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MATERIALS • Partially Stabilized Zirconia (PSZ) • Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal (TZP) • Zirconia Toughened Aluminia (ZTA) • Tungsten Carbide Coatings and Solid Structure (WC) Why Ceramic Valves? Silicon Carbide Carbon Steel (Rolled) 304 SS 316 SS Titanium Stellite 6 Chrome Carbide Hardface Ceramic Zirconia Tungsten-Carbide Ceramic Alumina • Ceramic materials are 6-8 times harder than stainless steels. • The thickness of SKYCERA’s ceramic material is often mea- sured in inches, typically 1/4” and thicker. Most hard coatings are measured in microns. For example, Hard Chrome coatings are typically less than one-thousandth (0.001”) of an inch. • Extreme hardness and high temperature capabilities give ceramics exceptional resistance to cavitation, even continuous, aggressive cavitation does not affect the material. • With special ball and seat processing, near bubble-tight shut- off can be achieved. About Us The company was founded in 1994 to serve the process industry with special valves it had never seen before. Employing the brightest engi- neers and machinists that are able to combine metal and ceramics effectively, we are able to manufacture over 10,000 valves per year to API, ANSI, CE and ISO 9001 standards. We have committed ourselves to R&D and engineering expertise in the ceramic valve industry, utiliz- ing the latest CAD/CAM software and manufacturing methods. Our extensive product offering means that SKYCERA ® is the world leader in ceramic valve technology. When you have an opportunity to use one of our valves in your severe plant application, you’ll understand why we are the best at producing “Severe Service Valves for Severe Industries”. Relative Hardness Actuator failure. Severely worn steel, ceramic untouched. www.skycera.com
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Transcript of Why Ceramic Valves?skycera.com/pdf/Skycera_4pg_11222012.pdf · For example, Hard Chrome coatings...
MATERIALS •PartiallyStabilizedZirconia(PSZ) •TetragonalZirconiaPolycrystal(TZP) •ZirconiaToughenedAluminia(ZTA) •TungstenCarbideCoatingsandSolidStructure(WC)
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• Ceramic materials are 6-8 times harder than stainless steels.
• The thickness of SKYCERA’s ceramic material is often mea-sured in inches, typically 1/4” and thicker. Most hard coatings are measured in microns. For example, Hard Chrome coatings are typically less than one-thousandth (0.001”) of an inch.
• Extreme hardness and high temperature capabilities give ceramics exceptional resistance to cavitation, even continuous, aggressive cavitation does not affect the material.
• With special ball and seat processing, near bubble-tight shut-off can be achieved.
About UsThe company was founded in 1994 to serve the process industry with special valves it had never seen before. Employing the brightest engi-neers and machinists that are able to combine metal and ceramics effectively, we are able to manufacture over 10,000 valves per year to API, ANSI, CE and ISO 9001 standards. We have committed ourselves to R&D and engineering expertise in the ceramic valve industry, utiliz-ing the latest CAD/CAM software and manufacturing methods. Our extensive product offering means that SKYCERA® is the world leader in ceramic valve technology. When you have an opportunity to use one of our valves in your severe plant application, you’ll understand why we are the best at producing “SevereServiceValvesforSevereIndustries”.
Relative Hardness
Actuator failure. Severelyworn steel,ceramicuntouched.
www.skycera.com
CBA StyleCeramic Ball Valve
CSB StyleCeramic Segmented Ball
CAC API Choke
(10.71
)CAG Ceramic API Gate
Principles of Ceramic Valve Design
The durability of the valve seat is crucial to the integrity of the entire valve.
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CSV StyleCeramic Slurry Valve
CBF StyleCeramic Butterfly Valve
CC Style Custom Valves
CPV Style Ceramic Pneumatic Valve
CGV Ceramic Globe Valves
Minimize possible leak points by minimizing the size of irregular valve packings.
Retain the media in the pipeline system.
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SKYCERA 4PG 11222012.pdf
FLY ASH
FGD
DISPOSAL
HOPPERS
BOTTOM ASH
Typical Applications / IndustriesPower Plants
Upstream
Chemical – Paper / Pulp
Wellhead/ChristmasTreeDownstream
Hydrocracking–FCCUnit
Catalyst Regenerator
Contact:
SKYCERA® • 2381 Fillmore Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14214 • Phone: 716-795-8111 • FAX: 716-799-0969
FEED
FEED
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WATER
ELECTROWINNINGCYCLONEFROTH
FLOTATION
THICKENING
DISPOSALTAILINGS
Mining
Cyclones Waste and Particle SeparationScrubbers with
Abrasive Media
