Something You Should Know about Dual Plate Check Valves

The check valves refer to a kind of automatic valves which rely on the pressure of the flow medium in the pipe to push the disc, so as to close and open the valve. When the medium stops flowing, the check valve disc closes, preventing the medium in the pipe reversing, keeping the pump and drive motor from reversing, in case the medium leaks. Thus all play a key role in ensuring the safety of the pipeline. In the pump water supply system, the check valve can prevent the impact of high-pressure water backflow on the pump impeller. For example, when the pump suddenly stops running for some reason, the pressure inside the pump disappears, and the high-pressure water connected to the pump outlet will reverse into the pump. As the pump outlet is equipped with a check valve, it will close immediately to prevent high-pressure water from flowing back into the pump. The check valves can be applied under a variety of mediums such as water, steam, oil, nitric acid, acetic acid, oxidation medium, urea, etc.

According to the valve structures, check valves can be classified into three types: Lift Check Valves, Swing Check Valves, and Butterfly Type Check Valves. The main parts of a check valve is a spring, a body, a bonnet, a disc, a ball seat, a stem and so on.

Pay Attention to the Following Matters in the Installation of the Check Valves:
1.Do not let the check valves bear the weight in the pipeline. The large check valves should not bear outside weight so as not to be affected by the pressure inside the pipeline.
2.During installation, the direction of medium flow should be align with where the arrow of the valve body direct at.
3.The vertical lift check valves should be installed on the vertical pipe.
4.The horizontal lift check valves should be installed on the horizontal pipe.

Possible Problems, Causes and Solutions for You:
Firstly, when valve body and bonnet joint appears leakage, there are following situations:
(1) The nut is not tightened enough, please readjust it.
(2) The sealing surface is damaged or accumulates dirt, please trim the sealing or remove the dirt in time.
(3) If the gasket is damaged, please replace it with a new one.
Secondly, when sealing surface of the disc and seat appears leakage, there are following situations:
(1) There exists dirt between the sealing surfaces, please clean it.
(2) The sealing surface is damaged, please grind or process it again.

Baltic has a total of 18 different types of check valves in four major categories, namely, Swing Check Valves, Pressure Sealing Swing Check Valves, Dual Plate Check Valves, Tilting Disc Check valves. A dual plate check valve consists of a body, a disc, a stem, a spring and other parts. The valve is designed with slim light weight. It can be installed horizontally or vertically on medium pipelines such as water to prevent the backflow of medium in pipeline. The dual plate check valves are made of stainless steel and have wide application, high temperature resistance (up to 590℃）, sensitive disc, and excellent sealing. Baltic dual plate check valves have been obeying the national design standards of API 594, API6D, with valves’ connection end in models of wafer, LUG, RF.

Design Features of Dual Plate Check Valves:
1.They can be applied in various fields, including electric power, petroleum refining, petrochemical engineering, offshore oil, chemical engineering.
2.In spite of the light weight, the dual plate check valves have compact design, inside of shaft as new design, without any external leakage.
3.Low pressure drops can reduce energy cost, the dual plate check valves owning long service life.
4.Both the horizontal pipe and the vertical pipe can be used, and the installation is convenient and easy to operate.

Some Information on Ordering:
1.Please carefully understand this product before ordering, clearly indicate the specifications, model, materials, pressure and quantity (if you are unfamiliar with the valves, there are introduction to valves in Baltic news or consult us).
2.When the applied occasion or environment is quite important or complicated, please provide the design papers and detailed parameters as much as possible. In this case, our valve experts will check and provide professional suggestions for you.
3. When ordering the product, please provide the detailed ordering unit , the receiving unit, the name of the payment unit, and the mailing address (including the province, city, city, district, county, street, and number).

The quality of check valves is directly related to the energy consumption of device. Baltic qualified dual plate check valves have been proved to deal with the fluid safety hazards both in work and life. We can promise you a better dual plate check valve. (Editor: Megan Jeawin)