How to Distinguish the Direction of Ball Valves? 

How to Distinguish the Direction of Ball Valves?

How to distinguish the direction of ball valves? Does the ball valve have a positive or negative direction?

The ball valve is a common type of valve. Many friends like to take the ball valve to compare with the butterfly valve. Some butterfly valves are differentiated in the installation of the direction. There are arrows to help us identify the direction of installation above the body of some one-way butterfly valves. How to distinguish the direction of ball valves? Does the ball valve have a positive or negative direction? This article is covered by Topper Valve.

The ball valve is the opening and closing parts (ball) driven by the stem, and it rotates around the axis of the ball valve for the rotating motion of the valve. The ball valve can be used for fluid regulation and control. There is a strong shear force between the V-core of hard-sealed V-shaped ball valves and surfacing cemented carbide metal seat, which is especially suitable for fiber, small solid particles and other media. The multi-way ball valves on the pipeline can not only flexibly control the media confluence, shunt, and flow direction switch, but also can close any channel and make the other two channels connected. This type of valve should generally be installed horizontally in the pipeline.

There is no direction for the installation of ball valves. There is no arrow on the valve body to indicate the direction. When the ball valve is fully opened, the fluid medium can be a two-way flow. There are no positive or negative directions. The direction of the valve switch is determined based on the position of the manual valve handle. When the direction of the handle is parallel to the direction of the valve body, the valve is fully open. When the direction of the handle is perpendicular to the valve body, the valve is closed.

The ball valve has no direction distinction, this is just in theory. In the actual installation process, we also have to consider some factors.

It must be convenient for people to operate for the installation environment and the installation of ball valves, especially for manual ball valves. 

In addition, if the ball valve is installed with other valves, we need to consider the direction of the other valves. For example, it is a one-way valve with the combination of the installation of ball valves. Then, the ball valve can only have one direction.

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