Thanks for all the help guys! This site is awesome!! A couple of answers to questions, The valve body (316l) cost is around 10K per copy, so sleeving triples its life, Second the fluid, believe it or not is pottato peels with a heavy dose of silicate, at 275 psi. The existing sleeves look to be...
I am attemping to allieviate erosion in several control valves by sleeving the body with a hardened alloy. I have settled on 4130 as it is all that is available short of boring solid round stock. I am considering flame hardening these sleeves to obtain maximum hardness. Wall thickness is .125...
