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Butterfly Valves in Compressed Air & Vacuum Services

From Hayward Flow Control Systems
 

 

Because a butterfly valve uses a disc to control flow, much like a damper in a duct system, some people occasionally want to use it to control the flow of compressed air and other gases, or for vacuum service. Will it work in these no-liquid applications? For the most part the answer will be yes, depending on applications specifics.

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Topics of Interest
3.4.1 Introduction to Manual Butterfly Valves The manual butterfly valve is a quarter-turn (0° to 90°) rotary-motion valve that uses a round disk as the closure element. When in the fullopen... (Read More)
4.3.1 Introduction to Butterfly Control Valves Although the butterfly valve has been in existence since the 1930s, it was used mainly as an on–off block valve until the past two decades, when... (Read More)
BUTTERFLY VALVES Butterfly valves are rotary valves in which a disc-shaped closure member is rotated through 90 , or approximately, to open or close the flow passage. The butterfly valves shown in... (Read More)
Extreme pressures or temperatures individually are not usually the problem, but rather their combination.   Process Conditions that Influence Valve Design Process conditions, such as pressure... (Read More)
4.5.1 Introduction to Eccentric Plug Control Valves One control valve design that is growing in demand is the eccentric plug valve (sometimes called eccentric rotating plug valve), which combines... (Read More)
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