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The majority of all problems with butterfly valves in the field are directly related to poor installation procedures.
For this reason, it is wise to consider best-practice when laying out pipe-work and installing the valve itself.
The seat in a resilient-seated butterfly valve usually extends around to both faces of the valve. As a result, no
gaskets are required as these seats serve the function of a gasket. The seat material which extends past the face
is compressed during installation and flows toward the centre of the valve seat. Any change in this configuration
due to improper installation directly affects the pressure rating and seating/unseating torques.
Unlike most valve types, the butterfly valve's disc actually extends beyond the face of the valve body at given
angles of opening (say, 30 or more) when installed between flanges. Therefore, it is very important before
installation to ensure that the disc is able to freely turn and enter the flanges and pipe-work.
Valve Location
Butterfly valves should be installed if possible a minimum of 6 pipe diameters from other line elements, i.e.
elbows, pumps, valves, etc. Sometimes this is not feasible, but it is important to achieve as much distance
as possible.
Where the butterfly valve is connected to a check valve or pump, keep enough space between them to
ensure the disc does not interfere with the adjacent equipment.
Valve Orientation
As a rule of thumb, butterfly valves be installed with the stem in the vertical position with the actuator mounted
vertically directly above it, however, there are some applications where the stem should be horizontal.
When all the valve stems are in the Noise, vibration, and erosion are less
same orientation there is a greater likely when the stem of the control
valve is at a right angle to those of
likelihood of noise, vibration and
adjacent valves
erosion.
Installation Procedures
1 Make sure the pipeline and flange faces are clean. Any foreign material such as metal filings, pipe scale,
welding slag, welding rods, etc. can limit disc movement or damage the disc or seat.
2 Gaskets are not required on resilient seated valves because they extend to both faces of the valve.
3 Align the pipe-work, and spread the flanges enough to allow the valve body to be easily inserted between the
flanges without contacting the pipe flanges.
4 Check that the valve disc has been set to about 10% open so it doesn't become jammed in the fully seated
position.