What Is Stainless Steel 3 Way Ball Valve

The opening/closing part of the stainless steel three-way ball valve is a sphere. The sphere rotates around the center line of the valve body to achieve opening and closing. Three-way ball valves can be divided into T type or L type to meet the diversion purpose of your industry.

Working Principle Of Stainless Steel Three-Way Ball Valve

The 3-way ball valve relies on rotating the ball to open or close the valve. The ball valve switch is light, small in size, can be made into a large diameter, reliable in sealing, simple in structure, easy to maintain, the sealing surface and the spherical surface are often in a closed state, and it is not easy to be eroded by the medium. It is widely used in various industries.

Structural Features Of Stainless Steel Three-Way Ball Valve

1. Open and close without friction. Completely solve the problem of traditional valves affecting the sealing due to mutual friction between the sealing surfaces

2. Top loading structure. The valves installed on the pipeline can be directly inspected and repaired online to reduce costs. This type of valve should generally be installed horizontally in the pipeline

3. Single valve seat design. Eliminates the problem that the medium in the valve cavity affects the safety of use due to abnormal pressure increase

4. Low torque design. The valve stem with a special structure design can be easily opened and closed with only a small handle

5. Wedge-shaped sealing structure. The valve relies on the mechanical force provided by the valve stem to press the ball wedge onto the valve seat to seal, so that the sealing performance of the valve is not affected by the change of pipeline pressure, and the sealing performance is reliably guaranteed under various working conditions;

6. Self-cleaning structure of the sealing surface. When the ball tilts away from the valve seat, the fluid in the pipeline passes through the ball sealing surface at 360° uniformly, which not only eliminates the local washing of the valve seat by the high-speed fluid but also washes away the accumulation on the sealing surface to achieve the purpose of self-cleaning.

Advantages Of Stainless Steel 3-Way Ball Valve

1. The three-way ball valve provides an excellent shunting solution for various industries

2. The fluid resistance is small, and its resistance coefficient is equal to that of a pipe section of the same length

3. Simple structure, small size and light weight

4. It is tight and reliable. At present, the sealing surface material of the ball valve is widely used in plastics and has good sealing performance. It has also been widely used in the vacuum system.

5. Convenient operation, rapid opening and closing, only need to rotate 90° from fully open to fully closed, ISO5211 link standard can be used with electric actuators or pneumatic actuators, which is convenient for remote control

6. Convenient maintenance, simple structure of the ball valve, the sealing ring is generally movable, easy to disassemble and replace, and prolong the service life of the ball valve

7. When fully open or fully closed, the sealing surface of the ball and the valve seat is isolated from the medium, and the medium will not cause erosion of the valve sealing surface when the medium passes;

8. A wide range of applications, widely used in sewage treatment, seawater treatment, irrigation, HVAC and other industries

The Installation And Maintenance Of Stainless Steel Three-Way Ball Valve Should Pay Attention To The Following Matters

1. Leave space for the valve handle to rotate

2. Cannot be used for throttling

3. Try to keep the installation level