Basics of Electric Valve Actuators

This video provides the basic operation of electric valve actuators, including supply voltage, control signal, how torque & speed are created, power, gear ratio, and size and weight.

Attribution to Emerson and their electric actuator brands EIM and Bettis.

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The Bettis XTE3000 Electric Actuator

The Bettis XTE3000 intelligent multi-turn electric actuator is part of the Bettis family of actuators. The XTE3000 meets the most demanding valve automation demands of the Oil & Gas, Power, and Process industries. It is compliant with many international standards, making it the ideal solution to your plant's safety and reliability requirements. 

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Installing a Waterman Cast Iron Sluice Gate Valve Using the Double-Nut Method

This video describes how to install a Waterman cast iron sluice gate valve using the double-nut method.

A sluice gate is a water flow control system. Typically made of wood or metal, they open and close vertically on a frame, allowing water to flow in or out of an area. They're also known as sluice gate valves because of this. A sluice is a manufactured canal or a modified natural stream that conducts water.  This type of gate controls the flow of water and where it goes and is highly beneficial in regulating flooding and managing water levels.

Waterman, a recognized leader in water control products for water treatment, wastewater, high-volume agricultural and rural surface water delivery, hydro-power, and flood control management, manufactures heavy-duty cast iron slide (sluice) gates. You'll find Waterman gates in applications where safety, longevity, and reliable performance are essential, such as dams, tidal environments, water treatment plants.

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Flowrox Valve Solutions for Demanding Shut-off and Control Applications

Heavy Duty Pinch Valves

Flowrox heavy duty pinch valves are “The pinch valves”. They are made to last and are ideal where shut-off and control applications involve abrasive or corrosive slurries, powders or coarse substances.

General Line Pinch Valves

Flowrox general line pinch valves are robust and cost- effective valves with simple, single-sided closing mechanism. PVG valves have a strong valve body and opening tags in the sleeve as standard. PVEG valves have a corrosion resistant and light-weight plastic body. They are ideal for low cycle applications involving abrasion, corrosion and aggressive slurries. Through the reliability and structure, they offer substantial savings based on improved performance, long service lifetime and low total cost of ownership.

Slurry Knife Gate Valves

Flowrox Heavy Duty Slurry Knife Gate Valves isolate flow, even in the most demanding process conditions. The complete valve is built around an ease-of-maintenance concept. The designs of Flowrox Slurry Knife Gate Valves are based on the years of experience Flowrox has gained, providing reliable solutions for abrasive and corrosive process applications.

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Glossary of Valve Terms and Acronyms

Terminology plays a critical role in the understanding of specialized or technical contexts. Understanding the specific terminological meaning of the technical contexts in process control and industrial systems assists in defining and communicating the main message of a document, which in turn allows stakeholders the ability to transmit the content much more effectively.

A glossary is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. It's purpose is to document the key words and phrases which are regularly contained in a body of content.

Val-Matic, a leading manufacturer of check valves, quarter turn shut-off valves and air valves for water/wastewater, industrial and building markets, has assembled an outstanding glossary of terms and acronyms used in the valve, process flow, and process piping segments. This is a must-have resource for anyone new in in industrial engineering, maintenance, or procurement.

You can download the Val-Matic Glossary of Valve Terms and Acronyms from this Automatic Controls of Virginia web page.

Side-by-Side Comparison of Swing Check Valves and Resulting Mechanical Shock Caused by Reverse Flow

Swing check valve mechanical shock (slam) is caused by the sudden build-up of reverse flow after a pump has stopped, being followed by the sudden stoppage of that reverse flow by the check valve. The faster the check valve closes the less reverse flow, and hence the smaller slam. This video (courtesy of Val-Matic) demonstrates this phenomenon  under real operating conditions.

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