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A butterfly valve, abbreviated as BTFLV, is a quarter turn valve (90° or less) with a circular disk as its closing element. The standard design has the valve stem running through the disk, giving a symmetrical appearance. Other designs offset the stem. Advantages include less wear and tear on the disk and seats, and tighter shut-off capabilities. When space is limited, sometimes larger valves may use a hand wheel with a gear arrangement. Butterfly valves are rather easy to maintain. These valves are used for gases, liquids, slurries, powders, and vacuum.
There are Two Butterfly Valve Categories
Category A - Manufacturer's rated cold working pressure (CWP) butterfly valves, usually with a concentric disc and seat configuration. Sizes covered are NPS 2 to NPS 48 for valves having ASME Class 125 or Class 150 flange bolting patterns.
Category B - Pressure-temperature rated butterfly valves that have an offset seat and either an eccentric or a concentric disc configuration. These valves may have a seat rating less than the body rating. Sizes covered are NPS 3 to NPS 24 for Classes 150, 300, and 600.
Butterfly Valve Design Classification
Double Offset Butterfly Valve - This valve features the stem center deviated from the center of the disc and valve. With this structure, the valve disc can leave the valve seat quickly, greatly reducing unnecessary over compression and scraping between them. This structure also helps decrease the wearing process and prolongs the operational life of the valve.
Fire Tight Valve - When using valves in a service that may provide fuel to a fire, it is important to ensure that they are fire tight. Typically the seat in a soft seated fire tight valve contains a metal strip that will provide additional sealing should the seat be burnt or melted away. Fire tight valves can be found on fuel gas applications, VRU systems and in other flammable systems.
Flange Style Butterfly Valve - A butterfly valve with a flange on each end. These have a larger face to face dimension than the wafer and lug style butterfly valves and should not be used when there is limited space. These valves connect directly to the flanges by means of machine bolt to each side of the valve. If the valve torque is high or valve operations become too frequen, a manual flanged butterfly valves can be automated if need be.
High Performance Butterfly Valve - A valve in which the stem is not collinear to the disc centerline but rather offset from the center. The use of offset design helps to enhance uniform tight shut-off against the valve seat and also reduce wear due to friction. This valve can be used for shut-off and throttling fluid flow applications. This valve is made to handle different fluids from general fluid flow applications to viscous and corrosive fluids. The corrosive fluids can be gases or steam. High-performance butterfly valves are mostly of large sizes like 60 inch diameter.
Lug Style Butterfly Valve - Lug butterfly valves connect directly to the flanges by means of a lug or machine bolt. Since these are attached directly to the flanges, each length of pipe on either side of hte valve can be removed and replaced independant of the other. Unlike a wafer type butterfly valve, a lug style valve can serve as an end of the line valve. Lug style butterfly valves have the same face to face dimensions as a wafer style butterfly valve. The valves can be used for end of line service but a blind flange is always recommended. The valves are manufactured to be compatible with either pneumatic or electric actuation.
Triple Offset Butterfly Valve - The design eliminates the rubbing between the seat and seal ring through the flow path, reducing seat and seal wear and extending cycle life. They are used in applications similar to gate valves, where a metal seat is required, and tight shutoff and/or quarter-turn actuation is desired. Triple offset butterfly valves can open and close more quickly and can be frequently operated, even if there is an emergency shutoff. This valve has low torque and is recommended for both high and low temperature applications.
Wafer Style Butterfly Valve - Most wafer style butterfly valves are engineered with four holes that align with the connected pipeline. The valve is sandwiched between two flanges. The rubber valve seat creates a strong seal between the valve and flange connection. Unlike lug style butterfly valves, wafer style butterfly valves cannot be used as pipe ends or end of line service. The entire line must be shut down if either side of the valve requires maintenance. Wafer style butterfly valves are manufactured to be compatible with either pneumatic or electric actuation. Disc and seat material should be determined based on application and flow media.
Zero Offset Butterfly Valve - Concentric or rubber seated are other names for the zero-offset design. Zero offset means there is no offset by the stem of the valve. The valve seals via interference along the disc edge at the stem between the disc and the rubber seat.
