Disclosed embodiments include ball valves with an asymmetric seal and seat, to minimize seal wear. In embodiments, a seal is disposed upon a ball with a first and second section, where the first section of the seal is disposed at a different angle from the second section. A seat has a first and second section at different angles that correspond to angles of the first and second section of the seal, respectively, such that the seal fully contacts the seat when the ball is in a closed position. When the ball is rotated to an open position, the different angles of the first and second sections allow the second section of the seal to clear the first section of the seat without contact.

A valve housing modular system to provide different functional/construction configurations for a globe valve arranged to adjust a process fluid flow. The globe valve can have a globe valve member movable in translation along a stroke axis. The system can include a housing corpus with a process fluid inlet and outlet, a process fluid passage arranged therebetween, and an actuating opening to introduce the rod for actuating the globe valve member along the stroke axis; and a housing cover for covering the actuating opening. The cover can include a through-opening extending in the stroke-axis direction to receive the rod. The system can include different adapters for the different functional/structural configurations. The adapter(s) can have a cylindrical retaining flange having a flange height and diameter. The housing corpus can include a corpus interface adapted to the retaining flange. The housing cover can include a cover interface adapted to the retaining flange.

A rotary type valve device includes a rotor having an internal passage and an opening portion which opens to an outer contour surface, a housing which supports the rotor to be rotatable and defines an axial passage communicating with the internal passage and a radial passage facing the outer contour surface and capable of communicate with the opening portion, a passage member disposed in the housing to define a part of the radial passage, and an annular seal member which seals a predetermined second clearance defined between the passage member and the housing, wherein the passage member includes an annular contact portion which is pressed so as to be in close contact with the outer contour surface by a pressure of a fluid flowing from the axial passage, and a pressed portion pressed by the pressure of the fluid flowing from the radial passage through the annular seal member.

Provided is a rotary type valve device capable of being easily assembled and securing desired sealing performance. The rotary type valve device includes a rotor having an internal passage formed around an axis and an opening portion which opens outward from the internal passage to an outer contour surface in a radial direction, a housing supporting the rotor to be rotatable around the axis and defining an axial passage communicating with the internal passage and a radial passage facing the outer contour surface and capable of communicating with the opening portion, a passage member disposed in the housing to define a part of the radial passage, and a biasing spring biasing the passage member toward the outer contour surface. The housing comprises a housing body accommodating the rotor, and a holding member coupled to the housing body and having a tubular portion holding the biasing spring and the passage member.

Disclosures include a method for manufacturing a ball member usable in a flow control valve. The method comprises connecting a workpiece to a rotating apparatus along an axis of rotation of the workpiece, simultaneously rotating the workpiece about the axis of rotation and moving a rotating cutting tool toward the axis of rotation along a second axis to form a first curved surface having a progressively shorter radius with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the second axis is generally oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and cutting a bore through the workpiece, wherein one end of the bore extends through the first surface and the other end of the bore extends through the second surface.

The disclosed embodiments relate to a valve assembly that includes a valve body that has a cavity having one or more seating surfaces, a ball body disposed within the valve body and configured to engage the one or more seating surfaces to form a seal, and an actuator configured to drive the ball body in a first axial direction along a central axis of the cavity to wedge the ball body against the one or more seating surfaces to form the seal, and where the actuator is configured to move the ball body in a second axial direction along the central axis to unseat the ball body and to rotate the ball body about the central axis between an open position and a closed position.

A flat bottom ball valve is provided in the present disclosure. According to an example, the flat bottom ball valve includes a valve body, a valve core, a valve rod, a bonnet and a flow path. The valve core is mounted inside the valve body. The valve rod is mounted on two opposite sides of the valve body, perpendicular to a liquid flow direction and capable of driving the valve core to turn over. The bonnet is movably mounted on the valve body and parallel to the valve rod. The flow path is defined inside the valve body and connects two ends of the valve body. The valve core includes a main body part, a connecting part formed by extending symmetrically from two sides of the main body part, an accessory defined on the main body part and a first mounting hole in the connecting part to engage with the valve rod. The valve core swings around the valve rod along a path above the valve rod and is capable of being hermetically engaged with the valve body to turn off/on the flow path. A horizontal center line of the main body part is parallel to a horizontal center line of the first mounting hole in the liquid flow direction of the flow path.

The invention relates to a mechanical energized sealing ball valve comprising a seat, a ball assembly, and a single valve stem that operates both the sealing member and the ball. 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, operated by the same valve stem, moves away 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 disclosed embodiments include ball valves having integrated seats. The integrated seats are included in a ball body assembly of a valve body. The ball body assembly may rotate with respect to the valve body to open or close the valve. The integrated seats may contact walls of a bore to sealingly close the valve.

A valve including a flow control assembly having an adaptive, floating closure member is provided. In one embodiment, a ball valve includes a floating closure member having a shoulder enclosed within a recess of the valve body. The recess is larger than the shoulder of the closure member and allows axial movement of the closure member with respect to the valve body and along a flow path through the valve. Additional valve systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.