Ball valve history 2

[Xun2006]

Dear all good morning,

I am interested in the history how ball valve developed, what is the initial design pattern looks like and how and why it gradually become today's design. Anyone can enlight me? It might involve different design, material selection, seal and seat innovation etc..

Best Regards,

Xun

 

[EnergyMix]

I did a quick search using my standard search engine and came up with a number of articles that spoke to the history of how the ball valve was developed. Some of the articles were very interesting.

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[greg1950]

I wrote an article on this subject for "Valve Magazine". It was called "The Great Teflon War". The magazine is available for free download at

http://www.valvemagazine.com.