Looking to get started with valve design, seeking advice
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Guys, I’m not sure if the post was posted in the right place. I am currently a developer in the automotive parts industry (fluid components). In university, I studied boilers in the field of thermal energy and power engineering. However, I am very optimistic about the valve industry, so I want to get into it and learn how to design valves; I’m currently a complete beginner. I tried to read books on my own, but I made little progress. Therefore, I would like to ask the experts here: are there any recommended training courses or schools? Or is there anyone who might be willing to take me on as a student (on a paid basis, either online or in person, with flexible timing)? I am extremely grateful. I’m based in Shanghai; once again, many thanks
Don’t do it – you’ll regret it; the salary is extremely low
Valves are stand-alone devices with low profits; it’s better to enter the field of system equipment instead
The threshold for valve design is low, salaries are not high, and there is little future prospects. If you really want to learn, we can teach each other*.
Go to a valve manufacturer; don’t try to learn it on your own. A lot of knowledge about mechanical processing
It’s fine to do research as a hobby, but it’s hard to make money from it! ! Companies don’t need technology at all these days.
If I really want to go, then I’ll go to a large valve company and start learning from the basics. I wonder how old the original poster is? It depends on whether you can calm down and study
I am currently working in design at a valve company in Wuxi; feel free to exchange ideas if you have any questions. My personal email address is: 13812029131@163.com
A gap between them is as great as a mountain; to learn it again requires greater effort
This post was last edited by wangsir85 on 2019-2-28 09:38. I’ll answer your question seriously; if you think it’s good, please give me a like: First, to answer you clearly: I don’t recommend switching to the valve industry. Let me try to analyze it for you: 1. The prospects in the valve industry are not as good as those in the automotive industry. Even automobile parts manufacturing has better prospects than valves. 1. The most important point regarding future prospects: Cars are almost becoming everyday items; can valves become such items? It’s impossible. In the future, cars will continue to be purchased and replaced. Although valves do exist, can their quantity match that of cars? 2. Valves are related to energy and also to liquefied petroleum gas; the largest users of valves are actually industries involved in oil and gas, including the chemical industry as well. You can imagine that the future should belong to electricity and nuclear energy; the prospects for oil are certainly not as good as those for electricity. Of course, it might take a very long time before they are phased out, but the demand for valves isn’t as good as one might think. 3. You might think that some valves are used in cars, but the valves found in cars are different from the vast majority of valves mentioned in this forum; they are not the same thing. The vast majority of valves discussed on our forum are used in cars, and it’s impossible to use them there. II. Industry analysis: 1. Since you have entered the automotive industry, I believe the entry barriers for that sector are relatively high; therefore, there is no need to enter the valve industry, where the barriers are even lower. Here, the barriers refer not to the quality level but to the scale of operations. For example, there aren’t many complete automobile manufacturers, but there are thousands of valve manufacturers. Don’t think that having thousands of valve manufacturers will be helpful for individual entrepreneurship in the future. The quality of valves is just as important as the quality of cars; to ensure good quality, it’s not enough to simply want to do so – it requires a systematic approach. For example: smelting processes, heat treatment processes, hardening processes, as well as plastics and rubbers made from polymer materials. To put it plainly, it’s about creating a valve for special operating conditions; the most critical sealing components used in it, such as rubber or valve seats, have to be imported, otherwise it cannot be manufactured. 2. Valves: They are now used in critical applications, and many of them are still imported. So for those in the valve industry, there is indeed still a long way to go, and continuous effort is required. 3. Let’s not talk about competition in the valve industry or other factors; after all, every industry has such situations. 4. As mentioned above, different fields are like mountains apart; learning * from scratch is indeed very challenging. III. Finally, I suggest you be cautious. You see, it’s said upstairs that transferring here is not recommended.