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The purpose of storage and maintenance is to prevent the valve from being damaged or reducing quality during storage. In fact, improper storage is one of the important reasons for valve damage.
① Valves should be kept in an orderly manner. Small valves should be placed on shelves, and large valves can be arranged neatly on the floor of the warehouse. They should not be piled randomly, and the flange connection surface should not be allowed to touch the ground. This is not only for aesthetics, but also to protect the valve from damage.
② Due to improper storage and transportation, the handwheel is broken, the valve stem is crooked, the fixing nut between the handwheel and the valve stem is loose and lost, etc. These unnecessary losses should be avoided.
③ For valves that will not be used in the short term, the asbestos filler should be removed to avoid electrochemical corrosion and damage to the valve stem.
④ Valves that have just been put into storage must be inspected. If rain or dirt has entered during transportation, they must be wiped clean before storage.
⑤ The inlet and outlet of the valve should be sealed with wax paper or plastic sheet to prevent dirt from entering.
⑥ The processing surfaces of valves that can rust in the atmosphere should be coated with anti-rust oil to protect them.
⑦ Valves placed outdoors must be covered with rainproof and dustproof materials such as linoleum or tarpaulin. The warehouse where valves are stored must be kept clean and dry.
① The purpose of maintenance is to extend the service life of the valve and ensure reliable opening and closing.
② The thread of the valve stem often rubs against the valve stem nut. A little yellow dry oil, molybdenum disulfide or graphite powder should be applied for lubrication.
③ For valves that are not frequently opened and closed, the handwheel should be turned regularly and lubricant should be added to the valve stem thread to prevent seizure.
④ For outdoor valves, a protective cover should be added to the valve stem to prevent rain, snow, dust, and rust.
⑤ If the valve is mechanically inactive, lubricating oil must be added to the gearbox on time.
⑥ Always keep the valve clean.
⑦ Always check and maintain the integrity of other valve components. If the fixing nut of the handwheel falls off, it must be matched and cannot be used randomly. Otherwise, the upper part of the valve stem will be worn in all directions, gradually losing the reliability of the fit, and even being unable to operate.
⑧ Do not rely on the valve to support other heavy objects and do not stand on the valve.
⑨ The valve stem, especially the threaded part, should be wiped frequently, and the lubricant that has been contaminated by dust should be replaced with new one, because the dust contains hard debris, which can easily wear the threads and the valve stem surface, affecting the service life.
The packing is directly related to the key seal of whether leakage occurs when the valve opens and closes. If the packing fails and causes leakage, the valve will also fail. Especially for the valves of the urea pipeline, because of its relatively high temperature, corrosion is more serious, and the packing is prone to aging. Enhanced maintenance can extend the life of the filler
When the valve leaves the factory, in order to ensure the elasticity of the packing, it is generally subject to a static pressure test without leakage. After the valve is installed in the pipeline, extravasation may occur due to factors such as temperature.
At this time, it is necessary to tighten the nuts on both sides of the packing gland in time, as long as there is no leakage. If extravasation occurs in the future, tighten it again, not once. Tighten tightly to prevent the filler from losing elasticity and sealing performance.
Some valve packings are filled with molybdenum disulfide lubricating paste. After several months of use, the corresponding lubricating grease should be added in time. When it is found that the packing needs to be added, the corresponding packing should be added in time to ensure its sealing performance.
During the opening and closing process of the valve, the originally added lubricating grease will continue to be lost, and coupled with the effects of temperature, corrosion and other factors, the lubricating oil will continue to dry up.
Therefore, the transmission part of the valve should be checked frequently, and if there is a lack of oil, it should be replenished in time to prevent increased wear due to lack of lubricant, resulting in inflexible transmission or stuck failure.
When filling valves with grease, the amount of grease is often overlooked. After refueling the grease gun, the operator selects the valve and grease injection connection method before performing the grease injection operation.
There are two situations:
On the one hand, the amount of grease injected is small and insufficient, and the sealing surface wears faster due to lack of lubricant.
On the other hand, excessive fat injection causes waste. The reason is that there is no accurate calculation of the sealing capacity of different valves according to the valve type category. The sealing capacity can be calculated based on the size and type of the valve, and then the appropriate amount of grease can be injected reasonably.
