Forget Steel Ball Valve

What is A Forged Steel Ball Valve

Forged steel ball valve is a common valve type, widely used in industrial piping systems. Its working principle is to make the valve unblocked or blocked by rotating the valve stem. It is usually a full-bore ball valve and a 90-degree angle switch. It has the characteristics of lightness, small size, reliable sealing, simple structure, and easy maintenance.

Working Principle of Forged Steel Ball Valve

Forged steel ball valves rely on rotating valve stems to open and close the valve. Its design is usually a full-bore ball valve that can complete the switch operation within 90 degrees and is suitable for various working conditions.

Material of Forged Steel Ball Valve

The main material of forged steel ball valves depends on factors such as working environment, medium properties and working conditions. Commonly used materials include:

Carbon Steel: such as A105(N), with good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance.

Stainless Steel: such as F304, F304L, F316, F316L, suitable for corrosive media.

Alloy Steel: such as A182 F11 and A182 F22, suitable for high temperature and high pressure environments.

‌High temperature alloy steel‌: such as A182 F91, A182 F92, suitable for high temperature conditions.

‌Tantalum alloy‌: such as Ta10, Ta2.5, suitable for special corrosive media.

‌Nickel-based alloy‌: such as Inconel 625, Hastelloy C276, suitable for high temperature and corrosive media‌.

Other Forged Steel Material: LF2, LF3, F51, F53, F5, etc

Forged Steel Ball Valve Range

Sizes: NPS 2 to NPS 48

Pressure Range: Class 150 to Class 2500

Flange Connection: SW, BW, RF, FF, RTJ

Forged Steel Ball Valve Standard

Design Features of Forged Steel Ball Valve

1. Full or Reduced Bore

2. RF, RTJ, BW or PE

3. Side entry, top entry, or welded body design

4. Anti-Static Device

5.Anti-Blow out Stem

6. Cryogenic or High Temperature Extended Stem

Advantages of  Forged Steel Ball Valve

Forged Steel ball valve is a ball valve produce by forged steel material, the ball valve opening and closing parts (ball) are driven by the valve stem and rotate around the axis of the valve stem. The ball valve is mainly used to cut off, distribute and change the flow direction of the medium in the pipeline.

1. The fluid resistance is small, and its resistance coefficient is equal to that of a pipe section of the same length.

2. Simple structure, small size and light weight.

3. It is tight and reliable. The sealing surface of the ball valve is made of plastic widely, which has good sealing performance and has been widely used in vacuum systems.

4. Convenient operation, fast opening and closing, only need to rotate 90° from fully open to fully closed, which is convenient for remote control.

5. Convenient maintenance, simple structure of the ball valve, generally movable sealing ring, easy to disassemble and replace.

6. When fully open or fully closed, the sealing surface of the ball and the valve seat is isolated from the medium, and the medium will not cause erosion of the valve sealing surface when the medium passes.

7. It has a wide range of applications, with a diameter ranging from a few millimeters to a few meters, and can be applied from high vacuum to high pressure.

If you need more details about Forged Steel Ball Valves please contact NSW(newsway valve) sales department

Newsway Valves Materials

NSW valve body and trim material can be offered in Forged type and Casting type. Next to stainless and carbon steel material, we also manufacture valves in special materials such as titanium, nickel alloys, HASTELLOY®*, INCOLOY®, MONEL®, Alloy 20, super-duplex, corrosion resistant alloys and urea grade materials.

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