High pressure, Abrasive Slurry Handling Valves From Upwey Group

By Upwey Group

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Upwey Ball Check (UBC) valve for low and high pressure slurry, or abrasive medium, applications

Upwey Ball Check, Slurry Ball Check, Isolation, Change Over, High Pressure, Air Release, Vacuum Breaker Valves

The Upwey Ball Check Valves are used in both low and high pressure slurry or abrasive medium applications where the traditional swing check valves would fail prematurely.

High Pressure, Abrasive, Slurry Handling Valves

Mining and Mineral Processing - offers pump protection and non return on dewatering pump sets, tailings lines and cyclone feed pumps
General Irrigation, Water, Wastewater and Sewage Treatment Plants - commonly found in pumps sets, and used as foot valves, on water and effluent intakes
Construction - commonly used as a foot valve in dewatering pump sets as well as a non return valve for larger gravel/grit waste extraction pump sets
Power Generation - o Ash water pump sets, where the abrasive ash content in the water erodes standard swing check valves within short timeframes o On pump sets for raw water/cooling water intake
Pulp and Paper Industries, Chemical and Soda Ash Installations - Pump protection, foot valves and non return functions where larger particle size and/or corrosive nature of the medium being pumped can pose problems

Features of Upwey Ball Check Valves

Full bore
Perfect sealing
Low head losses
Maintenance free
Non clogging, self cleaning ball
Simple construction, one moving part
Silent, non slam, reduces pipe hammer
Removable bonnet for cleaning or replacing of ball
Minimum back pressure for sealing: 0.3 to 0.5bar
Fabricated valves face to face can be altered to suit different types of valve face to face dimensions

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