Flexible wedge gate valve converiosn to solid wedge
Flexible wedge gate valve converiosn to solid wedge
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I have a supplier that tells me that flexible wedge gate valves can be converted to solid wedge merely by filling the voids with weld and machine the wedge again.
Is this possible?
Is this the only way?
What would be a good way to do it?
Cheers to all
Is this possible?
Is this the only way?
What would be a good way to do it?
Cheers to all





RE: Flexible wedge gate valve converiosn to solid wedge
If the working fluid is water or something similar, you could fill the intra- wedge cavity with well fitted dried hardwood. [ Some paper machinery knives are retained with dried ironwood wedges that will grip for decades if kept wet. ]
I shouldn't have to point out that if you make the wedge rigid, you may experience leakage or body distortion or wedge sticking problems that you didn't have before.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Flexible wedge gate valve converiosn to solid wedge
RE: Flexible wedge gate valve converiosn to solid wedge
They must have been _really_ cheap.
After welding and machining, they will still be really cheap valves ... without a warranty.
If a supplier proposed something like that to me, I don't think I'd ever speak to them again.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Flexible wedge gate valve converiosn to solid wedge