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Gate Valve

A gate valve opens by lifting a gate out of the fluid's path, allowing for straight-line fluid flow. Gate valves are primarily used to permit or prevent fluid flow but not regulate it. They are commonly used in the petroleum industry due to their ability to cut through thick liquids. Gate valves have either rising or non-rising stems to indicate the gate's position, and use bonnets to provide a leakproof closure over the gate and valve body. Gate valves are typically constructed from metals like cast iron, steel, or stainless steel.

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Gate Valve

A gate valve opens by lifting a gate out of the fluid's path, allowing for straight-line fluid flow. Gate valves are primarily used to permit or prevent fluid flow but not regulate it. They are commonly used in the petroleum industry due to their ability to cut through thick liquids. Gate valves have either rising or non-rising stems to indicate the gate's position, and use bonnets to provide a leakproof closure over the gate and valve body. Gate valves are typically constructed from metals like cast iron, steel, or stainless steel.

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GATE VALVE

A gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a round or rectangular
gate/wedge out of the path of the fluid. The distinct feature of a gate valve is the sealing surfaces
between the gate and seats are planar, so gate valves are often used when a straight-line flow of
fluid and minimum restriction is desired. The gate faces can form a wedge shape or they can be
parallel. Gate valves are primarily used to permit or prevent the flow of liquids, but typical gate
valves shouldn't be used for regulating flow, unless they are specifically designed for that purpose.
Because of their ability to cut through liquids, gate valves are often used in the petroleum industry.
For extremely thick fluids, a specialty valve often known as a knife valve is used to cut through the
liquid.[1] On opening the gate valve, the flow path is enlarged in a highly nonlinear manner with
respect to percent of opening. This means that flow rate does not change evenly with stem travel.
Also, a partially open gate disk tends to vibrate from the fluid flow. Most of the flow change occurs
near shutoff with a relatively high fluid velocity causing disk and seat wear and eventual leakage if
used to regulate flow. Typical gate valves are designed to be fully opened or closed.[2] When fully
open, the typical gate valve has no obstruction in the flow path, resulting in very low friction loss.[3]
Gate valves are characterised as having either a rising or a nonrising stem. Rising stems provide a
visual indication of valve position because the stem is attached to the gate such that the gate and
stem rise and lower together as the valve is operated. Nonrising stem valves may have a pointer
threaded onto the upper end of the stem to indicate valve position, since the gate travels up or down
the stem on the threads without raising or lowering the stem. Nonrising stems are used underground
or where vertical space is limited.
Bonnets provide leakproof closure for the valve body. Gate valves may have a screw-in, union, or
bolted bonnet. Screw-in bonnet is the simplest, offering a durable, pressure-tight seal. Union bonnet
is suitable for applications requiring frequent inspection and cleaning. It also gives the body added
strength. Bolted bonnet is used for larger valves and higher pressure applications.
Another type of bonnet construction in a gate valve is pressure seal bonnet. This construction is
adopted for valves for high pressure service, typically in excess of 2250 psi (15MPa). The unique
feature about the pressure seal bonnet is that the body - bonnet joints seals improves as the internal
pressure in the valve increases, compared to other constructions where the increase in internal
pressure tends to create leaks in the body-bonnet joint.
Gate valves may have flanged ends which are drilled according to pipeline compatible flange
dimensional standards. Gate valves are typically constructed from cast iron, ductile iron, cast carbon
steel, gun metal, stainless steel, alloy steels, and forged steels.

All-metal gate valves are typically used in ultra-high vacuum chambers to isolate regions of the
chamber.[4]

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