JITENDRA SURVE PIPING GUIDE 03/04/03

BUTTERFLY VALVE.
ADVANTAGES
• Offers advantages of rotary stem movement (90 degrees or less),
compactness and absence of pocketing.
• Available in all sizes, and can be produced in chemical resistant and
hygienic forms.
• For gases, liquids, slurries, powders and vacuum.
• The usually resilient plastic seat has a temperature limitation, but tight
closure at high temperature is available with a version having a metal
ring seal around the disc.
• If the valve is flanged, it may be held between flanges of any type.
• Slip-on and Screwed flanges do not form a proper seal with some
wafer forms of the valve, in which the resilient seat is extended to
serve also as line gaskets.

• These are positive shutoff quarter turn valves.

• Major parts are:
1. Body.
2. Disc.
3. Shaft.
4. Body seat.
5. Disc seat or seal.
6. Shaft seal.
7. Shaft bearing and
8. Handle.

TYPES OF DESIGNS
1. Double flanged type.
2. Wafer lug type.
3. Wafer type

Double flanged body design

• The disc is contained within the body and is fitted to the pipe line like
any other conventional valve.

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• Used rarely as the advantage of sandwich design is not available with

the same.

Wafer lug and wafer type

• The valves are designed to permit installation between ANSI/BS/DIN
flanges.
• There are different designs available in these types.

LINED WAFER LUG AND WAFER TYPE BF VALVE

• In certain designs, the body is lined with a resilient material such as
Nitrile rubber, Ethylene Propylene Diene monomer (EPDM), PTFE.
• The metallic disc with or without coating ensures proper sealing
against these liners.
• By selecting proper disc material, this type of valve can be used for
corrosive services.
• The body could be of any material.
• There are no gasket needed for the installation of these valves.
• In certain other designs, the body will be provided with soft seat
instead of a liner.
• This seat flexes against the sealing edge of the disc when the valve is
closed.
• The seat is made of PTFE with certain reinforcements.
• This seating is designed to replace the PTFE seats when worn out.

ANOTHER DESIGN
• Another design is the offset shaft and eccentric disc design which
imparts coming action to the disc.
• I this, the stem center line, the disc center line and the pipe center
lines are offset.

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• This feature causes the disc to swing completely out of contact with
the seat upon opening, eliminating wear points at top and bottom of
seat.
• On closing, the disc moves tightly into the flexible lip for reliable
seating around the entire seat.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAFER LUG AND WAFER TYPE DESIGN

• Wafer lug : provision for all the studs to pass through the body. Also
called single flange design.
• Wafer : Provision for only locating bolts.

SHAFT

• There can be a single shaft or a main shaft and a stub shaft at the
bottom of the disc.
• Single shaft is better design as it minimizes the deflection.
• The shaft sealing can be done with ‘O’ ring or stuffing box and packing.

OPERATOR

• Valves upto 12” NB are operated with lever.

• The lever can have positions to control the flow.
• Higher diameter valves are provided with gear unit and hand wheel.
• When used as control valves, these can be provided with actuators
also.

USE

• The use of these type of valve for high temperatures is limited by the
material used for seats.
• Only resilient seats can provide shut off.
• Metallic seating can also be provided for use at higher temperatures
but will not provide positive shut off.
• Can be used for vacuum service.
• When used for cryogenic service, the valve shall be provided with
extended shaft to clear the insulation.

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