
DeZURIK
November 2020
Page 5
D10322
Installing Valve (Cont’d)
Valves with undrilled seat retainers are not suitable for dead-end service without a downstream
flange.
If possible, install the valve with the shaft horizontal to provide a self-cleaning action on the seat.
Install the valve so that the seat will be on the higher pressure side when the valve is closed. The seat
side of the valve is marked “SEAT”. Pipeline flow may be in either direction through the valve.
Valves with metal seat option must be installed with higher pressure on the seat side
—
this is the recommended direction on all other seat options.
Use self-centering flat ring flange gaskets.
For 2
–24" (50–600mm) Class 150 and Class 300 valves, use mating flanges that comply with
the same class of ASME/ANSI B16.5.
For larger sizes, use flanges that comply with the Class 150, Series A requirements of ASME
B16.47.
Installing Valve
Lifting the valve incorrectly can damage it. Do not fasten lifting devices to the actuator or
disc, or through the seat opening in the body. Lift the valve with slings fastened around the
valve body or attach them to bolts or rods run through holes for the pipeline flanges.
1. If the valve does not have an actuator, mount the actuator on the valve. Refer as necessary to
the actuator instructions and drawings.
2. Remove all foreign material such as weld spatter, oil, grease and dirt from the valve, flanges
and pipeline.
3. Open the valve and clean the seat and the sealing edge of the disc.
4. Place the valve in the pipeline with the valve closed
—handle the valve carefully so that the
flange gasket sealing surfaces do not get damaged.
Note:
Valves with metal seat option must be installed with higher pressure on the seat side
— this is the recommended direction for all other seat options.
5. Ensure that the valve, the pipeline and the mating connections are aligned and centered before
tightening the pipeline bolts.
6. Tighten the bolts evenly, in a crisscross pattern.