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Compressors Valves Reprint e
Compressors Valves Reprint e
alves are a key component for the suc- Metal or plastic material is used for the valve
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Fabrication Optimization
An example of the manufacture of metal plates
shows how the life cycle has been extended
through an improvement of quality by laser
cutting: The valve and damper plates are cut
from chromium steel plates with a laser beam
at Burckhardt Compression works. Thanks to a
new laser-cutting machine, it is now much eas-
ier to obtain a more evenly cut surface than in
the past. In addition, it is completely free of
any oxidation products (Fig. 3). With the aid of
in-house fatigue strength tests, it was shown
2 Severely pitted surface of a valve seat belonging to a clearly that the scatter of the fatigue load
valve from another manufacturer, which was received by cycles can be drastically reduced within a test
Burckhardt Compression for overhaul.
series (Fig. 4).
Air wet/dry + o
Oxygen wet/dry + o
Nitrogen wet/dry + o
Inert gases (Ar, He) + o
Carbon monoxide o +
Carbon dioxide + +
Hydrocarbons o +
Ammonia + –
Hydrogen o +
Hydrogen sulphide + o
Freons + o
Chlorine dry + – 4 Life cycle fatigue of guiding spring.
+ suitable
o possible
– unsuitable
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Correct Design avoided. Figure 6 shows a typical example,
The principal design factors are the selection of which occurred in a polypropylene plant where
the optimum valve type (plate, ring or poppet the products of polymerization have adhered to
valve) for the customer and the selection of the the valve.
valve stroke and spring forces. Simulation pro-
grams enable Burckhardt Compression to find Valve Service with Guarantee
A painstaking valve service (Fig. 5) is of great
importance especially where the process
causes contamination. Burckhardt Compres-
sion has valve service stations throughout the
world which recondition contaminated or dam-
aged valves and return them with an "as-new”
guarantee.
the best compromise between low valve losses 6 A heavily contaminated valve after several thousand
and long life cycles. Valve-dynamic programs operating hours in a compressor serving a polypropylene
plant (left) not only looks new again (right) after the valve
are routinely employed for the design of new service, but is also provided with a guarantee.
machines (see Sulzer Technical Review
4/1995, p. 38) and can nowadays also consider
the influences of the neighboring compression
and gas-collection spaces.
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Gas Flow under Control
Compressor valves
• Suction and discharge valve dimensions according to
API specifications to prevent incorrect assembly in cylinder
• Valve plate or ring dynamics optimized by computer calculations
• State-of-the-art manufacturing process
Process gas compressor Compressors for a Lifetime Training and field service