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AZ-Plug Valve Ball Valve

with PTFE sleeve with PTFE sealing ring

No stuffing box necessary. Adjusting ring and Stuffing box or other spindle packing is required
PTFE diaphragm for adjustment of the conical because full pressure appears in the dead spac-
plug. Sealing to the outside is obtained by es behind the sealing rings.
means of the PTFE sleeve itself.

Sealing surface totally covered by the PTFE Sealing surface of the ball in open position fully
sleeve - no dead spaces- therefore protected exposed to aggressive products (because of
against aggressive products. dead spaces).

The plug is totally encircled and protected by Solid matters can damage the sealing rings
the PTFE sleeve. Solid matters cannot damage
the sleeve, because this sleeve is nonadhesive

pressure pressure
side side

T4-plug optional
By crystallizing and sedimentary products: Even By crystallizing and sedimentary products:
by coagulation no danger for sealing or operation Danger of coagulation because of dead spac-
of the plug. There are no dead spaces, Therefore es, therefore difficult operation of the ball. Danger
products cannot accumulate or stay behind. of damaging the sealing rings. Torque increase
through one-sided pressure.
 Technical Information

AZ-Plug Valves with PTFE sleeve Ball valves with PTFE seat rings

Advantages: Disadvantages: Advantages: Disadvantages:

1. No stuffing box: 1. Standard Plug Valves with 1. Full-bore, however frequently 1. Stuffing box (or other spindle
total sealing between valve body slightly reduced rectangular plug reduced-bore. packing) is required, because
and plug is already obtained by in all sizes available: Note: Full- full pressure gets behind the ball
means of the PTFE sleeve bore Plug Valves Type "Extra“ (very critical by floating ball and
also available (piggable) high pressure difference).

2. Free of dead spaces 2. Torque in new condition a little 2. Low torque in new condition, 2. Not free of dead spaces (Body
( = no body cavities) The plug higher compared to Ball Valves. assuming that there are: cavities): In order to avoid me-
is totally encircled by the PTFE tallic contact between the ball and
sleeve. Particles of solid mat- • no crystallinzing and sedimen- the body surfaces, inter-spaces
ters and crystallizing products tary products (clearances) are necessary.
are not dangerous, because Particles of solid matters can
adhesive. During operation there • no specific pressure difference. settle down here (also dangerous
is no damaging of the PTFE by cristallizing products). During
sleeve (even not after a long operation the seat rings are com-
stationary period). pulsory damaged. Also so-called
“cavity-filters” do not bring any
improvement.

3. When open position sealing 3. When in open position the

surfaces totally covered by the seat-rings are constantly ex-
PTFE sleeve - no dead spaces posed to aggressive products
- therefore protected against
aggressive products

4. Adjustable during operation. 4. Not adjustable.

5. Low torque increase, which 5. High friction on the seat rings

means long durability of the by floating ball (depending
PTFE sleeve. on the pressure of the product)
causes more water

6. Low torque increase, even by 6. Strong torque increase:

crystallizing and sedimentary • by cristallizing and sedimen-
products. Therefor suitable for tary products, which can lead
most severe services. to complete sticking of the ball
• by floating ball because of
pressure difference

7. Blocking of the plug is impos- 7. By coagulation blocking of the

0.2REV2_05.14_GB_2 Subject to technical change without notice

sible ball, so torsion of the spindle
is possible

8. Maintenance free 8. Maintenance of the stuffing

box is required

9. Absolutely tight-shut-off also 9. Only by specific pressure

when there is no pressure differ- difference reliable tightness.
ence. No leakage by low pres- By low pressure (few millibars)
sure (few millibars). Applicable always leakage (floating ball) .
for vacuum. Not applicable for vacuum.

10. As the PTFE sleeve is totally 10. As the seat rings are not
“chambered” between the plug „chambered“ (cold-) flow is
and valve body, there is no possible. For this reason max.
possibility of (cold-) flow. Max. allowable temperature is approx
allowable temperature is approx. 140°C. Even glass-filled seat
280 C°. rings give no improvement and
moreover the ball can be dam-
aged beacause of remaining
glass particles.

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D-78087 Mönchweiler
Waldstraße 7
Telefon: +49 (0)7721 7504-0
Telefax: +49 (0)7721 7504-13
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