The stainless steel three-way ball valve is a pipeline control device that uses a ball as the closing element. It primarily achieves media cutoff, distribution, and flow direction regulation through a 90° rotation of the ball. This product is made of 304/316 stainless steel and is suitable for industries such as chemical, petroleum, food, and pharmaceutical. It can handle highly corrosive media and steam pipelines, with a working pressure range of 1.0-6.4 MPa and a temperature adaptability range of -20℃ to 300℃.
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3 Way Stainless Steel Ball Valve Technical parameters
Nominal Diameter: DN15~DN300
Structure Type: Spherical
Nominal Pressure: 1.6Mpa~6.4Mpa
Connection Method: Flange, Internal Thread
Applicable Temperature: ≤350°C
Actuation Method: Manual, Pneumatic, Electric
Valve Body Material: Stainless Steel 304, 316, 2205, 2507, 310S
Manufacturing Standard: GB (Chinese National Standard), DIN (German Standard), API (American Standard), ANSI (American Standard)
Applicable Media: Water, Oil, Gas, Liquid
3 Way Stainless Steel Ball Valve Features and Advantages
- Low Fluid Resistance: The ball's channel design is optimized, with a fluid resistance coefficient equal to that of a pipe section of the same length, ensuring smooth media flow.
- Simple Structure: The valve body has a compact structure, small size, and light weight, facilitating installation and maintenance.
- Reliable Sealing: A soft seal structure between the ball and the valve seat provides excellent sealing performance, ensuring no leakage when closed. Furthermore, the wedge-shaped seal structure and the self-cleaning structure of the sealing surface further enhance sealing performance.
- Easy Operation: The ball only needs to rotate 90 degrees to achieve full opening or full closing, making operation simple and quick, and facilitating remote control.
- Easy Maintenance: The sealing rings are generally movable, making disassembly and replacement convenient and reducing maintenance costs.
- Wide Application Range: Applicable to pipe diameters ranging from millimeters to meters, and from high vacuum to high pressure. Suitable for various media and operating conditions, including long-distance pipelines, urban water supply and drainage, sewage treatment, chemical, petroleum, natural gas, food, and pharmaceutical industries.
3 Way Stainless Steel Ball Valve Applications
Stainless steel three-way ball valves, with their excellent corrosion resistance, sealing performance, high temperature resistance, and high pressure resistance, are widely used in many fields:
- Petrochemical Industry: Fluid media are often highly corrosive chemicals, requiring valve materials with excellent corrosion resistance. Stainless steel three-way ball valves, made from high-quality stainless steel, meet this requirement.
- Food and Beverage Industry: High requirements for fluid control necessitate valves with excellent hygiene and sealing performance. Stainless steel three-way ball valves are made of food-grade hygiene standards, effectively preventing fluid contamination.
- Pharmaceutical Industry: Similarly, the pharmaceutical industry requires valves with excellent sealing and corrosion resistance. Stainless steel three-way ball valves meet the high requirements of the pharmaceutical industry, ensuring the quality and purity of medicines.
- Power Industry: Primarily used to control the flow direction and flow rate of media such as steam and water, ensuring the normal operation of power generation equipment. These valves can withstand high temperatures and pressures.
- Environmental Engineering: Valves are mainly used to control the flow direction and treatment process of pollutants such as wastewater and exhaust gas. Stainless steel three-way ball valves effectively prevent pollutant leakage and diffusion.
- Building and Hydraulic Engineering: Primarily used to control the direction and flow of water, ensuring the normal operation of water supply and drainage systems. This valve can adapt to various complex hydraulic environments.
- Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering: Widely used in seawater desalination, ship ballast water treatment, and other systems. Stainless steel materials offer excellent resistance to corrosion in marine environments.
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