Aspects of the disclosure relate to locking assembly apparatus and methods for fluid ends, and associated components thereof. In one implementation, a locking assembly for fluid ends includes a first actuator and a second actuator disposed at least partially below the first actuator. The second actuator includes one or more coupling surfaces disposed in coupling engagement with one or more coupling surfaces of the first actuator. The locking assembly also includes a plurality of wedges disposed about the second actuator and movable between an unlocked position and a locked position.

Apparatuses for controlling gas flow are important components for delivering process gases for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling gas flow frequently rely on flow restrictors which can provide a known flow impedance of the process gas. In one embodiment, a flow restrictor is disclosed, the flow restrictor constructed of a plurality of layers, one or more of the layers having a flow passage therein that extends from a first aperture at a first end of the flow restrictor to a second aperture at a second end of the flow restrictor.

Apparatuses for controlling gas flow are important components for delivering process gases for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling gas flow frequently rely on flow restrictors which can provide a known flow impedance of the process gas. In one embodiment, a flow restrictor is disclosed, the flow restrictor constructed of a plurality of layers, one or more of the layers having a flow passage therein that extends from a first aperture at a first end of the flow restrictor to a second aperture at a second end of the flow restrictor.

Valves configured to induce a pressure drop in a subject fluid may include an inlet, a seat, an outlet, and a valve trim located around the seat and interposed between the inlet and the outlet. The valve trim may include an annulus including a monolithic, unitary, porous material defining a tortuous, interconnected space extending radially through the annulus. Pores at an exterior of the monolithic, unitary, porous material being arranged in a close-packed hexagonal space lattice.

Valves configured to induce a pressure drop in a subject fluid may include an inlet, a seat, an outlet, and a valve trim located around the seat and interposed between the inlet and the outlet. The valve trim may include an annulus including a monolithic, unitary, porous material defining a tortuous, interconnected space extending radially through the annulus. Pores at an exterior of the monolithic, unitary, porous material being arranged in a close-packed hexagonal space lattice.

A negative pressure pipeline opening-and-closing device includes a blocking member and a buoyant member. The buoyant member comprises two floats and a connection rod connected to the two floats. The liquid reservoir is provided with a guide therein, and the guide confines the two floats, the blocking member and the liquid outlet port in the same vertical line. A limiting member is arranged between the two floats and is fixed to an inner wall of the liquid reservoir. A maximum distance between the limiting member and a top wall of a lower float of the two floats is smaller than a maximum distance between a top wall of an upper float of the two floats and a top wall of the liquid reservoir. The negative pressure pipeline opening-and-closing device can replace an existing electrically controlled valve. Therefore, the cost is reduced, the maintenance is convenient and service life is prolonged.

A negative pressure pipeline opening-and-closing device includes a blocking member and a buoyant member. The buoyant member comprises two floats and a connection rod connected to the two floats. The liquid reservoir is provided with a guide therein, and the guide confines the two floats, the blocking member and the liquid outlet port in the same vertical line. A limiting member is arranged between the two floats and is fixed to an inner wall of the liquid reservoir. A maximum distance between the limiting member and a top wall of a lower float of the two floats is smaller than a maximum distance between a top wall of an upper float of the two floats and a top wall of the liquid reservoir. The negative pressure pipeline opening-and-closing device can replace an existing electrically controlled valve. Therefore, the cost is reduced, the maintenance is convenient and service life is prolonged.

A valve device capable of reducing pressure loss is provided. The valve device is provided with a valve main body 4 having a valve chamber 43 in which a valve body 42 is arranged, inflow outlets 44B and 44C, and communication holes 45B and 45C communicating the valve chamber 43 and the inflow outlets 44B and 44C, and a rectification member 5 arranged in the communication hole 45B. The communication hole 45B has a bent portion 46a where the center line of the communication hole 45B is bent, and the rectification member 5 is arranged in the bent portion 46a and has a corner portion 52 formed by an inner circumferential surface bent or curved at an angle larger than the angle of the bent portion 46a.

A valve device capable of reducing pressure loss is provided. The valve device is provided with a valve main body 4 having a valve chamber 43 in which a valve body 42 is arranged, inflow outlets 44B and 44C, and communication holes 45B and 45C communicating the valve chamber 43 and the inflow outlets 44B and 44C, and a rectification member 5 arranged in the communication hole 45B. The communication hole 45B has a bent portion 46a where the center line of the communication hole 45B is bent, and the rectification member 5 is arranged in the bent portion 46a and has a corner portion 52 formed by an inner circumferential surface bent or curved at an angle larger than the angle of the bent portion 46a.

An electronic expansion valve and an assembly method therefor. The electronic expansion valve includes a screw rod component, a movable connection component, a valve pin component and an elastic element. One end of the elastic element abuts the movable connection component, and the other end thereof abuts the valve pin component. In the period from the valve pin component closing the valve port part to the screw rod component moving a pre-set displacement amount in the valve closing direction, the elastic element does not generate an elastic force pushing the valve pin component towards the valve port part; and in the period from the valve pin component closing the valve port part to in a case that the screw rod component moving more than the pre-set displacement amount in the valve closing direction, the elastic element generates an elastic force pushing the valve pin component towards the valve port part.