Fittings & Valves

Types Of Fittings And Valves available at WiseWater Alfa Heating Company

For various purposes and functions, many types of pipe valves and fittings are available. A pipe fitting is used to connect multiple different pipes of the same or various diameters, to maintain or measure flow, and to work on multiple pipes of the same or different sizes. Here are a few of the most popular:

• Reducer Pipe Fittings -This is a type that is smaller the size of the pipe to reduce the flow size from bigger to smaller. Reducers are usually divided into two categories. One is a concentric reducer, which is designed in a shape of come and that eventually decreases around the region of the pipe; however, in this case, air might accumulate and cause cavitation. The other is an eccentric reducer, which runs parallel to the connecting pipe, preventing air collection.
• Cross-Type - Cross-type has four different openings as a valve. When four pipes come together at a spot, they are linked. Since they are in the middle of four connecting sites, this type of fitting puts extra pressure on the pipe when the temperature starts shifting. Fire sprinkler systems frequently employ cross fittings.

Applications And Industries

• Ball Valves -Ball valves are a type of valve with swiveling ports spheres that block or let the air pass in the pipe stream. There are multiple designs available that allow for management. The number of ports, port layout, port connections, valve size, and the materials that make up the valve body, seat, seal, and stem packing is all important parameters. From a compact line to an elevated steering pump, ball valves are employed almost anywhere a fluid flow must be cut off.

Butterfly Valves - Butterfly valves are valves with circular flaps that swing into and out of the flow stream from the center. Port connector, valve diameter, and the materials that make up the valve body, seating, sealing, disk, and stem packing are all important parameters. Butterfly valves are used for closed, regulating, and isolation services in wastewater facilities, power plants, and process plants and are especially common in extremely large diameter pipes.