When greasing valves, pressure issues are often ignored. During the grease injection operation, the grease injection pressure changes regularly between peaks and valleys. If the pressure is too low, the seal will leak or fail; if the pressure is too high, the grease injection port will be clogged, the grease inside the seal will harden, or the sealing ring will be locked with the valve ball and valve plate.
Usually when the grease injection pressure is too low, the injected grease mostly flows into the bottom of the valve cavity, which usually occurs in small gate valves. If the grease injection pressure is too high, on the one hand, check the grease nozzle and replace it if the grease pores are blocked; on the other hand, if the grease is hardened, use cleaning fluid to repeatedly soften the failed sealing grease and inject new grease to replace it.
In addition, the seal model and seal material also affect the grease injection pressure. Different seal forms have different grease injection pressures. Generally, the grease injection pressure of hard seals is higher than that of soft seals.
When greasing the valve, pay attention to the problem of the valve in the switch position. Ball valves are generally kept in the open position during maintenance, and may be closed for maintenance under special circumstances.
Other valves cannot be regarded as open. The gate valve must be closed during maintenance to ensure that the grease fills the sealing groove along the sealing ring. If it is open, the sealing grease will fall directly into the flow channel or valve cavity, causing waste.
When the valve is greased, the issue of grease injection effect is often ignored. During the grease injection operation, the pressure, grease injection amount, and switch position are all normal.
However, in order to ensure the grease injection effect of the valve, it is sometimes necessary to open or close the valve to check the lubrication effect and confirm that the surface of the valve ball or gate plate is evenly lubricated.
When injecting grease, attention should be paid to valve body drainage and plug pressure relief. After the valve pressure test, the gas and moisture in the sealed cavity valve cavity will increase in pressure due to the increase in ambient temperature.
During grease injection, the sewage and pressure must be discharged first to facilitate the smooth progress of the grease injection work. After grease injection, the air and moisture in the sealed cavity are fully replaced. Timely release of valve cavity pressure also ensures the safety of the valve. After greasing, be sure to tighten the drain and pressure relief plugs to prevent accidents.
When injecting grease, pay attention to the issue of uniform grease dispensing. During normal grease injection, the fat outlet hole closest to the grease injection port will be greased out first, then to the lowest point, and finally to the high point, and the grease will be output one by one. If it does not follow the rules or does not produce fat, it proves that there is a blockage and needs to be cleared in time.
When injecting grease, you should also observe that the valve diameter is flush with the sealing ring seat. For example, in a ball valve, if there is opening interference, the opening limiter can be adjusted inward and locked after confirming that the diameter is straight. When adjusting the limit, you should not just pursue the open or closed position, but consider the overall position.
If the opening position is flush and the closing position is not in place, the valve will not close tightly. In the same way, when adjusting the closing position, the corresponding adjustment of the opening position should also be considered. Ensure right angle travel of the valve.
After grease injection, be sure to seal the grease injection port. To avoid the entry of impurities or the oxidation of the lipid at the grease injection port, the cover should be coated with anti-rust grease to avoid rust. So that it can be applied in the next operation.
When injecting grease, we should also consider specific issues in the sequential delivery of oil products in the future and deal with them in detail. Given the different qualities of diesel and gasoline, the scour and decomposition capabilities of gasoline should be considered. In the future valve operation, when encountering gasoline section operations, replenish grease in time to prevent wear and tear.
When injecting grease, do not ignore the grease in the valve stem. There is a sliding sleeve or packing on the valve shaft, which also needs to be kept lubricated to reduce frictional resistance during operation. If lubrication cannot be ensured, the torque will increase during electric operation and the worn parts will require laborious switching during manual operation.
Some ball valve bodies are marked with arrows. If there is no English word FIOW, it is the direction of the sealing seat and is not used as a reference for the flow direction of the medium. The self-discharging direction of the valve is opposite. Typically, double-seat sealed ball valves have bidirectional flow.
When maintaining the valve, attention should also be paid to the problem of water intrusion in the electric head and its transmission mechanism. Especially the rainwater that seeps in during the rainy season. One is that the transmission mechanism or transmission sleeve will rust, and the other is freezing in winter.
As a result, the torque is too large when the electric valve is operated, and damage to the transmission components will cause the motor to be unloaded or the over-torque protection will trip, making it impossible to realize electric operation. The transmission parts are damaged and manual operation is impossible. After the over-torque protection action, manual operation is also unable to switch. Forcible operation will damage the internal alloy components.
