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DESIGN CRITERIA FOR VALVE STUFFING BOXES?

DESIGN CRITERIA FOR VALVE STUFFING BOXES?

DESIGN CRITERIA FOR VALVE STUFFING BOXES?

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Does anyone know how to determine the maximum design pressure criteria for valve stuffing boxes and what factor of safety is available for packing compression?

RE: DESIGN CRITERIA FOR VALVE STUFFING BOXES?

Whatever the valve design pressure / pressure rating is.

Factor of safety over what? Stuffing glands leak - but this isn't a safety issue normally

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RE: DESIGN CRITERIA FOR VALVE STUFFING BOXES?

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LittleInch,

Most packing material needs several thousand psi to seal the stem regardless the valve body pressure rating.

Stem seizure and stuffing box rupture might become a safety issue.

The reason I ask is that gland follower studs are not low strength like you might expect, similar to cast iron flange requirements in B31.1 Table 112, yet they can generate tens of thousands of psi in the stuffing box.

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