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  1. valvemania

    thread repair on valve body casting

    dear all, thank you for your advice. This is a water/steam valve with operating temp at 300°C. This valve was in service for 6 years now. End user only recentyl noticed that steam had been comming out of 2 of the 10 holes. As this valve has to go back into service, we are trying to make a...
  2. valvemania

    thread repair on valve body casting

    I sadly dont have a picture, but I have attached a rough sketch. the sketch on the left shows the current situation where the hole is penetrating into the gallery. And on the right you can see how the hole should actually...
  3. valvemania

    thread repair on valve body casting

    Hallo, I have a valve body (Material ASTM A217-WC6) which has got 10 x 1" threads to fix the bonnet on the top. However during manufacturing, the hole for the threads were drilled too deep and it entered the body gallery. My question: How can I close the hole and at the same time save the...

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