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Valve testing: an important production stage
At Babcock Valves all valves are important: nuclear-qualified valves with ASME Section III design, Low Emission...
Valve bypass installation stage
Valve bypass installation, workshop detail: two 16” forged bodies in equalizing pipe with integral bypass installation...
Testing a Globe Valve for a HRSG in Vietnam
In our test bench, we are testing a 1 1/2" 4500# High Alloy High Pressure A182 F92 Globe Valve. As per ASME B16.34 and...
Actuator driving nuts
Actuator driving nuts can include a double start system in order to reduce the valve operating time.
𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗲
Bellows seal gate valves are a specialized type of gate valve designed for industrial applications where leakage prevention is critical.
Packing with care
In the valve industry, packaging plays a crucial role beyond merely containing and protecting products.
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗲
This image corresponds to an inspection with Iberdrola and SGS teams.
Quality from the inside out
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the dimensional inspection of a valve, which involves a process of verification of physical dimensions, tolerances, and many other critical measurements of a valve, and it implies its “guts” too. Valve internals, seat rings,...
Quality from the inside out
Several ago, we made a post talking about the dimensional inspection of a valve, which involves a process of verification of physical dimensions, tolerances, and many other critical measurements of a valve, and it implies its “guts” too. Valve internals, seat rings,...
Dimensional inspection of a valve
Dimensional inspection of a valve involves verifying and assessing the physical dimensions, tolerances, and other critical measurements of the valve components
Valve reconditioning
We do not only design and manufacture valves. We also recondition and repair valves damaged in severe processes. The use of high-temperature molten salts is essential in energy production, where they are used to replace heated oils as transfer fluid for solar thermal...
Punching above its weight
This small valve has several rather special technical features: Despite its small size, 2", it has a Parallel Slide design. Despite its rating, of 600#, it has a Pressure Seal design. Its working range is from Full vacuum to maximum pressure rating. Its...
Veery special valves and very special clients
Sometimes we manufacture very special valves, but most of the time, we supply standard valves for very special clients, but always meeting the highest quality standards. (Sorry for the tongue twister :P) Here we have a pretty group of wedge gate valves waiting to be...
Welcome to our testing area
Again a large package of motorized valves is to be shipped in the next days. Here we have all of them waiting for their turn to be tested (MOV performance and Hydrotest). Babcock valves has three different testing benches, and the one in the picture is considered one...
Small but very special…
Here we have just verified the casting process of the body of a critical swing check valve 2 1/2" 2500# in high alloy A217 C12A. HP DSH Spray Water Check valve with 560 Celsius and 220 bar design conditions. The final destination of this small beauty will be Vietnam....
Target Achieved!
In record time, as we were asked to. These two valves will be installed in Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant. They were needed on record time and we have met our client's target again. We are proud of supporting the Spanish Nuclear Industry since the 1970's. Safe and clean....
Original Spare Parts guaranteed
Here we have a 24" 300# Double Disc Double Wedge Gate Valve ready for dispatch. This unit has been manufactured with the special painting procedure for Petronas. It is a spare valve that is supplied ready to take the original actuator. At Babcock, we guarantee...
Manufacturing a Steam Extraction Check Valve
Here we can see the final stages of the manufacturing process of a Steam Extraction Check Valve 18" (DN450) and ANSI Class 600# in Alloy Steel A217 WC6. This unit will be assembled with a linear actuator. On the bolted bonnet, the marked numbers indicate the right...
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Lapping procedures
Here we are lapping a 24" Gate Valve with Parallel Seats, in our facilities. In every metal-to-metal seal in our valves, we must ensure a perfect closure. The quality of the finish of the machining between the seat rings and the discs must be perfect (mirror shape). ...
Double Disc Gate Valve assembly process
After the end of the lapping process, we begin with the valve assembly. In this video, you can find a better view of what a Double Wedge Double Disc valve, with parallel seats, is. It is a really smart and reliable design, but not too many manufacturers have the...
Double Disc Gate Valve design
Here we can see the details of our double disc, double wedge, and double seat gate valve design. This unique design guarantees a reliable operation under the most severe conditions of service, as it is proven by hundreds of units, working in some Main Steam Lines and...
Babcock Valves painting/coating area
Babcock valves have their own painting/coating area in our facilities at Biscay. Painting valves is an important process that involves applying a protective coating to the surface of valves to prevent corrosion and other forms of damage. The type of paint used for...
Trunnion Mounted Ball Valve with a Single-Acting fail-to-close actuator
In this picture, we can see a trunnion-mounted ball Valve with a Single-Acting fail-to-close pneumatic actuator attached. Trunnion Mounted Ball Valves are quarter-turn from open to close, assuring a fast response. The ball is fixed to a bearing at the bottom as well...
Manufacture of two Paraqllel Slide GAte Valves for a Combined Cycle Power Plant in Asia
We are manufacturing two 16" 4500# Parallel Slde Gate valves in A182 F92 High Alloy material. These valves will be installed in the Main Steam line of the Heat Recovery Steam Generator of a Combined Cycle Power Plant in Asia, with a total combined capacity of 1.5GW. ...
