HOW DO FLOATING BALL VALVES WORK?
Floating ball valve uses a ball as the formation to prevent the flow of liquid and to shut the cross-section of the pipe. The main characteristic of a floating ball valve is, the ball has no definite structure to support it and it remains dangled in the fluid while the valve seats are static. There are different standards available in floating ball valves some are, Design standard API 608, Test standard API 598, Fire Standard API 607, etc. CATEGORIZATION: Floating ball valve is categorized by, One-piece floating ball valve: One-piece floating ball valve and flange gate valve are the same type of valve but the difference exists in the closing part only. A sphere is used in one piece ball valve facilitating its rotation around the centerline of the body. The ball valve is mainly used to shut off, dispense and change the direction of the medium in the pipeline. Two-piece floating ball valve: Two-piece floating ball valve has two parts one is on the left and another is on the right, thes