What kind of valve is a trunnion valve?
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What kind of valve is a trunnion valve? In terms of the physical product, it’s just a gate valve; it’s being shipped to foreign markets where there isn’t much demand there
It should be a fixed-valve, haha – I found it for you using Google
In the case of a trunnion valve, \"trunnion\" refers to the bottom shaft; in other words, it is a valve that has such a shaft. Generally, this means there is a fixed shaft within the valve body, which allows the valve disc to rotate.
It should be a fixed ball valve. The term \"trunnion\" means pivot shaft, and in the context of ball valves, it refers to the shafts located at the top and bottom of the valve; hence it is called a fixed ball valve: handshake
I think it’s a trunnion valve; the poster can refer to this link for more information: http://www.baidu.com/s?wd=%B6%FA%D6%E1%B7%A7
It refers to valves with a fixed valve seat, which are commonly used in ball valves; the counterpart to these is the ball valve with a floating valve seat. It means that there is a fixed shaft below the valve seat, which is secured to the valve body. In the case of gate valves, it’s easier to understand by looking at the diagram
Fixed ball valve – a trunnion refers to the pivot bearing embedded in the valve body.