Resultant is a single vector that represents the combined effect of two or more individual vectors acting on a body or at a point. It shows the overall magnitude and direction of all the forces, velocities, or other vector quantities applied. In other words, the resultant is the vector sum of all the component vectors and can replace them without changing the physical effect on the system. For example, if several forces act on an object, the resultant force determines the object’s motion according to Newton’s laws. The process of finding the resultant involves combining the vectors using graphical or mathematical methods such as the parallelogram law, triangle law, or vector addition formulas. Modulus is a measuring quantity or parameter that expresses the magnitude or strength of a property rather than a direction. In science and engineering, it is used to indicate how strongly something responds to an influence, such as how resistant a material is to deformation or how large a mathematical quantity is in absolute terms. Depending on the context, modulus can refer to the stiffness of a material (as in elastic modulus), the absolute value of a number (as in mathematical modulus), or a constant that scales a physical response, but in all cases it conveys the idea of a standardized measure of intensity or magnitude. Four fundamental forces of nature are gravitation, electromagnetism, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force. These interactions are regarded in modern physics as the basic mechanisms through which all known physical processes occur. Every observed interaction in matter and energy can be traced to one or more of these forces. Gravity (Gravitational Force) - Gravity is the interaction between objects that possess mass or energy. It governs the motion of planets, stars, galaxies, and other large-scale structures in the universe. According to the general theory of relativity, gravity results from the curvature of spacetime caused by mass and energy. Gravity has an effectively infinite range and is the weakest of the four fundamental forces at the scale of elementary particles. ASME Standards Length (L) of a square bolt is measured from underside of head to the end of the bolt. Bolt Size Body Diameter D Width Across Flat A Width Across Corner B Thickness C Max Min Basic Max Min Max Min Basic Max Min 1/4 0.260 0.237 7/16 0.375 0.362 0.530 0.498 7/32 0.188 0.156 5/16 0.324 0.298 1/2 0.500 0.484 0.707 0.665 17/64 0.220 0.186 3/8 0.388 0.360 5/8 0.562 0.544 0.795 0.747 21/64 0.268 0.232 7/16 0.452 0.421 3/4 0.625 0.603 0.884 0.828 9/32 0.316 0.278 1/2 0.515 0.482 13/16 0.750 0.725 1.061 0.995 7/16 0.348 0.308 5/8 0.642 0.605 1 0.938 0.906 1.326 1.244 35/64 0.444 0.400 3/4 0.768 0.729 1 1/8 1.125 1.088 1.591 1.494 21/32 0.524 0.476 7/8 0.895 0.852 1 5/16 1.312 1.269 1.856 1.742 49/64 0.620 0.568 1 1.022 0.976 1 1/2 1.500 1.450 2.121 1.991 7/8 0.684 0.628 1 1/8 1.149 1.098 1 11/16 1.688 1.631 2.386 2.239 1 0.780 0.720 1 1/4 1.277 1.223 1 7/8 1.875 1.812 2.652 2.489 1 3/32 0.876 0.812 1 3/8 1.404 1.345 2 1/16 2.062 1.994 2.917 2.738 1 13/64 0.940 0.872 1 1/2 1.531 1.470 2 1/4 2.250 2.175 3.182 2.986 1 5/16 1.036 0.964 Size A B C
Resultant
Modulus
Four Fundamental Forces of Nature
Electromagnetic Force - Electromagnetism acts between electrically charged particles and is responsible for electricity, magnetism, light, radio waves, X-rays, and chemical bonding. It is mediated by photons and can both attract and repel because electric charge exists in positive and negative forms.
Strong Nuclear Force (Strong Interaction) - The strong interaction binds quarks together to form protons and neutrons and also binds protons and neutrons within atomic nuclei. It is mediated by particles called gluons and is described by the theory of quantum chromodynamics. The strong force is the strongest known fundamental interaction at subatomic distances, but its effective range is extremely short, mainly limited to the dimensions of atomic nuclei. Without the strong interaction, stable atomic nuclei could not exist.
Weak Nuclear Force (Weak Interaction) - The weak interaction is responsible for certain forms of radioactive decay, including beta decay, and plays a critical role in nuclear reactions inside stars. It is carried out by the W and Z bosons. Unlike the electromagnetic and strong interactions, the weak interaction can change one type of elementary particle into another. The weak force has a very short range because its mediating particles are massive.
Bolt - Square, ANSI (in)
Square Nut (in)
Standard
Square Nut (in) Datasheet
Bolt
Width Across Flat
Width Across Corner
Thickness
Basic Max Min Max Min Basic Max Min
1/4
7/16
0.438
0.428
0.619
0.554
7/32
0.235
0.203
5/16
1/2
0.500
0.489
0.795
0.721
17/64
0.283
0.249
3/8
5/8
0.625
0.606
0.884
0.802
21/64
0.346
0.310
1/2
13/16
0.812
0.788
1.149
1.052
7/16
0.458
0.418
5/8
1
1.000
0.969
1.414
1.300
35/64
0.569
0.525
3/4
1 1/8
1.125
1.088
1.591
1.464
21/32
0.680
0.632
7/8
1 5/16
1.312
1.269
1.856
1.712
49/64
0.792
0.740
1
1 1/2
1.500
1.450
2.121
1.961
7/8
0.903
0.847
1 1/8
1 11/16
1.688
1.631
2.386
2.209
1
1.030
0.970
1 1/4
1 7/8
1.875
1.812
2.652
2.458
1 3/32
1.126
1.062
1 3/8
2 1/16
2.062
1.994
2.917
2.708
1 13/64
1.237
1.169
1 1/2
2 1/4
2.250
2.175
3.182
2.956
1 5/16
1.348
1.276
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