valve trim metallurgy

[pdp123]

Hello Everybody,

Generally the Trim material has Higher corrosion or Erosion resistance than body material but in some cases it has similar metallurgy to valve body.

Pl. explain these exceptional cases regarding size, service, design and operating conditions, Pipe material, etc. as there are no. of factor with examples.

Thanks
Sachin

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[Danlap]

Hi pdp123,

Simplified answer. For commodity / common valves, if:
- the piping material can handle it (assuming the valve body is the same with piping)
- Not prone to water hammer, cavitation, or other erosion possibilities e.g. located at Dead lag such as Drain, low differential pressure, low velocity, etc.
- Not critical function wise. Risk of failure is ALARP
- End user aware that the valves deemed to fail and capable to interchange it with new ones (because its relatively cheap) with minimum to no downtime
- Etc.
Then the trim reasonably can be made from the same sort of material as valve body. A manufacturer requires valve stockist turn over also, as well as end user requires low cost replacement program instead of maintenance/repair.

In some cases, for relatively expensive custom valve which are:
- Critical for Process and safety.
- Normally for throttling function
- Prone however design for cavitation, etc. which may lead to vibration
- Other numerous factors.
Applying a stiff yet brittle (corrosion or erosion resistance) material on trim are deemed to have brittle fracture failure.
Therefore applying a softer material (often overlay with Hard Facing) which may be the same with Body material, may do the trick. It will damp the vibration and deemed to be only experiencing wear instead of fracture / creep.

Etc. etc., others may have different view.
Regards,
MR


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[MickMc]

I would also add that in my experience if the valve body is carbon steel the minimum trim will be stainless steel but for more corrosion resistant material body the same trim material can be used if there are no other mitigating factors such as galling and others as outlined by Danlap. Again assumption is that body material same as pipe.