Industry News
Posted 2018-12-11

Common malfunctions and their causes of general & automatic valves

Common malfunction and its causes of general valves 1. Causes & Maintenance Methods of Stuffing Box Leakage Causes of Stuffing Box Leakage Maintenance Methods Incorrect Packing (Such as spinning the tube) Pack correctly. Deformation, Corrosion or Rust of the Valve Stem Repair or change it for a new one. Aging of the Stuffing Change the stuffing. Inappropriate Operation or Pushing too...

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Posted 2018-11-08

Baltic delivered API 608 & API 6D ball valves to the UK customer

Metal seat ball valves with forged material: We just delivered a huge quantity of ball valves to one of our UK customers. The end user is in the Middle East, named "Basrah Oil Company" in Iraq. The Basrah Oil Company requested very high quality and arranged a third company, named "Velousi" to come and inspect prior to shipment. Finally, they are satisfied with our machining &...

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Posted 2018-11-01

An analysis of valve market in China (Part two)

Existed problems in Chinese valve industry: • An ever-changing market • Relatively low price per product • Increasing cost of labor and raw materials • Lack of people with competent ability • Financial difficulty for middle and small-sized enterprises • A higher threshold of export Shortcomings of Chinese manufacturers and enterprises that need...

Industry News
Posted 2018-10-26

An analysis of valve market in China (Part one)

As a fundamental product for environmental protection, valves are of a wide variety of kinds, and rapidly evolving with the development of equipment manufacturing industry. Under the premise of technical enhancement, valves made in China have gained popularity in the market and their industrialization trend, as well as high-end developing direction, have become more and more obvious. Many kinds of...

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Posted 2018-10-18

Major Types and Installation of Steam Traps or Drain Valves

The basic function of steam traps is to release condensate water, gas, carbon dioxide as quickly as possible, and minimize the leakage of steam simultaneously. There various types of drain valves, each with different functionality. Steam traps can be divided into three types as follows according to different operating principles. Mechanical type: Function when the water level of the condensate...

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Posted 2018-09-28

Application of triple offset two-way hard sealing butterfly valves

At present, butterfly valves are widely used in many fields, such as petroleum, chemical industry, metallurgy and water and electricity as a component used to realize the on-off and flow control of pipeline systems. In the known butterfly valve technology, the sealing form is mostly sealed, and seal material is rubber, PTFE, etc. Due to structural limitations, it is not suitable for industries such...

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Posted 2018-08-21

14 taboos of installing a valve (Part Four)

Taboo 12 The specifications and models of the installed valves do not meet the design requirements. For example, the nominal pressure of the valve is less than the system test pressure. The water supply branch pipe adopts a gate valve when the pipe diameter is less than or equal to 50 mm. The dry pipe and the stand pipe of the hot water heating adopt a globe valve, while the suction pipe of fire pump...

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Posted 2018-08-13

14 taboos of installing a valve (Part Three)

Taboo 10 The flange plates and gaskets that joint pipelines are not strong enough, and the connecting bolts are short or have a small diameter. The rubber gasket is used for the heat pipe; the asbestos gasket is used for the cold water pipe; the double-layer gasket or the bevel gasket is used; and the flange gasket protrudes into the pipe. Consequences: The flange connection is not tight or even damaged,...

Company News
Posted 2018-08-03

Baltic delivered a big quantity of API 6D ball valves to one of our customers in the UK.

We just delivered many metal seated ball valves to one of our major customers in the UK. All valves are painted, and their min thickness is 150 microns. Description: API 6D BALL VALVE, Metal Seat Side entry, split body, Solid Ball, Full Bore, floating ball Fire Safe Design, Anti-Static Device Blow Out Proof Stem Material: Body: A105N Ball: F316+Tungsten Carbon Coated Stem: ASTM A479 Gr. XM-19 Seat:...

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Posted 2018-07-25

Baltic delivers API 6A ball valves & choke valves to the U.K customer

We have got a purchase order from one of our U.K. customers; the project is in Iraq. The detailed products are as the following. Description: API 594 DUAL- PLATE CHECK VALVE Wafer, through drilled LUG, horizontal or vertical installation, with FLOW direction Material: Body: ASTM A216 WCB Disc: ASTM A351 CF8M Shaft: ASTM A182 F316 Trim: 12# Seat: Stellite Spring: INCONEL X750 Connection: RTJ acc. to...

