
ET Valve
Instruction Manual
Form 5081
June 2002
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Table 4. Recommended Torque for Packing Flange Nuts
VALVE STEM
GRAPHITE TYPE PACKING
PTFE TYPE PACKING
VALVE STEM
DIAMETER
CLASS
Minimum Torque
Maximum Torque
Minimum Torque
Maximum Torque
mm
Inches
CLASS
N
m
Lbf
in
N
m
Lbf
in
N
m
Lbf
in
N
m
Lbf
in
125, 150
3
27
5
40
1
13
2
19
9.5
3/8
250, 300
4
36
6
53
2
17
3
26
9.5
3/8
600
6
49
8
73
3
23
4
35
125, 150
5
44
8
66
2
21
4
31
12.7
1/2
250, 300
7
59
10
88
3
28
5
42
12.7
1/2
600
9
81
14
122
4
39
7
58
125, 150
11
99
17
149
5
47
8
70
19.1
3/4
250, 300
15
133
23
199
7
64
11
95
19.1
3/4
600
21
182
31
274
10
87
15
131
300
26
226
38
339
12
108
18
162
25.4
1
600
35
310
53
466
17
149
25
223
300
36
318
54
477
17
152
26
228
31.8
1-1/4
600
49
437
74
655
24
209
36
314
cap screw or nut. Repeat the crisscross
tightening pattern several times until
each cap screw or nut is tight and the
body-to-bonnet seal is made. When the
operating temperature has been
reached, perform this torquing
procedure once again.
10. Lubricate the bolting (not necessary if factory
pre-lubricated stud bolt nuts are used) and install it,
using accepted bolting procedures during tightening,
so that the body-to-bonnet joint will withstand test
pressures and application service conditions. Use
the bolt torques in table 3 as guidelines.
11. Install new packing and the metal packing box
parts according to the appropriate arrangement in
figure 3, 4, or 5. Place a smooth-edged pipe over the
valve stem and gently tap each soft packing part into
the packing box.
12. Slide the packing follower, upper wiper, and
packing flange (keys 13, 12, and 3, figure 14) into
position. Lubricate the packing flange studs (key 4,
figure 14) and the faces of the packing flange nuts
(key 5, figure 14). Install the packing flange nuts.
13. For spring-loaded PTFE V-ring packing,
tighten the packing flange nuts until the shoulder on
the packing follower (key 13, figure 14) contacts the
bonnet.
For graphite packing, tighten the packing flange
nuts to the maximum recommended torque shown in
table 4. Then, loosen the packing flange nuts, and
retighten them to the recommended minimum torque
shown in table 4.
Figure 5. Detail of Graphite Ribbon/Filament Packing for
Plain and Extension Bonnets
PACKING
FOLLOWER
(KEY 13)
LANTERN
RING (KEY 8)
PACKING BOX
RING (KEY 11)
1
12.7 mm
(1/2ĆINCH)
STEM
SINGLE ARRANGEMENTS
NOTE:
0.102 mm (0.004 INCH) THICK SACRIFICIAL ZINC WASHERS;
USE ONLY ONE BELOW EACH GRAPHITE RIBBON RING.
A5864 / IL
1
GRAPHITE
RIBBON
PACKING RING
(KEY 7)
GRAPHITE
FILAMENT
PACKING RING
(KEY 7)
1
1
9.5 mm
(3/8ĆINCH)
STEM
19.1, 25.4, & 31.8 mm
(3/4, 1 & 1Ć1/4 INCH)
STEM
14A3411-A
13A9775-B
13A9776-B
PACKING
FOLLOWER
(KEY 13)
LANTERN
RING (KEY 8)
PACKING BOX
RING (KEY 11)
1
12.7 mm
(1/2ĆINCH)
STEM
DOUBLE ARRANGEMENTS
GRAPHITE
RIBBON
PACKING RING
(KEY 7)
GRAPHITE
RIBBON
PACKING RING
(KEY 7)
GRAPHITE
FILAMENT
PACKING RING
(KEY 7)
1
1
9.5 mm
(3/8ĆINCH)
STEM
19.1, 25.4, & 31.8 mm
(3/4, 1 & 1Ć1/4 INCH)
STEM
14A2153-B
14A1849-B
14A1780-B
1
For other packing types, tighten the packing flange
nuts alternately in small equal increments until one
of the nuts reaches the minimum recommended