×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Contact US

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

valve with chlorine water

valve with chlorine water

valve with chlorine water

(OP)
We have the job to design a valve for chlorine water (for an offer), but we have no real experience in doing this. The customer would like to have alloy 59 or inconel 625. But the machining time and the material costs are very high. Maybe there is a cheaper solution or material according to the needs specified in the attachment. Thank you for help.

RE: valve with chlorine water

kiwi02;
If you have no experience, you are in over your head regarding this job. You make no mention of the type of valve you intend to design/supply and are asking about material that a customer requested?  

I would advise you to decline this bid.
 

RE: valve with chlorine water

(OP)
Thank you metengr for reply. But I think there is a missunderstanding, because it is not the problem to design the valve, but the problem is the long machining time and the price of the material. My question is, if there is any cheaper material or alloy to fullfill the requirements. The design of the valve should be like in the attached file, but only one reducing step.

RE: valve with chlorine water

kiwi02;
The material has been specified by the customer

Quote:

The customer would like to have alloy 59 or inconel 625.

I understand the lead time and costs. However, you should go back to discuss alternatives with your customer. Also, depending on the valve standard, only certain materials are permitted for use.
 

RE: valve with chlorine water

Using alloy 59 for all wetted parts of the valve makes sense to me.  Let's see, use a lower alloy, the valve fails, Cl gas leaks and kills people; that does not sound like a good plan to me.
If it were me I would even make parts that might see the water if seals failed out of 59.  This is serious stuff, don't look to cut corners.

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Plymouth Tube

RE: valve with chlorine water

(OP)
Ok. you are right, but the customer can´t find manufactory for the chlorine valve. Maybe you know somebody, who could do this. It is a very good customer of us and we want to help by finding a solution. Thank you for help.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members! Already a Member? Login


Resources

Low-Volume Rapid Injection Molding With 3D Printed Molds
Learn methods and guidelines for using stereolithography (SLA) 3D printed molds in the injection molding process to lower costs and lead time. Discover how this hybrid manufacturing process enables on-demand mold fabrication to quickly produce small batches of thermoplastic parts. Download Now
Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)
Examine how the principles of DfAM upend many of the long-standing rules around manufacturability - allowing engineers and designers to place a part’s function at the center of their design considerations. Download Now
Taking Control of Engineering Documents
This ebook covers tips for creating and managing workflows, security best practices and protection of intellectual property, Cloud vs. on-premise software solutions, CAD file management, compliance, and more. Download Now