Performing the hydrotest of an 8″ Gate Valve
Here we have an 8” (DN200) ANSI Class 2500 Gate valve at one of the testing benches of our workshop, in Bizkaia, performing a hydrotest. The valve is made in Alloy Steel A217 WC9, capable of working in high-pressure and temperature environments. This unit is...
Y-pattern Stop-Check valve with motorized actuator
Here we have a Y-Pattern motorized Stop-Check valve. This kind of equipment is a combination of a globe valve and a check valve, which allows it to perform both functions. They are typically used in applications where it is important to prevent the reverse flow of...
Assembling an actuator for a QCNRV
Here we have one of our technicians adjusting some pieces in order to assemble an external linear pneumatic actuator for one pneumatically operated free swinging check valve. This is a very usual process in our workshop. We supply Quick Closing Non-Return Valves both...
Zero leakage Globe Valve
New SA105 1" 1500# Kerotest Zero Leakage globe valve manufactured by Babcock Valves in our factory in Bilbao. It is an ASME Section III Class I classified valve for a Nuclear Power Plant located in Catalonia. Zero Leakage valves are a type of valve that is designed to...
Assembly process of two Gate Valves
Here we are starting with the assembly process of two twin valves for a Caribbean country. Those Gate Valves, 8", rating 2500# (as shown in the second picture) are manufactured in alloy steel A217 WC6, a type of low-alloy steel that contains chromium and molybdenum,...
CBD-IBD valves
Continuous Blow-Down and Intermittent Blow Down needle angle valves. These are angle-type valves with a needle-shaped trim in a Venturi diffuser. This kind of equipment is totally critical in controlling the concentrations of suspended TDS (dissolved solids) in the...
Non destructive examination on a nuclear valve
This beauty is small but important. We are working here on the body of a 3", 150# gate valve, manufactured in ASME material SA216 WCB for an ASME Section III nuclear classified valve. SA216 refers to the material specification set by the American Society of Mechanical...
Final destination: Dominican Republic
Here we have a 8” 2500# wedge gate valve in A217 WC6, on our welding area. Seat rings are ready to be welded, before and after proper Heat Treatments. A217 WC6 is often used in applications such as power generation, oil and gas refining, and chemical processing, where...
12″ MOV Globe valve 600#
Here we have at our workshop, and ready for being packaged, a 12” MOV bolted bonnet globe valve 600# mounting a motorized actuator from Bernard Controls Spain. Babcock Valves manufactures this kind of valve in sizes between 1/2” to 48” with an ANSI class from 150 to...
Chainwheel operated gate valves
Sometimes valves are installed in places that are difficult to access. When they are at a certain height, the manual operation of the valves is quite complicated. For these cases, valves with a chainwheel can be supplied. Here are a few of them. A Gate Valve brochure,...
0 leakage Y-pattern globe valves for nuclear power plants
In the 70s and 80s Babcock Wilcox Española supplied the Spanish Nuclear Power Plants with hundreds of '0 Leakage' Y-Pattern globe valves of Kerotest design. Today, we still supply them with some identical valves to those installed several decades ago. Here you can see...
Custom made Y-pattern valve
Body & Yoke casting reception for a specially custom-made Y-Pattern High Pressure (2500#) globe valve for a petrochemical complex in Assam (India). Special face-to-face dimension and special Venturi design (8"x6"x8"). Babcock always focuses on the customer's...
𝗙𝟵𝟭 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗲
Fabricating a 26″ 600# A182 F91 high alloy parallel slide gate valve.
Actuator assembly in a motor operated valve
Assembling the actuator in a 1 ½” 1500# MOV Globe Valve
The end of the year is always a busy time…
The end of the year is a period of time in which we usually double the number of dispatches.
Merry Christmas on jazz rhythm
With all the best wishes from the crew of Babcock Valves.
A trough conduit gate valve in our testing bench
We have had quite a busy month here, at our workshop. We want to show you just a few examples of our activity.
12 trough-conduit valves for a project in Indonesia
A short resume of some of the activities at our workshop, during October.
The importance of the lapping process in sealing surfaces
A short video about lapping process in Babcock Valves.
Motor operated gate valves for one of the largest refineries in Eastern Europe
We enjoyed the visit of one of our clients from Eastern Europe.
Twelve tons of Y-pattern gate valve, and much more
In this post we have several news to share: from the detailed care we put on the final stages of our production process works, to the manufacture of a twelve tons Y-pattern globe valve or the precision techniques required to make some special valves.
Y-lift check valves with pressure seal cover: design features
Y-lift check valves are a specific type of retention valve: a device that allows the flow of a fluid in just one direction inside of a pipeline system. There are different kinds of non return valves depending on the nature of the mechanism used to prevent backflow....
