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    Hydrotesting Of Reduced Port Ball valves.

    guys, i just got test report from supplier of valves and he had test them to 1.5 The MOP in half opened position...so there is no safety issue with this! two new decks will be coming up next few months but the client specifies that all the ball valves shall be left full open during flushing...
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    Hydrotesting Of Reduced Port Ball valves.

    Thanks david! we will ask our client to have final approval of valve statut. one last question:could we flush the piping with the valve fully open? we could damage the valve with debris and scale....
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    Hydrotesting Of Reduced Port Ball valves.

    thread408-189144 Hello, i work in oil and Gas industry as testing engineer. i have some Class 300 piping lines to be Hydrotested up to 70 Bars. in those lines,there are Reduced Port ball valves ,wich are bolted,and have the Tag " Maximum Operating Pressure: 50 Bars" My boss told me that we...

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