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Steel Manufacturing

Steel plants run furnace and caster cooling, gas mains, descaling and hydraulic circuits around the clock. Our butterfly, tilting-disc check and cast and forged valve range covers the large-bore water, surge-protection and daily-cycled isolation duties that steelmaking depends on.

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Steel Manufacturing

Applications: 4
Duty challenges: 4
Valvax answers: 4
Recommended: 6

Duty Register

Where it breaks, and how we hold the line

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Duty condition

Large-bore water systems with low head-loss targets

Valvax response

Double-offset butterfly valves for compact, low-loss large-bore isolation

02 / 04

Duty condition

Surge and slam on pump trip

Valvax response

Tilting-disc check valves, with hydraulic damper where surge control is needed

03 / 04

Duty condition

Scale and abrasive particles in the media

Valvax response

Hard-faced trims for scaling and abrasive service

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Duty condition

Downtime intolerance on utilities

Valvax response

Cast and forged gate valves for dependable daily-cycled isolation

Typical applications

Blast-furnace and caster cooling water

Descaling and hydraulic circuits

Gas mains and utility distribution

Compressed air, oxygen and lubrication lines

Specified For This Duty

Recommended valves for steel manufacturing

Double Offset Lug Butterfly Valve – Class 150 / 300 / 600 (8" and above)

API 609 double-offset (double-eccentric) butterfly valve in wafer, lug, and flanged-end configurations. Stellite 6 body seat and EPDM/PTFE disc seat for bubble-tight shutoff in industrial service.

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Concentric Design Butterfly Valve – Class 150 (6" and below)

API 609 concentric (centric-disc) lug-type butterfly valve for small-bore lines, with a worm-gear operator. Stellite 6 body seat and EPDM/PTFE disc seat for bubble-tight shutoff.

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Tilting Disc Check Valve – Class 150 / 300 (without damper)

ASME B16.34 tilting-disc check valve with soft seat (EPDM/Ebonite rubber) and metal-to-metal seating. Hydraulic counter-weight damper option for water hammer protection in pump discharge lines.

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Tilting Disc Check Valve with Hydraulic Damper – Class 150

ASME B16.34 tilting-disc check valve fitted with a counter-weight lever and a hydraulic damper cylinder. The damper controls the closing stroke to limit flow reversal and water hammer in pump discharge lines, and needs no external power.

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Cast Gate Valve – Class 150 / 300 (API 600)

API 600 bolted-bonnet cast gate valve with rising stem and outside screw & yoke. Integral seat ring and stellited wedge for zero-leak isolation in oil, gas, and steam service.

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Forged Gate Valve – Class 800 / 1500 / 2500

API 602 / ISO 15761 forged steel gate valve in bolted bonnet and welded bonnet configurations. Available with NPT screwed, socket weld, and butt-weld end connections for small-bore high-pressure service.

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