Wedge Gate Valves advantages
Wedge gate valves have several advantages that may be considered when designing a pipeline system. They are engineered to work in full open or closed position, so they can't be used for regulating the flow, Anyway, there are other characteristics that make them an...
Bolted bonnet gate valves in A352 LCB material
Babcock Valves has designed and manufactured two large size bolted bonnet gate valves of 42" and 60" in 150 ASME class. Also known as sluice valves, gate valves are used when throttle adjustment of the flow is not a functional requirement. At the same time this dual...
Valve workshop: Ball valves testing and spare parts supplying
During last month we have been working in several valve-related projects. Here you can read some short extracts about some of them. Ball valves testing In this video a package of ON-OFF ball valves up to 12" can be observed during assembly process of pneumatic...
Cryogenic gate valves
A new order of cryogenic gate valves of sizes up to 16” have been tested at Babcock’s facilities. Inside of our insulated stainless steel tank, the valves has been tested in liquid nitrogen at a temperature as low as -196⁰C. Cryogenic gate valves are adapted to...
High Pressure Dual Plate Check Valves
We have been working in the manufacturing and testing of a package of high pressure dual plate check valves, class 1500 and 2500, up to 12". Dual plate valves are a check valve design type self operated by the flow pressure. Both semi discs opens in case that upstream...
Axial Flow Check Valves: designed to protect piping systems
Axial flow check valves are a type of non return valve, designed to avoid the quick reverse of a flow in a pipe known as "water hammer" that may cause severe damage in the different equipments of a pipping system. This kind of valves close fast enough without creating...
Valves for oil fields: 1800 produced in 2021
In 2021 we produced 1800 valves of different kinds for oil fields
Y-Globe valve body after foundry
Here we have the body of a 24” class 2500 Y-Globe valve Type in A351 CF8C material. It has been recently cast for a petrochemical project. Valve body is shown at the foundry, just after cooling and sands removal and prior to fettling process. Our code 75 valves have a...
Complete package of valves supplied for a General Electric’s Bangladesh natural gas CCPP.
Among the valves of this supply there is one critical MSIV for the Main Steam line in material A182 F92.
Parallel slide gate valve retrofitted in combined cycle plant.
Babcock Valves changes the old flexible wedge C12A valve design for a more reliable Parallel Slide one, in Iberdrola’s Castejon Combined Cycle plant.
Cryogenic valve testing
A set of gate and globe valves have been tested at Babcock’s facilities of insulated stainless steel tank for cryogenic testing in liquid nitrogen at -196⁰C. You can read more about our globe valves product range here: https://babcockvalves.com/globe-valves/ You can...
ON-OFF ball valves supplied to a petrochemical plant.
Babcock Valves has supplied more than 500 ON-OFF ball valves up to 16” class 300 for a petrochemical plant in Middle East. Valves shall be operated by single and double acting piston actuators and a fugitive emission packing helium test has been performed in...
Analysis of the fluid velocity through large check valves
Using Finite Elements Analysis (FEA), the Engineering Dept. of Babcock Valves has carried out an analysis of the fluid velocity through large check valves for steam extraction in a turbine system at a super critical power plant in India. It will be essential to...
New welding procedures for F91 and F92 materials.
Babcock Valves has developed new welding procedures for F91 and F92 materials, avoiding direct flame heating on the forgings and using electrical heating resistances during the entire process of pre-heating, interpass maintenance and post-weld heat treatment. The...
High pressure motorized gate valves for oli refinery in Azerbaijan
New goal with SOCAR, the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic. A package of high pressure motorized gate valves has been manufactured for their Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery at Baku, Azerbaijan.
Electric actuated ball valves for water transmission project
BABCOCK supplies electric actuated F316 ball valves, ASME class up to 900#, for SWCC Shuqaiq phase 3 Water transmission system project.
Aftersales services in KSA
New three orders for after sales service of our valves, at MA’ADEN Umm Wu’al Sulphuric Acid and Power Plant in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has been recently received at BABCOCK.
Double disc valves for Petronas Melaka Refinery
Babcock Valves has been awarded again with an order of double disc & double wedge design gate valves for Petronas Melaka Refinery, in Malaysia. Double disc valves incorporate a double disc, double wedge and double seat system, designed to assure a reliable...
Babcock Valves supplies 500 valves for a boiler in Colombia
BABCOCK supplies more than 500 manual and motorized valves for a boiler in a sugar cane plant (Colombia)
Iberdrola awards to Babcock another ASME Section III high pressure valve
IBERDROLA awards to BABCOCK another ASME Section III high pressure valve “Nuclear classified 2” with Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant destination (Valencia, Spain)
Trunnion Ball Valve test
Hydrostatic and functional tests of a pneumatically operated 48” class 600 trunnion ball valve.
Ball and Butterfly valves manufactured for a water pipeline in South America
More than 50 valves have been recently manufactured by Babcock Valves, including several 32” and 40” class 300 ball and butterfly valves, electrically actuated for a water pipeline system in South America
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