Industry News
Posted 2018-05-15

Baltic delivered a big quantity of EN1984/DIN 3352 gate valves

Dated April 25th, we delivered a big quantity of EN1984/DIN 3352 gate valves to one of our customers in Austria. The customer buys a large quantity of valves from us every year. Generally: GATE VALVE, design as per EN1984/DIN 3352 outside screw and yoke with hand wheel/gearbox body/bonnet GS-C25 trim 13%Cr flanged according EN 1092-1 type B1 for PN40 and B2 for PN63 and PN100...

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Posted 2018-05-04

Baltic Delivers Check Valves to a UK Customer

The valve made by Super duplex stainless steel ASTM A890 6A We just delivered some special material check valves to a UK customer. The raw castings made by Zhengjiang Shidai casting foundry has top quality. Generally: Dual-plate check valve, wafer type ***design as per API 594 ***for mounting between two flanges, as per ASME B16.5 ***body: ASTM A890 6A ***disc: ASTM A890 6A ***trim:...

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Posted 2018-04-16

14 Taboos of Installing a Valve (Part Two)

Taboo 6 There are no holes or embedded parts in the building structure under construction. The size of the holes is too small and the embedded parts are not marked. Consequences: During the construction of Heating Engineering, Building Water Supply and Drainage and Sanitary Engineering, the construction structure is changed and even the principle reinforced steel bar is cut off, affecting safety of...

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Posted 2018-03-05

14 Taboos of Installing a Valve (Part One)

It's not easy to install a valve, and do you know that there are 14 taboos for installing a valve? If you break the taboo, there will be some consequences. How are you going to solve the problem caused by breaking a taboo? Taboo 1 The hydrostatic test is taken under subzero temperature during winter construction. The consequence: The pipe will be damaged due to the frozen liquid in the pipe when...

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Posted 2018-02-06

Baltic Valve Delivering Big Size Gate Valves

We just delivered big size gate valve to one of our American customers, and the detailed specification is as follows. Medium is HS vapour (that means hot steam but can also be hydrogen sulfur) Design pressure 47 bar Design temperature 470°C Generally: GATE VALVE, bare stem + ISO top flange 5210 for mounting AUMA in Austria ***design API 600 ***bolted bonnet, O.S&Y. rising stem ***flexible...

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Posted 2018-01-19

ASTM B148 C95500 Gate Valves for one of the Mexico Customers

We just delivered ASTM B148 C95500 gate valves for sea water to one of the Mexico customers, details as follows. General description: GATE VALVE with handwheel ***design API 602 ***test as per API 598 ***solid wedge, reduce bore ***O.S.&Y, bolted bonnet, rising stem ***connection ends: F-NPT ends as per ASME B1.20.1 ***face to face as per manufacture standard ***body/trim:...

Industry News
Posted 2017-10-13

The Advantages of the Full Welded Ball Valves

It is known that the valves used for the petroleum and natural gas transportation pipelines are usually the full welded ball valves, and it can be said that the full welded ball valves are the critical parts of the long-distance pipelines. With the development and progress of all aspects of our country, the demand for oil and natural gas is also increasing, which makes the requirements of the full...

Industry News
Posted 2017-09-20

Valves Used for Water Supply Pipes

The valves used for the water supply pipes should be selected according to the following principles. 1. The globe valve should be selected when the diameter of the water supply pipe is smaller than 50mm; the gate valve or the butterfly valve is supposed to be used when the diameter is larger than 50mm. 2. The control valve or the globe valve should be chosen when the valve is going to be used to regulate...

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Posted 2017-09-01

Baltic Delivered Diaphragm Valves

We just delivered a great number of diaphragm valves to our European customers. They have very high requirements on the diaphragm valves. Diaphragm valves: Design: FEP lined, weir patter, bolted bonnet with grease fitting, handwheel, visual position indicator. Flanged Ends: acc. ANSI B16.5-Class150 RF. Face to Face: acc. BS 5156. Body: ASTM A216 WCB. Bonnet: ASTM...

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Posted 2017-08-29

Methods to Improve Sealing Performance of Valves

Most of valves on the market have the shortcoming of poor sealing performance, and many purchaser have no way to solve the problem. After the long-term and careful study, Baltic has found the following five methods to help you solve the poor sealing performance of valves, and here we are glad to share the methods with you. 1. The method of grinding The fine grinding not only...

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