Sunday, 30 June 2013

Wafer Check Valves

Wafer check valve is one category of check valve which has a more compact design, a shorter face-to-face dimension.

There are wafer swing check valves and wafer lift check valves.  Wafer swing check valves are more commonly used.

Advantages of wafer swing check valve as compared to regular swing valve:
1)  Wafer swing check valve has a shorter face-to-face dimension.
2)  Wafer swing check valve is lighter in weight than the regular swing check valve.
3)  Wafer swing check valve consume less space and less weight in a skid or oil and gas platform.

Wafer swing check valve could be dual-disc or single-disc.  Variation of the single-disc is the tilted single-disc.

Disadvantages of wafer swing check valve as compared to regular swing valve?
1)  Wafer swing check valves is generally more expensive than regular swing check valve on per kg basis.
2)  There are less valve factories manufacturing wafer swing check valves.

Wafer swing check valve could be dual-disc or single-disc.  Variation of the single-disc is the tilted single-disc.


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