Split Wedge Type Gate Valve

In case one half of the disk is out of alignment.

Split wedge type gate valve.

The disk is free to adjust itself to the seating surface. Cast steel wedged gate valve for oil and gas industry disks of a gate valve. These are self adjusting and self aligning to both seating surfaces. Zeco wedge gate valve is one of the gate valve types.

Gate valves are available with different disks or wedges. Nuclear conventional steam geothermal combined cycle. The most common were. You can see the same in images.

Split wedge gate valve. Pressure binding sometimes in high temperature applications the flow medium such as water or steam is trapped in the valve bonnet area when the valve is closed for system shutdown. Split wedge disk consists of two solid pieces and holds together with the help of a special mechanism. These are the socket and ball design valves.

The split disk can be in a wedge shape or a parallel disk type. Description of wedge gate valve. The disk is free to adjust itself to the seating surface if one half of the disk is slightly out of alignment because of foreign matter lodged between the disk half and the seat ring. Split wedge gate valves as shown in below figure are of the ball and socket design.

Split wedge or parallel disks gate valve. Split wedge gate valves have a compact design with body guided two piece gates that provide reliable operation and sealing. Split wedge gate valves are self adjusting and self aligning gate valves. The disc is free to adjust itself to the seating surface if one half of the disc is slightly out of alignment due to some foreign matter lodged between the disc and the seat ring.

In general the two wedge gate valve sealing surface and the angle of the vertical center line of 2 52 3 30 5 8 and so on. Ranging of the gate valves is usually made by the type of wedge used.