Floating Ball Valves
Warren Valve offers the most diverse range of industrial floating ball valves of any manufacturer to serve the midstream, downstream, industrial, and commercial markets. For your oil and gas floating ball valves solutions, look no further than Warren Valve.
Warren manufactures Floating ball valves for Downstream applications. Warren also offers an assortment of threaded and socket welded ball valves and fire safe ball valves for industrial, and commercial applications. Manufacturing capabilities include ¼”- 48”, the Pressure range includes ANSI 150#-2500#, 800WOG-6000WOG. Materials of construction include Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Alloy 20, Hastelloy, and other exotic materials. We offer fire safe floating ball valves for industrial uses.
Product Overview
Why Floating Ball Valve?
A floating ball valve uses a rotating ball and a stem that provide on/off flow control. When the valve is positioned where the bore is aligned in the same direction as the pipeline, it is in the open position, and fluid can pass downstream. When the ball is rotated 90-degree, the bore becomes perpendicular to the flow path, meaning the floating ball valve is closed, and fluid cannot pass downstream.
Advantages of a floating ball valve include Fast shut off, only a 90-degree turn required to close the valve. The opened or closed state of the valve can be easily detected by position of the handle.
Floating ball designs feature a ball only attached to the stem, without the use of energized seats. Line pressure causes the ball to move or “float” against the downstream seat, creating a positive seal, not allowing media to pass through. The Floating Ball provides tight seal, even after long periods. It is very compact in design compared to other isolation valves, perfect for use in areas with space restraints.