What Is A Butterfly Valve?

Butterfly valve is a simple structure, good sealing, long service life of the valve. Marine butterfly valve is widely used in the water supply system, sewage system and other fields. It is usually installed in the pipeline system of the ship to control the flow rate, pressure and direction of the fluid.

Marine butterfly valve structure is mainly composed of valve body, valve plate and valve stem, wherein the valve plate can be rotated around the axis to open or close the valve. By rotating the stem, the opening degree of the valve plate can be adjusted to control the flow rate and pressure of the fluid.

There are many types of butterfly valves.

Classified according to sealing form: forced seal butterfly valve, elastic seal butterfly valve, pressure seal butterfly valve, automatic seal butterfly valve, etc.;

According to the working pressure classification: vacuum butterfly valve, low pressure butterfly valve, medium pressure butterfly valve, high pressure butterfly valve, super high pressure butterfly valve, etc.

According to the working temperature classification: high temperature butterfly valve, medium temperature butterfly valve, normal temperature butterfly valve, low temperature butterfly valve, etc.

Classified by driving mode: manual butterfly valve, pneumatic butterfly valve, electric butterfly valve, etc.

Classified by material: cast iron butterfly valve, cast steel butterfly valve, stainless steel butterfly valve, aluminum alloy butterfly valve, etc.

Classified according to the connection form: clamp butterfly valve, flange butterfly valve, clamp butterfly valve, welding butterfly valve, etc.

Classified by structure: direct butterfly valve, shutter butterfly valve, Angle butterfly valve, ball butterfly valve, check butterfly valve, etc.

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