NEEDLE VALVE

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What is a needle valve?

Needle valves, sometimes referred to as plunger valves, are regulating valves and enable engineers to finely control and regulate water flow and pressure. The precision is achieved through the fine movement of the shaft, which enables the gearbox to move the piston tube in sliding motion towards opening or closing position, depending on the requirements from the control system.

Needle valves can be used in many different applications with a need for flow or pressure regulation. In water treatment and distribution, dams, reservoirs, power plants and industry needle valves are e.g.

used for: needle valve stainless steel

• Flow control
• Pressure regulation
• Pump start
• Turbine by-pass
• Discharge
• Reservoir inlets
• Air regulation

Construction and operation:

An instrument needle valve uses a tapered pin to gradually open a space for fine control of flow. The flow can be controlled and regulated with the use of a spindle. A needle valve has a relatively small orifice with a long, tapered seat, and a needle-shaped plunger on the end of a screw, which exactly fits the seat.

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NEEDLE VALVE INOX

As the screw is turned and the plunger retracted, flow between the seat and the plunger is possible; however, until the plunger is completely retracted, the fluid flow is significantly impeded. Since it takes many turns of the fine-threaded screw to retract the plunger, precise regulation of the flow rate is easily possible.

Construction and operation

NEEDLE VALVE

The virtue of the needle valve is from the vernier effect of the ratio between the needle’s length and its diameter, or the difference in diameter between needle and seat. A long travel axially (the control input) makes for a very small and precise change radially (affecting the resultant flow).

Needle valves may also be used in vacuum systems, when a precise control of gas flow is required, at low pressure, such as when filling gas-filled vacuum tubes, gas lasers and similar devices.

Model needle valve inox J13W

Áp suất PN (Mpa)

• PN2.5 (25): J13W-25; J13W-25I ; J13H-25I; J13W-25P; J13W-25R.
• PN4.0 (40): J13W-40; J13H-40; J13W-40P; J13W-40R
• PN2.5 (25): J13W-64; J13H-64; J13W-64P; J13W-64R.
• PN16 (160): J13W-160; J13H-160; J13W-160P; J13W-160R
• PN2.5 (250): J13W-250; J13H-250; J13W-250I; J13W-250P; J13W-250R
• PN32(320): J13W-320; J13H-320; J13W-320PJ.

Model needle valve inox J23H

Áp suất PN (Mpa)

• PN2.5 (25): J23H-25; J23W-25I ; J23H-25I; J23W-25P; J23W-25R
• PN4.0 (40): J23W-40; J23H-40; J23W-40P; J23W-40R
• PN6.4 (64): J23W-64; J23H-64; J23W-64P; J23W-64R
• PN16 (160): J23W-160; J23H-160; J23W-160P; J23W-160R
• PN2.5 (250): J23W-250; J23H-250; J23W-250I; J23W-250P; J23W-250R
• PN32(320): J23W-320; J23H-320; J23W-320PJ

Uses: Electrically automated needle valve fluid on a fluid processing system.

Needle valves are usually used in flow-metering applications, especially when a constant, calibrated, low flow rate must be maintained for some time, such as the idle fuel flow in a carburettor.

Note that the float valve of a carburettor (controlling the fuel level within the carburettor) is not a needle valve, although it is commonly described as one. It uses a bluntly conical needle, but it seats against a square-edged seat rather than a matching cone. The intention here is to obtain a well-defined seat between two narrow mating surfaces, giving firm shutoff of the flow from only a light float pressure.

Needle valves are also commonly used to provide shut off for the pressure gauge or on applicators to shut off the supply of NH3 to the knives in Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) applications.

Since flow rates are low and many turns of the valve stem are required to completely open or close, needle valves are not used for simple shutoff applications.

Since the orifice is small and the force advantage of the fine-threaded stem is high, needle valves are usually easy to shut off completely, with merely “finger-tight” pressure. The spindle and/or seat of a needle valve, especially one made from brass, are easily damaged by excessive turning force when shutting off the flow.

Small, simple needle valves are often used as bleed valves in water-heating applications.

Unlike a ball valve or valves with a rising stem, it is not easy to tell from examining the handle position whether the valve is open or closed.