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    Knife Gate Valve Introduction

    Gate valves and knife gate valves seem to have similar names, but they are not the same product and people often get confused. In this article we will explore the introduction of knife gate valve, in order to further understand it.

    What is a knife gate valve?

    Knife gate valves are suitable for pipelines with suspended particles, fibrous materials such as pulp, sewage, coal slurry, ash and cement mixtures and other media. Its opening and closing member is the gate, the movement direction of the gate is perpendicular to the direction of the fluid, by the fiber material can be cut knife-edge gate to cut off these media. Valve body actually does not exist in the chamber, the gate in the side guide groove lifting and lowering, and by the bottom of the lugs tightly pressed on the valve seat, such as the need to achieve a high media sealing, O-shaped sealing seat can be used to achieve bidirectional sealing. According to the driving method is divided into manual knife gate valve, pneumatic knife gate valve, electric knife gate valve.

    Features of knife gate valve

    • U-shaped gasket has good sealing effect.
    • Full diameter design, so that the medium through the ability. At the same time can be in the dirt media conditions, easy to install, easy to dismantle, easy maintenance, without removing the valve can replace the valve seals, making the valve maintenance more simple.
    • With a gate knife function of the gate, gate effect is good, can effectively gate off all kinds of debris in the medium, to solve the leakage phenomenon containing lumps, particles and fiber media gate off.
    • The ultra-short structural length of the knife gate valve, small size, low flow resistance, light weight, material saving, occupies little effective space.

    Applications of knife gate valve

    • Mining, coal washing, iron and steel industry: for coal washing pipeline, filter slurry pipeline, etc., ash discharge pipeline
    • Purification devices: for wastewater, slurry, dirt and clarified water with suspended solids
    • Paper industry: for any concentration of pulp, material-water mixture
    • Power station ash removal: for ash slurry

    Conclusion

    Compared with ordinary gate valves, knife gate valves are characterized by simple structure, small size, flexible operation and easy installation. No matter which product you need, DELCO can provide professional service and support!

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