Metal Seated Ball Valve Leakage Class

Count on class iv or pick a different design.

Metal seated ball valve leakage class.

Class iv is also known as metal to metal. Ansi class iv shutoff is the industry standard. Ansi class v the ansi class v shutoff is defined as 0 0005 cm2 min per inch of orifice diameter per pound per square inch psi. Control valve seat leakage establishes a series of six seat leakage classes for control valves and defines the test procedures.

B leakage rates b possibly will apply for metal seated valves on more critical services. A leakage rate a is intended to apply for soft seat e g elastomeric or polymeric valve closure elements. Cass i is also known as dust tight and can refer to metal or resilient seated valves. Metal seated ball valves are rarely bidirectional sealing but they do tend to have floating rather than trunnion mounted balls.

Identical to class ii iii and iv in construction and design intent but no actual shop test is made. Class i is also known as dust tight and can refer to metal or resilient seated valves. It is the kind of leakage rate you can expect from a valve with a metal shut off disc and metal seat. The ansi standard fci 70 2.

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Class vl is known as a soft seat classification. It is the kind of leakage rate you can expect from a valve with a metal shut off disc and metal seat. Is also know as dust tight and can refer to metal or resilient seated valves. In fact even for metal seat valves the api 598 leak acceptance criteria for metal seated valves excluding check valves allows less leakage than fci 70 2 isa s75 19 class vi en60534 4.

Class i is also know as dust tight and can refer to metal or resilient seated valves. Class iv is also known as metal to metal. Valve leakage classifications class i valve leakage classifications. C leakage rates d possibly will apply for metal seated check valves.

Ansi class iv the ansi class iv shutoff is 0 01 percent of rated valve capacity and is associated with single seated valves with metal to metal seating surfaces. You might get better than class iv shutoff from a metal seated ball valve for a few cycles but not over the long term in our experience. Class ii valve leakage classifications.