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Flush Bottom Tank Valves
Flange Made from Solid Bar

Angle Engineered Design

Pipe & Tube Sizes





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Sharpe Valves Flush Bottom Tank Valves
Features | Dimensions | How To Order
Features
STANDARD FEATURES ADVANTAGES
Flush Pad Made from Solid Bar Machined from 316L stainless steel. Eliminates porosity and flaws commonly associated with cast materials. Increases resistance to corrosion.
Angle Engineered Design Allows ball to extend into tank resulting in reduced dead space where media may accumulate.
Variety of Port Configurations 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.
Fully Encapsulated Allows pad to be directly welded to tank without disassembly of valve.
Integral Mounting Pad 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.
Lockable Handle All Sharpe® manual Flush Bottom Valves meet OSHA standards with locking device. Restricts valves from being opened or closed accidentally.
Variety of End Combinations 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.
Choice of Seats & Seals 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®***.
Traceability Heat numbers are provided on valve bodies, pads and ends. CMTR's (certified mill test reports) are available upon request.
AVAILABLE OPTIONS
Self Draining Special seats and balls can be supplied to allow the valve to completely drain in the open or closed position.
Purge Ports Valves can be supplied with purge connections for SIP (steam in place) or CIP (clean in place) applications.
Polishing Valves can be manually and/or electronically polished (I.D. and/or O.D.) from 180 to 320 grit.
Automation Valves can be supplied with either pneumatic or electric actuation.

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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Dimensions
Sharpe Valves Flush Bottom Tank Valves - Dimensions
SERIES 84 SERIES 88 SERIES 99
SIZE X Y P SIZE X Y P SIZE X Y P
1" 3.74 0.79 0.75 1" 3.74 0.79 0.87 1" 3.74 0.79 1.00
1-1/4" 3.74 0.79 1.00 1-1/4" 3.74 0.79 1.12 1-1/4" 5.50 1.10 1.25
1-1/2" 5.50 1.10 1.25 1-1/2" 5.50 1.10 1.37 1-1/2" 5.50 1.10 1.50
2" 5.50 1.10 1.50 2" 5.50 1.10 1.87  

Sharpe Valves Flush Bottom Tank Valves - Dimensions
SERIES 84 SERIES 88 SERIES 99
SIZE X Y P SIZE X Y P SIZE X Y P
2-1/2" 7.00 1.34 2.00 2-1/2" 7.00 1.34 2.37 2" 7.00 1.34 2.00

Sharpe Valves Flush Bottom Tank Valves - Dimensions
SERIES 84 SERIES 88 SERIES 99
SIZE X Y P SIZE X Y P SIZE X Y P
3" 10.00 1.69 2.50 3" 10.00 1.69 2.87 2-1/2" 10.00 1.69 2.50
4" 11.50 1.93 3.00 4" 11.50 1.93 3.83 3" 11.50 1.93 3.00

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How To Order

Valve Size Valve Series Body & Ends Ball & Stem Seat Seal Ends
1"
1-1/4"
1-1/2"
2"
2-1/2"
3"
4"
84
88
99
6 = Stainless Steel
2 = Alloy 20
6 = 316 S/S
2 = Alloy 20
3 = Monel
5 = Hastelloy C
T = Teflon®
R = Reinforced
      Teflon®
N = Nova
D = Delrin
U = UHMWPE
P = PEEK
C = Cavity Filled
      TFE

B = Buna
N = Neoprene
V = Viton®
T = Teflon®
U = UHMWPE
G = Graphoil
E = Ethylene Propylene
      Rubber (EPR)

TE = Threaded Ends (NPT)
TEB = Threaded Ends (BSPT)
BW = Butt Weld Sch.
          5, 10, 40, & 80
SW = Socket Weld
CE = Clamp Ends
FB = Flush Bottom

    Sample:  1"  84  6  6  T  T  TE/FB

     * Teflon® and Viton® are registered trademarks of E.I. Dupont.
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