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CAST IRON BODY

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mbelly84

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this may be one stupid question, but:
why select a cast iron body for a globe valve?
 
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Cost/benefit lifetime consideration.

... or if you want a more pure technical answer you will have to start narrowing your question down by including all process parameters for the fluid.

 
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