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The Valve and
Actuator User's
Manual
Edited by
Eur. Ing. R. С Whitehouse, BEng, MSc, CEng, MIMechE
The British Valve and Actuator
Manufacturers' Association
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Published by
Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited
LONDON
CONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgements
The history of valves
Valve terminology
Basic valve design
Standards for valves
Valve selection techniques
Linear valves
Gate valves
Globe valves
Diaphragm valves
Pinch valves
Rotary valves
Plug valves
Ball valves
General purpose butterfly valves
High performance butterfly valves
Check valves
Safety and relief valves
Pressure control valves
Pressure reducing valves
Pressure retaining valves
Automatic control valves
Miscellaneous valves
Ball float valves
Solenoid valves
Line blind valves
Recent developments
Bellows-sealed valves
Double gland sealed valves
Live-loaded gland sealed valves
Actuators
Valve operating forces
Pneumatic actuators
Electric actuators
Hydraulic actuators
Actuators for control valves
Installation of valves and actuators
Maintenance of valves and actuators
Appendix 1 - British Standards for valves and actuators
Appendix 2 - SI units for valves
Appendix 3 - Conversion tables
Appendix 4 - Flow data
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Appendix 5 -- Pressure conversions and equivalents
Appendix 6 -- Steam tables (SI units)
Appendix 7 -- Face-to-face dimensional reference data
Appendix 8 -- Material standards
Appendix 9 -- General types of corrosive attack
Appendix 10 -- Chemical resistance for plastic lined systems
Appendix 11 -- NACE specification
Appendix 12 -- ASTM, SAE, and ISO grade markings for fasteners
Appendix 13 -- Pipe data
Appendix 14 -- Chemical symbols for gases
Appendix 15 -- Foreign language glossary
Bibliography
Index
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