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Case Study

Autoclave Discharge Block Valve

Mining and Minerals
Location: Russia
Industry: Mining and Minerals
Application: Autoclave Discharge Block Valve, Pilot Plant Trial
Product: 1 Qty, 1/2” ANSI Class 300 AbrasoBlock® valve

Challenge: To achieve 500 cycles and 50 hours operation without failure

of the valve, during an accelerated product trial

Solution: The valve test will take place during the test / elaboration of the
autoclave POX- technology of the gold bearing sulphide concentrate into
the pilot autoclave line.  The purpose of the pilot plant is to test different
coating technologies to find a solution for the inherent problems in other
valve designs and coating technology during this difficult process.

The AbrasoBlock® integral seat design valve was installed in the pilot
plant and trial commenced.

Result: The trial was completed with excellent

M M M M M
results. The valve successfully achieved 75.5
hours and 970 strokes of operation. This by far
outperforms all other manufacturers’ autoclave
block valves trials. The end-user will proceed
into commercial supply agreement for valves to
be installed in their industrial autoclaves. SURGE
AUTOCLAVE
TANK

VALVTECHNOLOGIES
VALVE

STAND-BY
VALVE

DISCHARGE VESSEL

OXIDIZED PULP

CORNER RADII .03 MAX WEIGHT

FRACTIONAL TOL.= ± 1/16" 0.00 L
.X = ± .030
SCALE
.XX = ± .015
.XXX = ± .005 1:1
CONCENTRICITY .010 T.I.R.
ANGULAR = ± 1/2º DIMENS
SURFACE TEXTURE 125 RMS REMOVE BU
THIRD ANGLE PROJECTION MIN. INTERNAL FILLETS .015 UNLESS O

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