Friday, August 29, 2008

Ball valve soft seat materials and temperature limitation


This compilation done by Yayati-TICB. Source: Shell SPE.

Take note this is not an exahaustive list and various brands of PTFE does exist having different limits. So take the advice of the valve manufacturer before detailing your seat spec.
SEAT MATERIALS
Temperature range (deg.C)
Filled PTFE
-100
220
PEEK
-100
260
Modified PTFE
-200
200
EPDM
-20
110
VITON (fluoroelastomer)
-30
200
NEOPRENE
-20
85
NITRILE (NBR) (BUNA-N)  
-10
100
STYRENE (SBR) (BUNA-S)
-40
70
NYLON POLYAMIDE
-40
90
ZYFLON
0
100
POLY OXY METHYLENE (POM)
-50
110
DEVLON -V (API GRADE)
-100
150
PER FLUOR ALKOXY (PFA)
-100
200
ETFE
-198
149
PCTFE
-250
150
VESPEL
-150
150





swapnil gorantiwar <gorantiwar_swapnil@yahoo.com>
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i want to know the temperature range of non-metallic seat material for ball valves.

for which temperature range which non-metallic seat material is to be used in ball valves?
 
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Swapnil Gorantiwar

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