A corrosion-resistant ball valve (15) comprising a housing (1; 2), in which a spherical sealing member (3) provided with a passage duct is rotatably arranged and an operating spindle (4) which is detachably coupled to the sealing member (3), in which the sealing member (3) is provided with an uninterrupted corrosion-resistant coating layer (16a), in which said coating layer comprises a tubular part (16b) which surrounds at least a part of the operating spindle (4) and a method for producing such a ball valve (15).

The invention relates to a mechanical energized sealing ball valve comprising a seat, a ball assembly, and a valve stem. The ball comprises a ball and a sealing member. The valve stem drives the ball to rotate between open position and close position. When the ball reaches the close position, the sealing member jacks up from the ball to press and sit against the seat. The invention has the advantages that: the valve has a compact structure, the friction-free on/off is achieved, the mechanical energized sealing force is even and reliable, the ball is retracted and locked in the opening position to protect against turbulence-induced damage, low operating torque, the open/close operation is rapid, and the valve stem seal operates simply and reliably.

The disclosure relates to valve assemblies having a valve body including a first port, a second port and a fluid passageway extending therebetween. A valve member, having a through port, is arranged in the fluid passageway and is moveable between an open and closed positions. A sealing arrangement is arranged between the first port and the valve member and includes a sealing member arranged to seal against the valve member such that fluid cannot flow around an outer surface of the valve member. The sealing arrangement includes a sleeve arranged in the fluid passageway between the first port and the valve member. A deformable, incompressible, medium is contained around the sleeve and arranged such that, in use, a fluid within the sleeve exerts an outward pressure on the sleeve causing the sleeve to deform and act on the medium to push the sealing member against the valve member.

An annular assembly for compressing a seat of a ball-valve, including: a valve body or insert, including an annular internal counter-bore that defines an inner counter-bore diameter; a sleeve inserted into the annular internal counter-bore, defining at least one outer diameter of the sleeve; the body or the insert defining with the sleeve an annular housing in which the assembly includes, in succession: a downstream stack of head rings, an annular head shim, a stack of mechanisms of compression, an annular base shim, and an upstream stack of base rings.

Valves with a removable central section for access to parts of the valve, the valve securable between corresponding ends of a line, e.g. a flowline, process fluid line, or pipeline; such valves which are ball valves; and methods to access parts of a valve and/or a line interior. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).

A top entry ball valve includes a housing with a central cavity communicating with two bores co-axial along a first axis. A ball valve element is rotatably mounted within the cavity for rotation about a second axis. The valve element includes a through bore; first and second seat assemblies, mounted within the co-axial bores, respectively; first and second gear assemblies engaged with the seat assemblies, respectively; and first and second rotatable drives engaged with the gear assemblies respectively. The gear assemblies are configured to move the seat assemblies along the first axis in a first direction away from the valve element when the drives are rotated in a first direction, and to move the seat assemblies along the first axis in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, when the drives are rotated in the opposite direction, to bring the seat assemblies into sealing contact with the valve element.

A top entry trunnion mounted rotary ball valve suitable for safe in-line maintenance, comprising a main valve body having an upstream and a downstream ball seat assembly, the ball seat assemblies further comprising a soft insert seal, a ball seat, a seat retainer and a plurality of compression springs in between the ball seat and the seat retainer. A guiding groove on the cylindrical surface of each of the ball seats, having a first end and a second end at an axial distance equal to or more than the measure of retraction required so as to get the mechanical clearance adequate to remove or assemble the ball member, the angular span between the first end and the second end of the guiding groove can be less than 180 degrees or more than 360 degrees, depending on the overall size of rotary ball valve, in order to be able to manually retract in the ball seats. Each ball seat is retracted in the recess, with the aid of a guide assembly, by using a straight rod, against a force Fc of the compression springs and the mechanical clearance is created between the ball member and the soft insert seal, to remove or assemble the ball member and or any or all components from or inside the valve body. An angle of grove a, which is an angle between the flange and the guide groove, is kept of relatively of low value for big sized valves whence an angular span of guiding groove becomes relatively higher so that the required axial distance, which is equal to or more than the measure of retraction required so as to get the mechanical clearance adequate to remove the ball member, is attainable between the first end of the groove and the second end of the groove, by a Force Ft apply-able by a person of normal physique, and vice versa for a small sized valve. The rotary ball valve cannot be put in operation inadvertently if the ball seats are in retractable or retracted position.

An installation assembly for installing and/or removing a ball into and/or from a valve body of a top entry ball valve includes a valve body having at least one blind bore disposed on an opposite side of the ball chamber from the entry opening and a ball installation tool adapted to interact with the blind bore so as to compress a spring disposed inside the ball chamber substantially axially. A top entry ball valve is arranged with such a valve body. The ball installation tool may be used to install and/or remove a ball from the valve body.

A device for expansion of coolant having a housing with a flow channel. A ball-shaped valve element arranged to be integrated inside the housing. The valve element is mounted so that it can turn about an axis of rotation and is configured with a through channel. The through channel of the valve element is configured with an entry opening and an exit opening and arranged so that the flow cross section of the through channel decreases from the entry opening to the exit opening in the direction of flow of the coolant. At the exit of the through channel the least flow cross section is formed.

A device for expansion of coolant having a housing with a flow channel. A ball-shaped valve element arranged to be integrated inside the housing. The valve element is mounted so that it can turn about an axis of rotation and is configured with a through channel. The through channel of the valve element is configured with an entry opening and an exit opening and arranged so that the flow cross section of the through channel decreases from the entry opening to the exit opening in the direction of flow of the coolant. At the exit of the through channel the least flow cross section is formed.