Everything You Should Know About Industrial Control Valves

There are multiple types of Industrial Flow Control Valves. Control Valves control the flow through valves. These valves are responsible for the proper and timely flow of fluid and medium through the valves. Such valves are mainly used in industries of Chemical and refinery processing. According to the latest finance report of one of the top class manufacturing industry, it is found that these Industrial Flow Control Valves, accounts for around 15% of total expenditure among other equipment and materials used in industries. Industrial Flow Control valves are used for controlling the flow of varied liquids, gas, steam, and other such substances.

There are various categories of Industrial Flow Control Valves viz., On-Off services, which includes valves like Gate, Ball, Butterfly, Plug, and Diaphragm Valves. Other is Throttling Services which also provides Butterfly valves. Additionally, there are Globe and Pinch Valve. And the last one is Non-reverse Flow

Let’s have a brief description of these valves one by one -
  1. Gate Valve

This Valve consists of a gate lies perpendicular to the direction of the flow of the medium through it. These valves are usually used for On-off services as mentioned above. They are not prominent for slurries and viscous fluids.
  1. Global Valve

In this type of valve, the plug is attached on or off the seat. This seat opening is right in proportion with the plug flow. It has a high seating capacity and has a large pressure drop. The controllability of the flow is very high. Such valves are useful in throttling purposes. For high-temperature usage, it is considered good.
  1. Plug Valve

This valve has three parts Body, Plug, and Cover. The shape of the plug is either tapered or cylindrical. The bore connects with the inlet and outlet ends. The flow control in this valve is straight. This type of plug valve is used for the refinery, chemical, and petrochemical industries. Plug Valves are used for On-off services.
  1. Ball Valves

Ball Valves are next level of Plug Valves. The ports of the valves are spherical in shape but the seats matched with the valves are circular in shape. This way the seating stress is overall uniform. Ball valves are best for controlling flow and pressure. These are very easy to maintain, small in size, and less in weight.


Each of the above-mentioned valves has their own advantages and disadvantages. So, you should have to check your requirement and need before buying the polyurethane tubing for you. Hopefully, this guide would help you to gain some basic and fundamental knowledge about industrial Flow control Valve.

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