Side Actuated Gate Valve

Diaphragm actuators are made out of a round piece of rubber and squeezed around its edges between two side of a cylinder or chamber that allows air pressure to enter either side pushing the piece of rubber one direction or the other.

Side actuated gate valve.

The gate valve cycle time is controlled by air pressure entering into and exhausting out of the air cylinder simultaneously. Gate valve general information gate valve operation description pneumatically actuated gate valves are opened and closed by applying air pressure to either side of a piston located in the air cylinder of an actuator housing. Gate valves with rising vs non rising stem design. Rising stems are fixed to the gate and they rise and lower together as the valve is operated providing a visual indication of the valve position and making it possible to grease the stem.

They re designed to meet or exceed awwa standards and have for decades been recognized as the original and definitive standard. Gate valves work by inserting a rectangular gate or wedge into the path of a flowing fluid. They are operated by a threaded stem which connects the actuator generally a hand wheel or motor to the stem of the gate. The gate faces can be parallel but are most commonly wedge shaped in order to be able to apply pressure on the sealing surface.

These types of valves include globe valves rising stem ball valves control valves and gate valves. Resilient wedge gate valves resilient wedge valves from clow valve company bring the latest technology and more than a century of engineering expertise to your water system.