article introduces what a gate valve is, what’s its working mechanism and the specific parts that make this …
How Does a 3-Way Ball Valve Work?
Multiport ball valves, such as the 3-way ball valve, provide numerous solutions for process control applications. These valves offer more flexibility when the application deals with more than one media. However, multiport valves can be a little confusing for someone who has not used it before. Before you learn about 3-way ball valve, make sure …
How Does a Ball Valve Work?
Ball valves are one of the valve types most widely used in different industries. The demand for the ball valve is still growing. Have you ever wondered how ball valves make impact to your applications.In this article, you will learn about the common components of a ball valve and their functions. What’s more, we will …
How Does Flanged Gate Control Valve Work?
Industrial valves come in different designs and working mechanisms. Some are purely for isolation while others are only effective for throttling. In a pipeline system, there are valves that are used to control pressure, flow level and the likes. Such control valves are used to monitor and control flow variables so that the latter sticks …
How Does Resilient Seated Butterfly Valve Work?
One of the most commonly used valves in the piping system. Member of the quarter-turn family, butterfly valves move in a rotatory motion. The disc of the butterfly valve is mounted onto a rotating stem. When fully open, the disc is at a 90-degree angle with regards to its actuator. This valve is suited for …