Valve repair there are two: First, preventive maintenance, the main control valve means in order to ensure reliable operation, and in the absence of failure to take preventive maintenance measures, including control valve installation and use in the field taken by the a series of preventive measures; Second, failure of maintenance, control valve that is the case in the failure to meet operating requirements can not be a series of maintenance work carried out, under normal circumstances be completed in the workshop, special circumstances may also be directly in the pipeline maintenance.
1 preventive maintenance
Preventive maintenance is the failure of the valve prior to scheduled maintenance, can be understood as routine maintenance, usually includes the following work.
Stress Relief 1.1
Pipeline as combination or improper installation will produce various types of stress, such as high temperature thermal stress generated by the media, the uneven tightening force when installing the stress caused by man-made some of the collision caused by a control valve and pipe stress and so on. The stress in the control valve and the pipeline, it is easy to affect the performance of control valve, and in severe adjustment will affect the system itself, leading to deformation of the stem and the guides and valve seat can not be aligned center; for the split valve valve body, may cause the body flange disengage; stress also may cause seat leakage. Therefore, to avoid or at any time must ensure that eliminate stress, the stress-oriented place away from the valve.
1.2 Check the support case
Best place to install the valve stem is to make the trip over the direction of the executive body and the body in a vertical plane. If the valve must be installed in the horizontal position of the stem, or stem the movement direction of a certain angle with the horizontal when the implementing agencies should be propped up so that each valve components are in a natural state. If you do not support or additional support may result in additional improper valve stem and the seat of the different heart, prone to change or make poor packing leakage and other faults. Even if the valve has a fixed and support measures must also be checked regularly, usually 2 to 3 months, check again.
1.3 remove or prevent entry of foreign matter
Valve should always check whether the connection pipe rust, welding slag, dirt, etc., it is found should be promptly removed. If the control valve and the pipeline to the accumulation of foreign matter, consider the upstream side of the control valve is easy to install filtering devices. In the process easy medium hard debris into the occasion, be sure to install a permanent filter. Because the valve is closed, the small piece of rust or welding slag abrasive enough to undermine the well-seat sealing surface, Moreover, the dirt will also cause valve core and valve seat wear, affecting its normal operation.
1.4 Check the gas supply and power supply on a regular basis
Gas source is a key driver of energy one of the valve. Pneumatic control valve of the membrane chamber, while not depleting the air, but if the air supply system contains water, oil and other impurities will cause valve positioners, actuators and other accessories following the blockage and failure. Must periodically check gas source and the power to ensure that air supply is clean, dry, power and reliable.
1.5 regular maintenance and refueling
Fillers and oiling after use in the short term need to re-adjust. Number of occasions to dust around the stem with a protective plastic or rubber sleeve and a guide part of the stuffing box, corrosive gas or liquid droplets exist where special protection measures to be adopted, the general wrap valve bags with a preservative, but Note that the operation can not affect it. In a fire resistance requirement, a special fire-resistant coatings can be used, set fire bags and other methods, fire bags of materials containing multi-layer ceramic fiber or glass fiber.
1.6 Transport and storage
Valve as required in the assembly and paint loaded actuator, the hand wheel, positioning devices and other accessories later, in order to prevent foreign substances into the control valve, control valve connected all the air interface to be blocked, the connection flange fitted with protective cover , pay attention to the various connecting parts, such as inlet valve positioner, actuator interface state. Any outstanding fragile accessories, such as oiling and potentiometer gauges, connectors should be removed, and the control valve is packaged separately and with transportation. Application-specific valve bracket to prevent loosening, to ensure that the overall vertical position or horizontal position. If long-distance transport, shipping is best to use strong wooden cases.
Keeping control valve, do not put in the sensitive parts of the valve support, such as valve positioners, valve stem, etc.. The environmental conditions of transport and storage should meet the product specification requirements. Storage area is best not to carry out other operations, can not be avoided, we must be careful not to touch the valve. Also avoid places by sand, dust, rain and other adverse conditions, the impact, if no suitable sites, in storage before the control valve must be installed in the moisture-proof bag, or on a similar container.
Check the safe operation of 1.7
Dangerous places in the explosive used in valves and related accessories shall be inspected for safe operation, for example, closures are tightened, the operation of barriers, such as power supply, control valves and related accessories to ensure safe operation.
2 Failure of maintenance
Valve can not operate or can not meet operational requirements, has failed to explain the need for fault repair. Not sure cause of failure in the case, according to the following general steps.
2.1 cleansing
To a faulty control valve from the pipeline dismantled after the first job is to repair the valve for thorough cleansing. Process fluid control valve easily contaminated, if the process medium is corrosive, explosive, radioactive, then the human body are harmful, we must use special methods to be parts of the process medium soaked in clean water.