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Ball Valves
Technical Appendix

Catalog HY14-3300/US

Ball Valve Sizing Chart (2-Way)

Flow at Velocity Curves

50

Parker's unrestricted bore ball valves provide a fluid

path which, in most cases, imposes no discernable
pressure drop in standard hydraulic circuits. As a
result, you can treat our valves as just like a length of
fluid line, unless you are working with closed loop or
other circuits where a tiny pressure drop carries a price
tag in heat generation, etc.

"

"

3/
8

"

"

1"

1" 1"

2"

3"

Velocity (ft/sec)

40

The selection chart at the right may be used as a guide

for confirming your choice of ball valve fluid line size
relative to the expected flow in LPM (GPM) at a given
velocity.

30
4"
20

10

0
LPM
0
GPM

38
10

Ball Seals and Internal O-Rings

Flow

378
100

3780
1000

Ball Seal Temperature Ranges

For Carbon Steel Body, by Ball Seal Material

Standard Ball Seal Materials: Most application needs

can be met by specifying one of the following ball seal
materials:

PSI Bar
8 5.6

Peek

Pressure (Thousands)

Delrin Moly

Delrin Moly: Standard with most ball valves. High

pressure, moderate temperature range.

PTFE: Excellent for suction and low pressure use. Inert to

most substances and safe for food/water use.

Peek Hi-Temp: Cost effective, provides additional

temperature range up to 176.7C (350F). Best results

with fluorocarbon sealing.

6 4.2

4 2.8

2 1.4

0
C -73
F-100

O-Ring and Backup Ring Material

PTFE
-18
0

38
100

93
200

149
300

Operating Temperature

204
400

260
500

Elastomer Temperature Ranges

Suitability at Temperature for O-Ring & Backup Seal Materials

Nitrile: The industry standard for hydraulics using

petroleum based fluids. Not suitable above 100C (212F).

EPR: For use with Phosphate Esters (Skydrol), strong

Nitrile

acids and bases, and other hostile media. Not compatible

with petroleum based fluids. Good temperature range.

EPR

Fluorocarbon: Extends temperature range to 350F

(176.7C) with most Nitrile compatible media. Somewhat

resistant to hostile media.

Fluorocarbon

C-51 -46
F-60 -50

-40 -34 -29 -23 -18

-40 -30 -20 -10 0

Flow

+38 +93 +149 +204 +260

+100 +200 +300 +400 +500

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Ball Valves
Technical Appendix

Catalog HY14-3300/US

Sealing Materials Technical Data

Never operate Parker Ball Valves outside the temperature range published below for your selected thermoplastic
and elastomer materials, even if the combination is approved in the Media Acceptability Table. You may experience
valve leakage or failure.

Ball Seal Materials

Order Code

O-Ring & Backup Seal Materials

1 2 4 N E V

Description

Delrin Moly

PTFE

PEEK Hi-Temp

Nitrile

EPR

Fluorocarbon

Temperature
Range

-30C to +100C -60C to +180C -40C to +250C -30C to +100C -50C to +150C -25C to +250C
(-22F to +212F) (-76F to +356F) (-40F to +482F) (-22F to +212F) (-58F to +302F) (-13F to +482F)

Seal
Compound
Identification

Polytetra-
Polyether-ether- Nitrile Butadiene
Delrin+MoS2
Polyoxymethylene fluoroethylene ketone
rubber
impregnated with
Molybdenum
Disulphide

Ethylene-
polypropylene-
diene rubber

Fluoropropylene
methylene

Acronym DM
PTFE
PEEK
NBR
EPR
FPM
EPDM
Classification
Synthesis

Thermoplast
Thermoplast Thermoplast Elastomer
Saturated
Homogeneous, Aromatic linear
Unsaturated
heteropolymer of pure polymer
polymer
heteropolymer
heterogeneous
chains, contain-
compounded from
polymer chains
ing fluorine
acrylonitrate and
compounded with
butadiene
sulphide of molyb-
denum metal for
lubrication

Elastomer
Saturated
heteropolymer
utilizing double
valence bands
outside the
primary chain

Commercial Made to Parker's PTFE

Victrex
Nitrile
Buna AP
Trade
specifications Hostaflon
Perbunan
Dutral
Names
Fluon
Chemigum Epcar
Elaprim
Keltran
Krynac
Nordel

Elastomer
Multiple monomers
& fluorine compounded into
saturated heteropolymer

Viton
Fluorel
Technoflon

Chemical Resistance Examples

Suitable
Hydraulic fluids
Foodstuffs
Most fluids
Hydraulic fluids
Phosphate esters NBR compatible

Water
Acids & Alkalis acceptable with (except Skydrol) Brake fluid fluids

Inert Gases
Organic & Delrin Moly
Water
Acids & Alkalis
Acids & Alkalis

Air inorganic
Air

Alcohols solvents
Petroleum based

Glycols
fluids

Petroleum based
fluids
Not suitable High molar acids Fluorines
High molar acids Phosphate esters Petroleum based Phosphate esters
& alkalis
Liquid alkali & alkalis oil & grease

Fluorines metals
Chlorinated

Liquids for human hydrocarbons
consumption

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