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STANDARD FEATURES
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ADVANTAGES
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Flush Pad Made from Solid Bar
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Machined from 316L stainless steel. Eliminates porosity and flaws commonly associated with cast materials. Increases resistance to corrosion.
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Angle Engineered Design
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Allows ball to extend into tank resulting in reduced dead space where media may accumulate.
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Variety of Port Configurations
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Valves and their corresponding pads are available in full and standard port pipe dimensions or full port tube dimensions, assuring proper sizing of piping system.
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Fully Encapsulated
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Allows pad to be directly welded to tank without disassembly of valve.
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Integral Mounting Pad
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Ideal for actuation. Centering lip feature assures precise alignment of bracket stem and coupler. Allows in-line maintenance of valve without having to remove actuator.
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Lockable Handle
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All Sharpe® manual Flush Bottom Valves meet OSHA standards with locking device. Restricts valves from being opened or closed accidentally.
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Variety of End Combinations
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A wide choice of optional end connections are available, including but not limited to, Tri Clamp**, Threaded, Socket Weld, Butt Weld, Grooved, and 150# and 300# flanged.
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Choice of Seats & Seals
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A wide variety of seat and seal materials are readily available for the most demanding applications, including Buna, Delrin, Nova*, Peek, EPDM, Viton, TFE, RTFE, Graphoil, and UHMWPE. Cavity fillers are also available in Teflon®***.
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Traceability
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Heat numbers are provided on valve bodies, pads and ends. CMTR's (certified mill test reports) are available upon request.
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AVAILABLE OPTIONS
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Self Draining
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Special seats and balls can be supplied to allow the valve to completely drain in the open or closed position.
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Purge Ports
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Valves can be supplied with purge connections for SIP (steam in place) or CIP (clean in place) applications.
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Polishing
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Valves can be manually and/or electronically polished (I.D. and/or O.D.) from 180 to 320 grit.
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Automation
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Valves can be supplied with either pneumatic or electric actuation.
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Sharpe® Flush Bottom Tank Valves meet ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section 8, Tank Flange Class 150 and 300.
* Carbon and Graphite Filled Teflon®
** Tri Clamp® is a registered trademark of Tri Clover.
*** Teflon® and Viton® are registered trademarks of E.I. DuPont
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