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DocumentNo.:KE-4051-00
3Troubleshooting
Thetablebelowprovidesthegeneralguidancefortroubleshootingofelectriccompactballvalves.Forfurther
technicalassistance,contactKITZ.
MainCause Cause RemedialMeasure PreventiveMeasure
Controlcircuit
failure
・Incorrectpowersupply ・Replacetheproductif
excessivevoltagewas
applied.
・Checkthevoltage
specification.
・Incorrectcontrolcircuit
・Badconnectionsand
looseterminals
・Replacetheproductifthereis
stillanyabnormality.
・Checkthecircuitwiththis
manualandmakesurethat
thewiringiscorrectly
performed.
FailureofActuator
Damageor
deterioration of
internalparts
・Intrusionofwater
・Submergenceoftheactuator
・Improperinstallationdirection
・Improperwaterproofing
・Replacetheproduct. ・Avoidinstallingtheproductat
theplacewheredangerof
submergingispredictable.
・Correcttheorientationofthe
product.
・Waterproofthecable
connectionstopreventwater
fromenteringtheactuator
duetocapillarity.
・Excessive pressure rise (valve
cavityandpipeline)
・ Replacetheproductif ・Refertothecorrective
measureagainstexcessive
pressurerise.
・Deformationofvalvedueto
excessivelyscrewingthepipe
intothevalve.
・Replacetheproduct. ・Applypropertorquetoscrew
thevalve.
・Adherenceofpipesealing
materialtotheseat
・Replacetheproduct. ・Applyproperamountof
sealingmaterial.
・ Inclusion of foreign particles
intotheballseatarea
・Replacetheproduct. ・Installthestraineronthe
upstreamside.
・Thoroughlyflushtheproduct
beforeoperation.
・Corrosionoftheball ・Replacetheproduct. ・Reselecttheappropriatevalve
materialsuitableforthe
servicefluid.
Novalveactuation
FailureofValve
Excessivelyhigh
valveoperation
torque
*
・Gallingofthestemshaft ・Replacetheproduct. ・Reselecttheappropriatevalve
materialsuitableforthe
servicefluid.
・Highfrequencyof
closing/openingoperation
・ Replacetheproductifthe
errorpersistsunderthe
correctspecification.
・Placesufficientintervals
betweentheclose-open
operations.
Outof
specifications
・Excessively high or low service
temperature
・ Replacetheproductifthe
errorpersistsunderthe
correctspecification.
・Makesuretheservice
temperaturesarecontrolled
withinthespecifiedrange.
FailureofActuator
Incorrectcircuit
・Paralleloperation
・ Replacetheproductifthe
errorpersistsunderthe
correctspecification.
・Checkthecircuitwiththis
manualandmakesurethat
thewiringiscorrectly
performed.
Abnormalmovementofthevalve
Failureof
Excessivelyhigh
valveoperation
torque
・Initialphenomenondueto
excessivelyhighvalveoperation
torque
・Replacetheproduct. ・Samepreventivemeasures
against*intheabovecolumn
areapplied.
Note:Takeappropriatepreventivemeasurestoavoidrecurrenceofinternaldamagewhichmayresultinthereplacementoftheproduct.