product

• Seat supported ball valve with an integral downstream seat – extended wear life
• Traditional failure modes (slurry wear from passing and coating failure) eliminated
• Rhinoite® weld-applied carbide hard facing leads the industry for wear resistance – extended wear life
• Integral seat eliminates the traditional gap between the seat ring and the body pocket, which is a leak path
• Integral seat cannot move and will keep a continuous wiping action to maintain the sealing surfaces clean at all differential pressures
• The Rhinoite® process includes sealant which aids lapping/sealing and minimizes torque requirement

• Improved performance and reliability 
• Increased operational uptime, production runs and end-user revenue
• Seat supported ball valve with an integral downstream seat – extended wear life
• Rhinoite weld-applied carbide hard facing leads the industry for wear resistance – extended wear life
• No gap between seat ring and body pocket – leakage path eliminated 
• traditional failure modes (slurry wear from passing and coating failure) eliminated
• Integral seat cannot move and will keep a continuous wiping action – sealing surfaces clean at all differential pressures
• Rhinoite sealant – minimizes torque requirement of hard facing overlay

Case Study: Outperforming the competition

Location: Russia
Product: Autoclave discharge block valve
Industry: Mining and minerals
Product: 1 Qty, 1/2” ANSI Class 300 AbrasoBlock® valve

Challenge: To achieve 500 cycles and 50 hours operation without failure of the valve, during an accelerated product trial

Solution: The valve test will take place during the test/elaboration of the autoclave POx- technology of the gold bearing sulphide concentrate into the pilot autoclave line. The purpose of the pilot plant is to test different coating technologies to find a solution for the inherent problems in other valve designs and coating technology during this difficult process.

The AbrasoBlock® integral seat design valve was installed in the pilot plant and trial commenced.

Result: The trial was completed with excellent results. The valve successfully achieved 75.5 hours and 970 strokes of operation. This by far outperforms all other manufacturers’ autoclave block valves trials. The end-user will proceed into commercial supply agreement for valves to be installed in their industrial autoclaves.

Automation packages
Actuator mounting
Bi-directional sealing
Process-specific options
Engineered-to-order: Consult the factory for more information and additional options

High Pressure Acid Leach – HPAL – Target Valve Applications

Pressure Oxidization– POx – Target Valve Applications

HPAL
Acid feed isolation
Acid line drain
Discharge isolation
Discharge line drain
Flash vessel drain
Heater feed isolation
Heater pressure control
HP air isolation
HP heater isolation
HP heater vessel drain
Rapid depressurization
Slurry feed pump discharge drain
Slurry feed pump isolation
Slurry feed pump suction drain
Slurry pump suction isolation
Steam isolation
Steam supply control
Steam supply drain
Vent isolation
Vent isolation drain

POx
Discharge isolation
Discharge line drain
Feed dilution drain
Feed tank flush system
Feed tank pump drain
Flash vessel drain
Oxygen isolation
Pre-heater drain
Quench isolation
Rapid depressurization
Slurry feed pump drain
Slurry feed pump isolation
Slurry feed pump suction drain
Sparge drain vent
Steam isolation
Steam supply control
Steam supply drain
Vent isolation
Vent isolation drain

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