Valves
How-to: Select Valve Operating Equipment
Valve operating equipment, or valve actuators, are devices that adjust a valve’s position between open and closed. These devices can be either manually or automatically operated, with options ...
How Do You Maintain A Valve Gearbox?
Maintaining Your Valve Gearboxes Is Essential To Easy Valve Operation. Without Proper Maintenance, Using A Gearbox To Open and Close Your Valve Can Become Difficult.
How-to: Move a Swing Check Valve Lever
A valve's lever weight arm needs sufficient room for movement in order to operate, making valve adaptability to surrounding areas and space limitations an important factor when selecting a product. ...
How-to: Select & Position Air Valves
Air Valves are designed to intake and release gas (de-aerate) from fluid management systems, such as wastewater, potable and irrigation pipelines. This protects the pipes and overall system from ...
How-To: Join Flanged Faces
Flanges, bolts and tightening are essential to safe, efficient and reliable operation of your liquid control network - whether it is for potable water delivery, irrigation, waste handling or ...
How-to: Select a Check Valve
A check valve is a simple self-acting device that prevents backflow within a pipeline by only allowing fluids to move in one direction. This prevents potential potable water contamination and ...
What is a Gate Valve?
A gate valve is a device used to stop and start the flow of liquid and isolate sections of a water supply as required. Sometimes referred to as a sluice valve, there are many different types of gate ...
What is Check Valve Slam and Water Hammer?
Check valves are simple self-acting devices that prevent backflow (reverse flow) in a pipeline. There are several main check valve designs, including:Swing Check Valves: These valve bodies have a ...