DocumentNo.:KE-1027-00 Sheet:3/29
Ⅰ ConstructionandDesignFeatures
2. DesignFeatures
2.1 SplitBody,SideEntryDesign
ThevalveisSplitBody,SideEntryDesignwiththecouplingflangesfastenedbyboltsand
nuts.
2.2Firesafeprovision
KITZ ball valves can be optionally provided with graphite packing and body to body-cap
flangegasketsforuseintheareasofproductionfacilitieswhereexternalleakagemaybe
causedbyplantfires.ThesegraphitecomponentswillcontainthelinemediawherePTFEor
otherlessermaterialsmayburnaway,feedingfuelincreasingthemagnitudeofthefire.KITZ
ball valves provided with graphite sealing components are identified as the
SUPER-FIRESAFEversioninourproductcatalogs.
The integral, secondary seats on the body and body-cap minimize internal leakage, when
resilientballseatsaredeterioratedincaseofaplantfire.
2.3Anti-staticprovision
Anti-staticdevicesareprovidedtoensureelectricalcontinuitybetweenball,stemandbody.
2.4ValveApplication
Theballvalvemaybeusedonapplicationwhereabi-directionalflowisneeded.
2.5ActuatorMountingPads
ISO5211actuatormountingpadisintegrallyprovidedforuniformitysimplifiedmountingof
any actuators provided with valve mounting flanges designed to ISO 5211 dimensional
requirement.
2.6LowFugitiveEmissionFeature
The surface of stem and stuffing box, and interface clearance of stem-to-gland bush,
stem-to-bodyandgland-to-stuffingboxareprecisioncontrolledonmachiningandassembly
forlowemissionservice.