A packingless gate valve
A packingless Gate Valves is disclosed which includes a housing having opposed similar housing halves with primary resilient sleeve units which compressibly engage each other in the valve open condition and engage opposite sides of the gate in the valve closed condition. A secondary resilient seal unit is positioned above the primary sleeve units within the housing and is secured between the housing halves. The secondary seal unit engages the gate during the opening and closing cycles and prevents any discharge seeping between the primary sleeves from leaking to the atmosphere around the gate or on the actuator end of the valve. An enlarged clean out area cast into the housing extends circumferentially around the primary sleeve units in one embodiment so as to provide containment for any discharge during an actuating cycle. The housing is further provided with flush ports in fluid communication with the clean out area to allow controlled draining or flushing of the contained slurry. The GATE VALVES construction of the present invention results in no leakage to the outside when the valve is fully open and no leakage to the outside or past the gate internally when the valve is fully closed. Cast Gate, Globe, Check Valves
MORE NEWS